Dunkirk Memorial, War memorial in Dunkirk, France.

Dunkirk Memorial is a war memorial in the town cemetery that honours British soldiers from World War II. Stone walls display the names of approximately 4,500 soldiers who died during the 1940 evacuation and at sea, and visitors can enter a covered shelter to view the commemorative shrine.

The memorial was completed in 1957, some 17 years after the events it marks, and unveiled on 29 June 1957 by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother before 1,600 veterans and relatives. It commemorates 4,505 missing soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force who died with no known grave between September 1939 and June 1940, including those lost on the SS Abukir and RMS Lancastria and Victoria Cross recipient Lieutenant Christopher Furness.

The memorial's panels are flanked by English-style planting: holly hedges and borders of stocks, thymes, primroses, phlox, heathers and violas, chosen by the horticultural designer. At the centre of the shrine a circular wooden seating area is built around the cabinet holding the cemetery and memorial register, where visitors can consult the names.

The memorial forms the entrance to one of the CWGC sections of Dunkirk Town Cemetery, with inscription panels in English and French on either side of the gates, topped by stone urns. From the gates, an avenue runs between two rows of Portland stone screen walls to the shrine at the far end. The register is kept in a cabinet at the centre of the circular wooden seating area inside the shrine.

An engraved glass panel by artist John Hutton is built into the shelter structure designed by architect Philip Hepworth. This artistic detail often goes unnoticed by visitors but adds a layer of craftsmanship to the memorial.