List of Commonwealth War Graves Commission World War I memorials to the missing

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) aims to commemorate the UK and Commonwealth dead of the World Wars, either by maintaining a war grave in a cemetery, or where there is no known grave, by listing the dead on a memorial to the missing.[1]

See also: List of Commonwealth War Graves Commission World War I memorials to the missing in Belgium and France

The majority of the memorials commissioned by the CWGC to commemorate the missing dead of World War I were erected in Belgium and France along or near to the Western Front. The following list is of the CWGC memorials to the missing of the First World War erected elsewhere, both in the UK and other regions of the worlds, limited to those that list more than 1000 names each.

The total from the 'numbers' column below of those listed on these memorials is 138,062.

List of memorials
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) World War I memorials
Article and referencePictureCountryLocationCo-ordinatesNumber listedDescription of those listedDates coveredMajor battlesDate unveiledMemorial designerMemorial unveiled by
Basra Memorial

CWGC

 IraqBasra30.4116°N 47.5458°E / 30.4116; 47.5458 (Basra Memorial)40,625UK and British Empire forcesAutumn 1914 to end of August 1921Mesopotamia Campaign27 March 1929Edward WarrenGilbert Clayton
Helles Memorial

CWGC

 TurkeyCape Helles40.0458°N 26.1792°E / 40.0458; 26.1792 (Helles Memorial)20,884British, Indian and Australian forcesApril 1915 to January 1916Gallipoli Campaign1924John James Burnetnot specified
India Gate

CWGC

 IndiaNew Delhi28.6129°N 77.2293°E / 28.6129; 77.2293 (India Gate)13,216British Empire and Indian forcesentire war and to 1921North-West Frontier and Third Afghan War12 February 1931Edwin LutyensLord Irwin
Tower Hill Memorial

CWGC

 United KingdomLondon51.5097°N 0.0778°W / 51.5097; -0.0778 (Tower Hill Memorial)12,210Mercantile Marineentire warnaval transport and convoys12 December 1928Edwin LutyensQueen Mary
Portsmouth Naval Memorial

CWGC

 United KingdomPortsmouth50.7824°N 1.0958°W / 50.7824; -1.0958 (Portsmouth Naval Memorial)9,667Royal Navyentire warnaval campaigns15 October 1924Robert LorimerDuke of York
Chatham Naval Memorial

CWGC

 United KingdomChatham51.3836°N 0.5322°E / 51.3836; 0.5322 (Chatham Naval Memorial)8,517Royal Navyentire warnaval campaigns26 April 1924Robert LorimerPrince of Wales
Plymouth Naval Memorial

CWGC

 United KingdomPlymouth50.3644°N 4.1422°W / 50.3644; -4.1422 (Plymouth Naval Memorial)7,251Royal Navyentire warnaval campaigns29 July 1924Robert LorimerPrince George
Lone Pine Memorial

CWGC

 TurkeyGallipoli Peninsula40.2307°N 26.2871°E / 40.2307; 26.2871 (Lone Pine Memorial)4,932Australian and New Zealand servicemenmostly May to August 1915Battle of Lone Pine1925John James Burnetno official unveiling
Port Tewfik Memorial

CWGC

 EgyptPort Suez29.9620°N 32.5582°E / 29.9620; 32.5582 (Port Tewfik Memorial)3,727British Indian Army1915 to 1918Sinai and Palestine CampaignMay 1926John James BurnetLord Lloyd
Tehran MemorialCWGC IranTehran35.7765°N 51.4387°E / 35.7765; 51.4387 (Tehran Memorial)3,580UK, Indian and New Zealand forcesDecember 1914 to October 1918Persian Campaignnot specifiednot specifiednot specified
Jerusalem Memorial

CWGC

 IsraelJerusalem31.7983°N 35.2397°E / 31.7983; 35.2397 (Jerusalem Memorial)3,308Egyptian Expeditionary Force1915 to 1918Sinai and Palestine Campaign7 May 1927John James BurnetLord Allenby and James Parr
Bombay 1914-1918 Memorial

CWGC

 pictureIndiaMumbai18.9549°N 72.8400°E / 18.9549; 72.8400 (Bombay 1914-1918 Memorial)2,206Indian, Adenese and East African sailors and Royal Indian Marineentire warnaval campaigns and transportnot specifiednot specifiednot specified
Doiran Memorial

CWGC

 GreeceDoirani41.1685°N 22.7623°E / 41.1685; 22.7623 (Doiran Memorial)2,171British Salonika ForceOctober 1915 to November 1918Salonika Campaign25 September 1926Robert LorimerGeorge Macdonogh
Hollybrook Memorial

CWGC

 pictureUnited KingdomSouthampton50.9338°N 1.4311°W / 50.9338; -1.4311 (Hollybrook Memorial)1,897Land and air forces lost at seaentire warSS Mendi and other ships10 December 1930T. NewhamWilliam Robertson
Dar es Salaam British and Indian Memorial

CWGC

 pictureTanzaniaDar es Salaam6.7743°S 39.2447°E / -6.7743; 39.2447 (Dar es Salaam British and Indian Memorial)1,528British Empire and Indian forcesduring and after January 1917East African Campaignnot specifiednot specifiednot specified
Nairobi British and Indian Memorial

CWGC

 pictureKenyaNairobi1.2991°S 36.8237°E / -1.2991; 36.8237 (Nairobi British and Indian Memorial)1,234British Empire and Indian forcesbefore January 1917East African Campaignnot specifiednot specifiednot specified
Freetown Memorial

CWGC

 pictureSierra LeoneFreetown8.4889°N 13.2355°W / 8.4889; -13.2355 (Freetown Memorial)1,109West African Frontier Forceentire warCampaigns in West Africanot specifiednot specifiednot specified
East African Memorials

CWGC

CWGC

CWGC

 Kenya and TanzaniaMombasa, Nairobi and Dar es Salaam4.0598°S 39.6934°E / -4.0598; 39.6934 (Mombasa African Memorial) 1.2842°S 36.8222°E / -1.2842; 36.8222 (Nairobi African Memorial) 6.8166°S 39.2895°E / -6.8166; 39.2895 (Dar es Salaam African Memorial)none [2]King's African Rifles and Carrier Corpsentire warEast African Campaignnot specifiednot specifiednot specified

References
  1. Some of those named on memorials to the missing will have been buried as "unknowns", with a gravestone marked "Known Unto God", but the bodies of many of those commemorated on these memorials were never recovered, could not be recovered, or no remains were left to be recovered.
  2. The number commemorated by the three East African memorials at Mombasa, Nairobi, and Dar es Salaam is 49,572, but as no complete record of the names of the dead exists, no names appear on the memorials.

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