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Plymouth Naval Memorial, the Glossary

The Plymouth Naval Memorial is a war memorial in Plymouth, Devon, England which is dedicated to British and Commonwealth sailors who were lost in World War I and World War II with no known grave.^[1]

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Grade I listed buildings in Devon
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Admiralty (United Kingdom)

The Admiralty was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy until 1964, historically under its titular head, the Lord High Admiral – one of the Great Officers of State.

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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.

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Auckland

Auckland (Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region, the area governed by Auckland Council, which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, and which has a total population of as of It is the most populous city of New Zealand and the fifth largest city in Oceania.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Battle of Jutland

The Battle of Jutland (Skagerrakschlacht, the Battle of the Skagerrak) was a naval battle between Britain's Royal Navy Grand Fleet, under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, and the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet, under Vice-Admiral Reinhard Scheer, during World War I. The battle unfolded in extensive manoeuvring and three main engagements from 31 May to 1 June 1916, off the North Sea coast of Denmark's Jutland Peninsula.

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BBC Archives

BBC Archives are collections documenting the BBC's broadcasting history, including copies of television and radio broadcasts, internal documents, photographs, online content, sheet music, commercially available music, BBC products (including toys, games, merchandise, books, publications, and program releases on VHS, Beta, Laserdisc, DVD, vinyl, audio cassette, audio book CD, and Blu Ray), press cuttings, artifacts and historic equipment.

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Beaumont-Hamel

Beaumont-Hamel is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Cecil Abercrombie

Cecil Halliday Abercrombie (12 April 1886 – 31 May 1916) was a Scottish international rugby union player, first-class cricketer, and an officer in the Royal Navy.

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Charles Wheeler (sculptor)

Sir Charles Thomas Wheeler (14 March 1892 – 22 August 1974) was a British sculptor who worked in bronze and stone who became the first sculptor to hold the presidency of the Royal Academy, from 1956 until 1966.

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Chatham Naval Memorial

Chatham Naval Memorial is a large obelisk situated in the town of Chatham, Kent, which is in the Medway Towns. Plymouth Naval Memorial and Chatham Naval Memorial are British military memorials and cemeteries, Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorials, naval monuments and memorials, World War I memorials in England and World War II memorials in England.

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Chatham, Kent

Chatham is a town located within the Medway unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Kent, England.

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Chittagong

Chittagong, officially Chattogram (Côṭṭôgrām, Chittagonian: চাটগাঁও Sāṭgão), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh.

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Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, often simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is an international association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire from which it developed.

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations military service members who died in the two World Wars. Plymouth Naval Memorial and Commonwealth War Graves Commission are British military memorials and cemeteries.

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Devon

Devon (historically also known as Devonshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Edward Maufe

Sir Edward Brantwood Maufe, RA, FRIBA (12 December 1882 – 12 December 1974) was an English architect and designer.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Grade I listed war memorials in England

There are 20 Grade I listed war memorials in England, out of over 3,000 listed war memorials. Plymouth Naval Memorial and Grade I listed war memorials in England are World War I memorials in England and World War II memorials in England.

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H. H. Martyn & Co.

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Halifax, Nova Scotia

Halifax (Scottish-Gaelic: Halafacs or An Àrd-Bhaile) is the capital and most populous municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the most populous municipality in Atlantic Canada.

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Henry Poole (sculptor)

Henry Poole (28 January 1873 — 15 August 1928) was a British architectural sculptor.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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John Castelli, known as Costello (15 May 1890 – 24 June 1915) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Glossop as a right back.

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John Skinner Wilson (rugby union)

Lieutenant-Commander John Skinner Wilson (10 March 1884 – 31 May 1916) was a Trinidad-born rugby player, who represented, United Services RFC and London Scottish FC.

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Mumbai

Mumbai (ISO:; formerly known as Bombay) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

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Newfoundland (island)

Newfoundland (Terre-Neuve) is a large island within the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Plymouth

Plymouth is a port city and unitary authority in Devon, South West England.

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Plymouth Hoe

Plymouth Hoe, referred to locally as the Hoe, is a large south-facing open public space in the English coastal city of Plymouth.

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Plymouth Sound

Plymouth Sound, or locally just The Sound, is a deep inlet or sound in the English Channel near Plymouth in England.

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Portsmouth

Portsmouth is a port city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England.

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Portsmouth Naval Memorial

The Portsmouth Naval Memorial, sometimes known as Southsea Naval Memorial, is a war memorial in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, on Southsea Common beside Clarence Esplanade, between Clarence Pier and Southsea Castle. Plymouth Naval Memorial and Portsmouth Naval Memorial are British military memorials and cemeteries, Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorials, naval monuments and memorials, World War I memorials in England and World War II memorials in England.

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Robert Lorimer

Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer, KBE (4 November 1864 – 13 September 1929) was a prolific Scottish architect and furniture designer noted for his sensitive restorations of historic houses and castles, for new work in Scots Baronial and Gothic Revival styles, and for promotion of the Arts and Crafts movement.

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Royal Marines

The Royal Marines, also known as the Royal Marines Commandos, and officially as the Corps of Royal Marines, are the United Kingdom's amphibious special operations capable commando force, one of the five fighting arms of the Royal Navy, and provide a company strength unit to the Special Forces Support Group (SFSG).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Naval_Memorial

Plymouth Naval Memorial, the Glossary

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Grade I listed buildings in Devon

Monuments and memorials in Devon

Naval monuments and memorials

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