By the Editor: How often do you look without seeing? Anyone who has sailed into, or out of, Plymouth, Portsmouth or Chatham will be familiar with the war memorials to those buried at sea in the First World War. But what really do you know of them? The author opens one’s eyes to the thought and detail that went into this inspiring £4.28m (in today’s money) project. The Initial Brief In February 1921 the Imperial War Graves Commission (IWGC) instructed Sir Robert Lorimer, their Principal Architect for the United Kingdom, to prepare designs to give effect to the conclusions of the Admiralty commi…
