Located in Royal Avenue Gardens, the Dartmouth War Memorial Cross has inscriptions of the men of Dartmouth who lost their lives during numerous conflicts.

Whilst originally dedicated in 1921 for those lost in the First World War, it was eventually be expanded to cover Second World War, the War in Afghanistan, the Malayan Emergency and conflicts in China. Most of the names on the Second World War memorial served with the Royal Navy, showcasing Dartmouth's importance to the naval effort.

There are also members of the Royal Army Service Corps listed. The Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) oversaw land, coastal and lake transport, air dispatch, barracks administration, supply of food, fuel water and other military equipment and staffing headquarters’ units.

Also mentioned on the memorial are men of the Devonshire and Dorsetshire regiments, some of the oldest regiments of the British Army. The Devons served in Malta, Italy, the D-Day campaign, Ceylon and Burma – much of the regiment ended the war in Hamburg, Germany. Meanwhile the Dorsets were deployed in France during 1940 before being sent to Burma (now Myanmar), Tunisia, and Italy and fighting in the D-day campaign in France on 6 June 1944. The 1st Battalion suffered heavy losses in 1944, causing its withdrawal from the frontline.