Coventry's Blitz Memorial, London Road Cemetery

Over 1200 people were killed in Coventry in World War Two. 808 of these are buried at London Road.

Many of those killed do not appear on this memorial, if you would like me to check for a particular name not listed please contact me.

I am happy to help, there is no charge for this service but should you wish to make a donation to enable me to spend more time adding to this site, even a small donation is much appreciated.

Annual Memorial Service

If you have relations who were killed in the bombing raids on Coventry then you might like to attend the annual service held at The Blitz Memorial, London Road Cemetery, London Road, Coventry

For details of the annual remembrance service, refer to the Coventry Council website

Index of Blitz Victims, part two

I have listed here, and on the previous and next pages of the index, the names of all those who appear on the London Road Memorial. I have also created another index of 400+ additional names of those killed but who were not included on the London Road War Memorial which can be found by following the link.

If you have a relation who was killed in the Blitz and would like me to add more information about them and how they died, perhaps even a photograph, just contact me.

Click here for the previous page of names, and here for the next page of names.

The Fallen: A Photographic Journey Through the War Cemeteries and Memorials of the Great War 1914-18 by John Garfield

The years since the Armistice in 1918 have undoubtedly proved that the cemeteries of the First World War have admirably fulfilled their tragic and sombre purpose.

The task which faced the Imperial War Graves Commission at the end of the war was formidable indeed. The results of its hard work, to restore the resting places of the dead of the ‘war to end all wars’, can be seen in this outstanding book.

The Commission, now the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, still maintains these beautiful cemeteries to provide a dignified and peaceful resting place for those who sacrificed their lives in the cause of freedom.

John Garfield captures the poignancy of those cemeteries in Flanders, Marne, Aisne, Artois, Ypres Salient, Gallipoli, Verdun, The Somme, Italy and Macedonia with exceptional photographs. Each is complemented with a short description of the campaigns and with quotations from the contemporary war literature.

In a final chapter, ‘The Aftermath’, John Garfield examines the memorials to the dead and murdered from the battlefields, cities and concentration camps of the Second World War, and ends with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.