Portsmouth lost an estimated 6,000 men and women in World War I. A Mayor's appeal was launched to comemorate this loss and as a result the Cenotaph, detailing the names of the local fallen, was unveiled on the 19 October 1921 before a local crowd of 30,000.
A third of the appeal money was also given to the Royal Hospital for the building of new wards.
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Thank you for posting this blog. It has been very difficult for me to find information about Southsea. My ancestors are from there. They left 1853 for America. I am looking for any information about what was happening in Portsmouth and Southsea in the 1840's, causing my family to convert to Mormonism and leave. Here is a link to a blog I just published. Maybe you could help me out with this project. http://venturephilosophy.blogspot.com/2012/11/my-ancestor-elizabeth-kemmish-part-i.html
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