Petition · past parliament

To fund a national memorial to remember all those who we have lost to Covid-19.

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

So many families including ours have lost a loved one in the UK to this pandemic. I am calling on the government to fund a memorial that honours every life lost. Specifically by creating a monument that lists the name of every person who has died in this pandemic.
The National Memorial Arboretum have specific criteria and those who have lost their lives to this virus cannot be named there under these rules.

This is an opportunity to honour those we have lost and never forget the tragedy of this pandemic. The government has supported many other memorials in the past and with your signatures we’re hoping this will be supported to!

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign these petitions calling for the same action:

A memorial for NHS, care, allied professionals, who die as a result of COVID:19: A memorial for NHS, care, allied professionals, who die as a result of COVID:19

Create a National Covid-19 Key worker memorial Commemorate the fallen: Create a National Covid-19 Key worker memorial
Commemorate the fallen


Commission a Memorial Plaque to honour and remember UK victims of the Covid-19: Commission a Memorial Plaque to honour and remember UK victims of the Covid-19

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

Timeline

28 Apr 2020 Petition opened for signatures
22 May 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18
Status Rejected
Rejected 22 May 2020

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.