CWGC War Memorial: DELHI MEMORIAL (INDIA GATE)

Visiting Information

5.11.2003 : Please note that at present it is only possible to get within 50 yards of the memorial due to security arrangements in Delhi, and access to be able to read the names on the memorial is restricted.

Local Information

The Delhi Memorial (India Gate) stands at the eastern end of the Rajpath, or Kingsway.

Historical Information

Of the 13,300 Commonwealth servicemen commemorated by name on the memorial, just over 1,000 lie in cemeteries to the west of the River Indus, where maintenance was not possible. The remainder died in fighting on or beyond the North West Frontier and during the Third Afghan War, and have no known grave. The Delhi Memorial also acts as a national memorial to all the 70,000 soldiers of undivided India who served and died in every main theatre of operations except Italy during the First World War, the majority of whom are commemorated by name outside the confines of India. The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.