Originally erected in 1920 to honour those killed in World War I, a sunken garden was added later to record the dead of World War II. The names of 23,000 naval men and women who lost their lives in both world wars are inscribed around this impressive memorial Look out for the carved lions at its four corners and the ship's prows at its pinnacle. These represent the four winds that blow - the angry north, the fair south, the cruel east and the kindly west.
From here you can look across to the modern day city centre - a landscape changed beyond recognition by German bombing during World War II. Plymouth paid a terrible price for its connection with the Royal Navy, earning it the dubious distinction of being one of the most bombed cities in Britain.
Much of the old town was completely obliterated and more than 20,000 homes were destroyed or seriously damaged. During the seven night Blitz which began on 20th March 1941, more than 1,000 civilians were killed.
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