Saturday, 15 August 2015

The Memorial Gates - memorial honour for Volunteers of Undivided India, Africa and Caribbean

On 6th November, 2002 HM The Queen officially inaugurated the Memorial Gates on Constitution Hill in London, UK.

The memorial honours the five million men and women from Undivided India, Africa and the Caribbean who volunteered to serve with the Armed Forces during the First and Second World Wars. It also celebrates the contribution that these men and women and their descendants, members of the Commonwealth family, continue to make to the rich diversity of British society.


Photo: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
On the roof of the pavilion are inscribed the names of recipients of high military honours, many of whose stories are recorded in the Military Honours pages.

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