- What's New -
Date of Addition
Description and Location of Addition
2nd Febuary 2012
Added page on the memorial to Lt. Vernon Bransbury in Kingston Cemetery.
26th January 2012
Revised the page on the memorial to the men of HMS Fiji in Portsmouth Anglican Cathedral following receipt of further information concerning the names of the dead.
4th January 2012
Revised the page on the Freemasons Memorial in Kingston Cemetery following research that suggested the obelisk should be treated as a War Memorial.
18th November 2011
Revised the page on the memorial to the men of HMS Fiji in Portsmouth Anglican Cathedral to include the names of all those lost at sea and a personal account by a member of the Royal Naval School of Music who served aboard the ship and survived the sinking.
13th November 2011
Added further research into the names on the Civilians Memorial (West Side) and Civilians Memorial (East Side) in Kingston cemetery.
9th November 2011
Revised the Civilians Memorial (West Side) in Kingston cemetery following the replacement of the plaques stolen a few months earlier.
15th August 2011
Added the newly unveiled plaque at the site of the Besant Road Air Raid Shelter
11th August 2011
Added a memorial to Nelson Yeaxlee in Highland Road Cemetery
2nd August 2011
Added a Memorial to Men of HMS Captain currently on display in the "No Place Like Pompey" Exhibition at the City Museum.
15th July 2011
Re-assessed the pages on the World War 1 memorial in the Guildhall Square (the Cenotaph), following information that some of the entries were inaccurate. At the same time images of all ten panels have been made available via download.
5th July 2011
Updated the section on St. Mark's Church, North End, to include the WW1 Memorial Cross
1st June 2011
Added the memorial to Sergeant G. Rourke in Highland Road Cemetery.
31st March 2011
Re-drafted two pages on the Statue of Lord Nelson in Grand Parade and the Nelson Monument on Portsdown Hill to include additional information provided by Jane Smith.
28th March 2011
Added a page on the Spirit of Portsea Sculpture at the John Pounds Community Centre, Portsea.
19th March 2011
Added a page on the memorial to HMS Hero at St. Mary's Church
2nd February 2011
Added a page on the memorial to Commander Matthew Flinders which was unveiled on the 19th November 2010
12th January 2011
Updated the page on the 101 High Street Memorial following the unveiling of a replacement plaque on 10th January 2011, the 70th anniversary of the blitz when the house received a direct hit.
12th December 2010
Added an page on the Thomas Ellis Owen Sculpture following it's unveiling on 11th December 2010.
6th December 2010
Added an alphabetical list of all the names on, or associated with, memorials in the Royal Garrison Church
11th November 2010
Following a visit to Deepcut, the section on (The Former) St. Barbara's Church, Hilsea has been re-written to include details of all the memorials formerly held at Hilsea.
17th October 2010
Added a new page listing transcriptions of the text on the gravestones at the Royal Garrison Church.
11th October 2010
Added a new section under Churches for the former St. Barbara's Church at Hilsea Barracks.
8th October 2010
Added the Mudlarks Memorial, the Dockyard Gates Plaques and the Millenium Promenade to the Dockyard/Portsea section.
15th September 2010
Added memorials to Boswell Russell and Family and James Gieve and Family to the section on Portsmouth Cathedral
5th September 2010
Added details of the grave and headstone for Rev. Thomas and Mrs. Elizabeth Timmins to the Cemeteries section.
22nd August 2010
Added biographies and photographs of the 69 men named on the WW1 Memorial from the Southern Grammar School
28th July 2010
Added the statue of St. John the Evangelist to the St. John's section.
18th July 2010
Added four more memorials to the section on the Royal Garrison Church. They were the Cornwallis Plate, the Wykeham Gates, the Altar Cross and the Altar Candlesticks
30th June 2010
Revised the section on St. Jude's Church, Southsea, following a modernisation of the church and the changes to the locations of some memorials. Four new memorials were also added.
28th June 2010
Added four more memorials to the section on St. John's Cathedral
24th June 2010
Added the names of the men who died in 45 Commando during WW2 to the memorial at the Royal Marines Museum.
10th June 2010
Amended the page on the Memorial to the Twelve Chaplains who died in the Crimean War, in the Garrison Church, to include further biographical details.
