Unveiled in 1924, the Dover War Memorial was designed by Richard Goulden, a Dovorian and veteran of the Great War. It symbolises gratitude to the fallen and sympathy for the bereaved. In the War Memorial garden, mounted on a concrete block, is a grappling iron used in the heroic raid by the Dover Patrol to prevent German submarines leaving their base by blocking the Port of Zeebrugge on St. George’s Day, 23rd April 1918. The attack was successful but cost 176 lives, 412 wounded with 49 missing and had only a temporary effect on U-boat activities.
