Memorials in the United Kingdom

A solemn memorial in a majestic setting that honors a 1692 tragedy.

A stone memorial marking the location where Scotland's first aeronautical flight landed.

An eccentric memorial garden to the "warrior" birds of World War I, the messenger pigeons used by the Allied forces.

The second smallest castle keep in England.

Commemorating the landing of William of Orange with his European army on their way to the Battle of the Boyne.

A striking statue commemorates the men who worked underground in Kingshill and Allanton.

One man and his dog, immortalized in a giant statue.

One of four sister bronze sculptures dedicated to the widows and orphans of an 1881 tragedy.

A monument at the site of a decisive battle in the First English Civil War.

A distinctive sculpture honors those killed and injured during a mineworkers strike in 1893.

A powerful statue sits on Scalestone Point, looking out over Morecambe Bay.

A memorial to a 19th-century fishing disaster that had deep repercussions across Shetland.

A massive flood devastated this seaside town, causing many to speculate about whether the government had figured out how to influence the weather.

This memorial celebrates the legacy of the British-Norwegian resistance movement during World War II.

A war memorial dedicated to the Free French Naval forces of World War II.

A churchyard in Ardsley houses a memorial dedicated to the victims of England’s worst mining disaster.