22nd May 2010
Added the Prince George Street Chapel Plaque to the Portsea/Dockyard section
13th May 2010
Added 8 more memorials to the section on the Cathedral (St. Thomas's Church)
6th May 2010
Added the new memorial plaque explaining the story of HMS Pique in the Dockyard section
29th April 2010
Added 12 more memorials to the section on the Cathedral (St. Thomas's Church)
21st April 2010
Added 8 more memorials to the section on the Cathedral (St. Thomas's Church)
16th March 2010
Added the WW1 Tank Mk. IV No. 2324 to the HMS Excellent section
9th March 2010
Re-wrote the HTML code for the entire site of 966 pages. It should all now be future proof. I've checked every page to ensure it is displaying correctly but I don't rule out the possibility that errors remain undetected. So, if you spot something that isn't working correctly, please let me know.
2nd February 2010
Added 8 more memorials to the section on St. Mary's Church, Portsea
21st January 2010
Added further information concerning the names of the Old Etonians lost in the Crimean War and who were jointly memorialised on a plaque in the Royal Garrison Church.
14th December 2009
Added a (You Tube) video of a dive on the wreck of HMS Victoria on the page dedicated to the memorial to the men who lost their lives in the disaster.
18th November 2009
Added the The Queen Elizabeth Jubilee Fountain and The Arundel Street Sculptures to the City Centre section and the Rudyard Kipling Plaque to the Southsea section.
27th October 2009
Updated section on Christ Church, Portsdown and added plaque to John Deverell, the founder of the church.
19th October 2009
Added further details to the page on the memorial to Charles and Edward Ryder in St. Ann's Church
19th June 2009
Added two more memorials to the 47 Royal Marine Commando memorial page which although sited in Northern France commemorate the same actions as on the Portsmouth memorial.
14th June 2009
Added the Trinity Methodist Church to the churches section with it's World War 1 memorial.
10th May 2009
Added The HMS Foudroyant Gun
9th April 2009
Added plaques to Fred T. Jane, Peter Sellers and Frances Yates to the Southsea section; Portsmouth Football Club to the Old Portsmouth section, Charles Dickens to the City Centre section and John Dickens to the Dockyard section.
20th March 2009
Added the memorial to the people of Halabja to the Garden of Hope, Southsea
16th March 2009
Updated the page relating to the HMS Powerful Memorial to include links to first hand accounts of the Relief of Ladysmith and the part the Naval Brigade played in that operation. Also, the significance of the date 7th May finally resolved.
10th March 2009
Received information that the War Memorial that was formerly sited in the Co-op Headquarters in Fratton Road still exists but its exact location is unknown. Any further information should be sent to Tim Backhouse, who would be exceedingly grateful.
10th January 2009
Added the Jewish Cemetery in Fawcett Road to the War Graves section. Corrected one error and one omission in the Highland Road War Graves section. All thanks to David Milborrow of the The War Graves Photographic Project.
6th September 2008
Added photographs to the pages on Major Breton and Lord Raglan following the return of the plaques to the Royal Garrison Church.
31st August 2008
Added the plaque to Dr. Una Mary Mulvany in the "Other Locations" section.
Beginning to transfer some of the information relating to the history of Portsmouth to our sister site at www.history.inportsmouth.co.uk.
21st May 2008
Added the Bell School Plaque to the Civic Centre section.
19th May 2008
Revised the section on Whale Island, HMS Excellent with the addition of the Staff Gunners Mates and Gunnery Instructors Memorials, an update to the history of the WW2 Ordnance Artificers Memorial and the full story of The Pouhaki.
13th May 2008
Added the former Royal Portsmouth Hospital Memorial Gateway and the Doulton tile murals from the Children's Ward.
3rd May 2008
Added two recently discovered photographs of the two lost statues of Wellington and Nelson to the Southsea section.
28th April 2008
Added the sculpture of HMS Sirius in the Cascades Shopping Centre to the City Centre section.
25th April 2008
Added the Dockyard Railway plaque in Edinburgh Road to the City Centre section.
15th March 2008
Added the plaque at 101 High Street, Old Portsmouth to the air raid victims who died there.
5th February 2008
Added four more memorials to the Portsmouth Cathedral section.
20th January 2008
Added the boards in The City Council Chamber recording the Mayors and Lord Mayors of Portsmouth to the City Centre section.
27th November 2007
Added 3 more memorials to the Kingston Cemetery section.
26th November 2007
Added CWGC details to the page on the Fort Cumberland Memorial.
