Royal Naval War Memorial

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The Royal Naval War Memorial is a prominent First World War and later naval war dead memorial in Plymouth, England, commemorating sailors of the Royal Navy who have no known grave but the sea.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Plymouth Naval Memorial	2
Royal Naval War Memorial canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3210379 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Royal Naval War Memorial
Context triple: [Plymouth Hoe, contains, Royal Naval War Memorial]

A. Royal Naval Division War Memorial
The Royal Naval Division War Memorial is a monument in London commemorating the officers and men of the Royal Naval Division who died in World War I and subsequent conflicts.
B. Gloucester Fishermen’s Memorial
The Gloucester Fishermen’s Memorial is a historic bronze statue and monument in Gloucester, Massachusetts, honoring the thousands of local fishermen lost at sea.
C. Royal Artillery Memorial
The Royal Artillery Memorial is a prominent World War I monument in London commemorating the casualties of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, notable for its massive stone howitzer and realistic bronze figures.
D. Scottish National War Memorial
The Scottish National War Memorial is a commemorative building in Edinburgh honoring Scottish servicemen and women who died in the First World War and subsequent conflicts.
E. Memorial Cenotaph
The Memorial Cenotaph is an arched stone monument in Hiroshima dedicated to the victims of the atomic bombing, symbolizing peace and remembrance.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Royal Naval War Memorial
Target entity description: The Royal Naval War Memorial is a prominent First World War and later naval war dead memorial in Plymouth, England, commemorating sailors of the Royal Navy who have no known grave but the sea.

A. Royal Naval Division War Memorial
The Royal Naval Division War Memorial is a monument in London commemorating the officers and men of the Royal Naval Division who died in World War I and subsequent conflicts.
B. Gloucester Fishermen’s Memorial
The Gloucester Fishermen’s Memorial is a historic bronze statue and monument in Gloucester, Massachusetts, honoring the thousands of local fishermen lost at sea.
C. Royal Artillery Memorial
The Royal Artillery Memorial is a prominent World War I monument in London commemorating the casualties of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, notable for its massive stone howitzer and realistic bronze figures.
D. Scottish National War Memorial
The Scottish National War Memorial is a commemorative building in Edinburgh honoring Scottish servicemen and women who died in the First World War and subsequent conflicts.
E. Memorial Cenotaph
The Memorial Cenotaph is an arched stone monument in Hiroshima dedicated to the victims of the atomic bombing, symbolizing peace and remembrance.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	First World War memorial ⓘ naval memorial ⓘ war memorial ⓘ
architecturalStyle	monumental classical ⓘ
builtFor	Imperial War Graves Commission ⓘ
category	Buildings and structures in Plymouth, Devon ⓘ Royal Navy memorials ⓘ World War I memorials in England ⓘ World War II memorials in England ⓘ
commemorates	Royal Navy personnel ⓘ sailors with no known grave but the sea ⓘ
commemoratesConflict	World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
coordinates	50.365°N 4.142°W ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
designedBy	Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer ⓘ surface form: Sir Robert Lorimer
hasAccess	public ⓘ
hasInscription	names of Royal Navy dead with no known grave ⓘ
hasNearbyMemorial	Royal Naval War Memorial self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Plymouth Naval Memorial
hasPart	bronze plaques ⓘ bronze wreaths ⓘ central obelisk ⓘ inscribed panels of names ⓘ
height	approximately 23 metres ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Grade I listed building ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate	1998-05-01 ⓘ
locatedIn	Devon ⓘ England ⓘ Plymouth ⓘ Plymouth Hoe ⓘ
maintainedBy	Imperial War Graves Commission ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
materialUsed	Portland stone ⓘ
owner	Imperial War Graves Commission ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
partOf	Commonwealth war memorial ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth naval memorials to the missing
purpose	to commemorate naval war dead with no known grave ⓘ
sculpturalWorkBy	Henry Poole ⓘ
unveiledBy	Prince of Wales ⓘ
unveiledOn	1924-08-29 ⓘ
usedFor	Remembrance Day ceremonies ⓘ naval commemorative services ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Plymouth Hoe → contains → Royal Naval War Memorial ⓘ

Portsmouth Naval Memorial → hasSisterMemorial → Royal Naval War Memorial ⓘ

this entity surface form: Plymouth Naval Memorial

Royal Naval War Memorial → hasNearbyMemorial → Royal Naval War Memorial self-linksurface differs ⓘ