Chatham Naval Memorial

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Chatham Naval Memorial is a large obelisk situated in the town of Chatham, Kent, which is in the Medway Towns. Chatham was a principal manning port of the Royal Navy during the First World War and thus was dedicated as the site of one of three memorials to sailors of the Royal Navy killed during the conflict but who have no grave. The other memorials were situated at Portsmouth and Plymouth. The obelisks were designed by Sir John Lorimer and the one at Chatham originally contained 8,515 names.

After the Second World War and its consequent loss of life, the decision was made to expand the three memorials and so the Chatham Naval Memorial was created from the 'Chatham Obelisk' and was given a surround designed by Sir Edward Maufe which contains 10,098 addition names from the later conflict. The memorial is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Further information see Commonwealth War Graves database page