20th November 2007
29th October 2007
Added further information to the page on HMS Powerful, including biographical details of her Captain, Hedworth Lambton and photographs of the presentation watch and purse made to the Naval Brigade at the banquet in Portsmouth.
19th October 2007
Added the memorials to Sir John Kempthorne, Lt. FN Bennett and his wife, the Arnaud Family and Captain Ivan Karsakoff to the Portsmouth Cathedral section.
18th October 2007
Added further information to the pages on the Fitzclarence Memorial in the Old Portsmouth section and the HMS Boadicea Memorial in St Mary's Church.
20th September 2007
Added further biographical details to the pages on John Danagher VC and Sidney Day VC.
18th September 2007
Completed a project to research the WW1 memorial outside Portsmouth Cathedral and the names of the men named upon it.
10th September 2007
Added The Royal Naval Club and Royal Albert Yacht Club Memorial Plaque to members upon whom the Victoria Cross had been conferred in the VC section.
9th September 2007
Added the State Field Gun Carriage and updated the page on the HMS Queen Charlotte figurehead at HMS Excellent.
5th September 2007
Added the Field Gun Memorial and The Rock From HMS Pique as well as further information on the Scott statue and HMS Rattler to the Historic Dockyard section.
2nd September 2007
Added the (former) plaque on the Wheelbarrow to the Southsea section.
19th August 2007
Added the 820 names on the HMS Victory Muster at Trafalgar, to the Dockyard section.
16th August 2007
Added the HMS Sultan Anchor to the City Centre section.
9th August 2007
Added the Sir Thomas Beecham Plaque to the Old Portsmouth section.
21st July 2007
Added the Conan Doyle Plaque and the Lost Obelisk to the Southsea section.
18th July 2007
Added further information concerning the whereabouts of artefacts from the former Holy Trinity Church in the Dockyard.
28th June 2007
The Memorials In Portsmouth website is shortlisted for the Hantsweb Awards 2007.
22nd June 2007
Added the 143 names that appear on the Bass Drum of the Royal Marines Bandsmen Memorial (1914-1919) at the Royal Marines Museum.
17th June 2007
Launched new section for the two war memorials in the former head office of the City of Portsmouth Passenger Transport Department.
14th June 2007
Added further information to the page on Captain JM Boyd in St Ann's Church.
8th June 2007
Added the Former Dockyard Apprentices and Thomas Telford Plaques to the Dockyard section.
17th May 2007
Added the Workers Memorial Day Memorial in Victoria Park.
23rd April 2007
Further research at the Royal Garrison Church has revealed the existence of 6 more memorials which are probably hidden by the organ.
16th April 2007
Added 5 more memorials to the Portsmouth Cathedral Section.
5th April 2007
Added Kingston Cemetery (570 graves) to the War Graves section.
5th April 2007
Added the memorial to George Bayne in Kingston Cemetery.
23rd March 2007
Updated the biographical information for WL Whyllie and William Willoughby.
17th March 2007
Updated the photo of the Brunel Memorial following it's completion.
17th March 2007
Added Holy Trinity Church, Portsea to the 'Lost Churches' section.
15th March 2007
Added 11 memorials to the Portsmouth Cathedral section.
14th March 2007
Added English translation of the Lake Taswell/Lake Allen plaque in Portsmouth Cathedral.
13th March 2007
Added WW2 memorial to the men of the Electrical Service in Portsmouth Cathedral.
28th February 2007
Added the memorial to Lake Taswell and Lake Allen in Portsmouth Cathedral.
28th February 2007
Added the memorial to Lieutenant Pieter Laurentz Campbell in the Garrison Church.
9th February 2007
Added biographical information to the page on Lord Chatfield at HMS Excellent.
4th February 2007
Added further information to the pages on the Chinese Guns at HMS Excellent and HMS Shah in the City Centre.
31st January 2007
Added biographical details and photographs to the page on Sir John Pennefather in the Royal Garrison Church.
10th January 2007
Added memorials to Major Angus Gillman and to the Men of the Corporation Electricity Supply to the Cathedral section.
20th December 2006
Finally completed the technical upgrade to the site which now satisfies W3C XHTML Standards. In the process, a banner image and site search facility has been added to each page.
20th December 2006
Added John Edmund Commerell VC to the section on Victoria Cross Holders.
