Royal Naval Division Memorial

City of Westminster, United Kingdom

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Located on Horse Guards Parade in central London, the Royal Naval Division Memorial is a First World War monument designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and unveiled on 25 April 1925—ten years to the day after the Gallipoli landings where the 63rd (Royal Naval) Division suffered heavy casualties. Conceived by the division's former members under the leadership of Brigadier-General Arthur Asquith, the memorial was created after plans to incorporate it into a larger Royal Navy monument for Trafalgar Square were abandoned. Lutyens' design features an obelisk rising from a fountain bowl with water spouts projecting from sculpted lion heads, connected via decorative plinth to a shallower basin. The base displays relief carvings of divisional unit insignias, battle honours, and an excerpt from Rupert Brooke's poem *The Dead*—Brooke having died while serving in the division in 1915. Originally dismantled in 1939 for wartime construction and relocated to Greenwich in 1951, the memorial returned to Horse Guards Parade in 2003. The Grade II* listed structure stands as a testament to the division's service and sacrifice, with the unveiling ceremony itself notably addressed by Winston Churchill, the division's creator.