Memorials in England

This controversial memorial to the Titanic's captain stands in a peculiar place.

The remains of a legendary WWII weapon prototype.

This 500-meter-long memorial pays tribute to the hundreds of thousands of lives lost to COVID-19 in the UK.

During World War II, locals rallied together to buy this plane to support the war effort.

Memorial marking the man who helped restore public rights access to the park in 1758.

This grave remembers the beloved canine companion of soldiers far from home.

One of the trees in Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens is actually a World War II memorial, and it's made of metal.

Despite its location in the English countryside, this chapel is the property of Ontario, Canada.

A memorial overlooking a busy roadway is linked with the story of a 17th-century noblewoman’s legal battle for her inheritance.

An inverted staircase above the entrance to the Bethnal Green Underground Station functions as a memorial for people who lost their lives during the worst civilian disaster in the U.K. during World War II.

This little-known wall in Southampton stands as one of the most unique and personal monuments to D-Day.

Dedicated to the five postal workers who died aboard the doomed ocean liner, this plaque was made from a spare propeller from the Titanic.

This modest site memorializes a World War II mission described without hyperbole as “the greatest raid of all.”

These stained-glass windows are all that remains of a building that was the target of one of the biggest explosions in London after World War II.

A famed admiral left behind this 17th-century house key when he joined the British Navy.

A strange Georgian folly sits atop a lonely hill.