8th December 2006
Added biographical details on Captain WJ Madden and his family to the page in the Royal Garrison Church section.
25th November 2006
Finally completed the St Wilfrid's Parishioners' memorial by the addition of the last two panels.
12th November 2006
Added memorials to Willi Willoughby Esq., Robert Moulton Esq. and Richard and Emma Ford and Charles Ford in the Portsmouth Cathedral section.
5th November 2006
Added 2 plaques in St Peter's and St Paul's church, Wymering to Richard and Emma Ford.
30th October 2006
Added 2 more holders of the Victoria Cross, both born in Portsmouth.
28th October 2006
Added 9 more graveside memorials to the Highland Road, Cemeteries section.
21st October 2006
Added personal details of many men commemorated on the Farlington War Memorial, St Andrews Church, using information from "Forgotten Heroes" courtesy of author John Symonds.
15th October 2006
Added 431 War Graves at Milton Cemetery to the War Graves section.
22nd September 2006
Added the full text of the Book of Remembrance in St Margaret's Church.
19th September 2006
Added further biographical information to the page on the memorial to Rear Admiral Sir FL Maitland in St Ann's church including a detailed history of HMS Bellerophon.
18th September 2006
Added the Royal Tournament Field Gun at HMS Excellent and the memorial window to Captain Wildman-Lushington at St Andrews Church, Eastney.
15th September 2006
Added Norman Augustus Finch VC to the section on holders of the Victoria Cross and details of the action at Zeebrugge where he won the award to the page on the HMS Vindictive anchor on display at the Royal Marines Museum.
July & August 2006
Working on the 433 War Graves in Milton Cemetery, adding biographical and historical information to a number of existing pages and planning for Guided Tours of Portsmouth memorials, beginning with the graves of the VC's in Highland Road Cemetery.
12th June 2006
Launched new site for the Friends of Highland Road Cemetery.
12th May 2006
Added John Pounds Monument and Reconstructed house to the John Pounds Memorial Church page in the Old Portsmouth section.
6th May 2006
Added the St Andrews Church Cemetery to the War Graves section.
6th May 2006
Added a photograph of the WW1 Memorial in the (former) Southern Grammar School.
3rd May 2006
Added the St Peter & St Paul Church Cemetery to the War Graves section and updated the memorials in the church.
28th April 2006
Added the new memorial to Isambard Kingdom Brunel in the Portsea/Dockyard section.
28th April 2006
Added memorial to Lt. J.W.W. Sutton to Highland Road Cemetery section.
21st April 2006
Today we launch the beginning of a major new section dedicated to the War Graves of Portsmouth. There are nearly 1400 such graves in 7 locations in the city so this will take some time. We begin with the 271 graves in the Highland Road Cemetery.
10th April 2006
Added a new section for the former Southern Grammar School for Boys.
10th April 2006
Began the process of converting the coding for the entire site to the XHTML standard as defined by the World Wide Web Consortium. This will also offer greater legibility and enable all pages to be printed without the navigation bars or footer information. As of today just the Royal Garrison Church section has been converted.
28th March 2006
Added the memorials to Captain C.P. Prendergast and 2nd Lt. E.A. Reid in Highland Road Cemetery.
23rd March 2006
Added the memorials to Rifleman C.W. Cox, Lt. J.M.H. Fisher & 2nd Lt. C.E.H. Fisher in Highland Road Cemetery.
12th March 2006
Added the memorial to 2nd Lieut. HF Tappenden in Highland Road Cemetery.
26th February 2006
Added Portsmouth Grammar School to the Other Locations Section.
20th February 2006
Added panoramic view of the Nave at the Royal Garrison Church.
16th February 2006
Added St John's College, Southsea to the Other Locations Section.
11th February 2006
Added the former church of St Andrews, Eastney to the Churches and Cathedrals section.
6th February 2006
Added two Old Portsmuthian VCs (Francis Harvey & William Nickerson) to the VC Section.
26th January 2006
Added The War Memorial Silver Drums 1914-1918 & The Memorial Trumpets of the Royal Naval School of Music to the Royal Marines Museum section.
7th January 2006
Added the Anne Frank Memorial to the City Museum section.
6th January 2006
Added new section on HMS Nelson Ward Room, Portsea to the "Others" section.
3rd January 2006
Finally completed the inscription and history on the HMS Shah memorial in the City Centre section.
2002-2004
Entries removed.
