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Background and aims
 
The National Maritime Museum memorial index includes records, of monuments commemorating British people with maritime related work or careers and the victims of disaster at sea. May we thank all the individuals and groups who have kindly sent us information during the past twenty years. The standards of the records may vary and the index is far from complete or comprehensive so we would be very grateful to hear suggestions for any additions, corrections or amendments. We are interested in church and cemetery memorials, statues and church windows with the following exceptions...
 
For records of Commonwealth War Graves see...
 
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
2 Marlow Road
Maidenhead
Berkshire SL6 7DX
Tel: +44 (0)1 6283 4221
Fax: +44 (0)1 6287 71208
E-mail cwgc@dial.pipex.com
www.cwgc.org
 
For records of post 1914 war memorials see...
 
Imperial War Museum
(The National Inventory of War Memorials)
Lambeth Road SE1 6HZ
Tel: +44 (0)20 7416 5353
Fax: +44 (0)20 7416 5379
E-mail: memorials@iwm.org.uk
www.ukniwm.org.uk/

Reference books
Frederick Burgess
English Churchyard Memorials
(Lutterworth Press, 1963)

Harold Mytum
Recording and analysing graveyards
(Council for British Archaeology, 2000)

Thomas Cocke, Donald Finley
Richards Halsey, Elizabeth Williamson
Recording a church: an illustrated glossary
(Council for British Archaeology, 1996)
Useful links:
Link  The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Link  Imperial War Museum
Link  The Society of Genealogists
Link  Family Search
Link  Family Records
Link  The National Archives
Link  Trafalgar Roll - The National Archives
Link  British Library - India Office Records
Link  The Federation of Family History Societies
 
Other Museum websites:
Link  The National Maritime Museum
Link  Collections online
Link  Maritime Art Greenwich

Contact Us
Barbara Tomlinson
National Maritime Museum
Greenwich
LONDON
SE10 9NF
Fax number: +44 (0)20 8123 4454
 
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