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Memory Geography
Cities, memorials, routes, and places of memory — what to visit and why it matters.
Curated memory geographies
Pembroke Dock — Battle of the Atlantic Memory Geography
Sourced places of Battle of the Atlantic remembrance at Pembroke Dock, once the largest flying-boat base in the world.
South West — Wartime Memory Geography
Sourced places of Second World War remembrance across the South West of England, beginning with the Plymouth Naval Memorial on the Hoe.
Northern Ireland — Wartime Memory Geography
Sourced places of Second World War remembrance across Northern Ireland, beginning with the Belfast Cenotaph and Garden of Remembrance.
North East — Wartime Memory Geography
Sourced places of Second World War remembrance across the North East of England, beginning with the Commonwealth war graves at Newcastle (West Road) Cemetery.
East Midlands — Wartime Memory Geography
Sourced places of Second World War remembrance across the East Midlands, beginning with the International Bomber Command Centre at Lincoln.
East of England — Wartime Memory Geography
Sourced places of Second World War remembrance across the East of England, beginning with the Cambridge American Cemetery at Madingley.
Liverpool — Wartime Maritime Memory Geography
The western terminal of the Battle of the Atlantic and the principal Atlantic port for Allied convoy shipping — Liverpool's wartime memory geography.
South East — Arctic Convoy Memory Geography
Sourced places of Arctic-convoy remembrance across the South East of England, beginning with the Arctic Convoys stone at Merstham in Surrey.
West Midlands — Arctic Convoy Memory Geography
Sourced Arctic-convoy memorials across the West Midlands, beginning with the national stone of remembrance at the National Memorial Arboretum.
Hull — Russian Convoy Memory Geography
Sourced places of Russian-convoy remembrance in Kingston upon Hull, beginning with the Russian Convoys Memorial at Paragon Square.
Scotland — Arctic Convoy Memory Geography
Loch Ewe and Scapa Flow were assembly and departure points for the Arctic convoys to North Russia; this page gathers sourced memorials to those who sailed.
London — Soviet & Allied Memory Geography
Sourced places of Soviet and Allied Second World War remembrance in London, beginning with the Soviet War Memorial at the Imperial War Museum.
Cardiff — Russian Convoy Memory Geography
Sourced places of Russian-convoy remembrance in Cardiff, beginning with the Russian Convoy Club memorial window at St Mary the Virgin Church.
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curated memory geography available