1. What can we learn from war memorials?
War Memorials Trust
What can we learn from war memorials?

2. Learning objectives
Know that war memorials can be used to find out about the past
Find information about the history of a local war memorial
Know what other sources might tell us about the past
Nuneaton, Warwickshire (WM2009) © War Memorials Trust, 2010.

3. Learning outcomes Explain what we can find out from war memorials
Ask and begin to answer questions about a war memorial and the people named on it
Explain which other sources may be suitable for finding further information
Nuneaton, Warwickshire (WM2009) © War Memorials Trust, 2010.

4. Your challenge
Look at the pictures of the war memorial on the sheet you have been given. Write down all the information that you can find out by looking at the memorial. Think about what it tells you about people and the place where the memorial is.
Broad Chalke, Wiltshire (WM2066) © Broad Chalke Parish Council, 2007

5. What does our memorial tell us?
Look at your local war memorial. What does it tell you about the people it commemorates?

6. What else do you want to know about the people named on your memorial?
What else could we find out?
What else do you want to know about the people named on your memorial?

7. What do other sources tell us?
Which other sources are useful for telling us about the people named on war memorials?