Grade II* listed war memorials in England explained

There are 137 Grade II* listed war memorials in England, out of over 4,000 listed war memorials. In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a building or structure of special historical or architectural importance; listing offers the building legal protection against demolition or modification, which requires permission from the local planning authority. Listed buildings are divided into three categories—Grade I, Grade II*, and Grade II—which reflect the relative significance of the structure and may be a factor in planning decisions. Grade I is the most significant and accounts for 2.5% of listed buildings, while Grade II accounts for 92%. Grade II* is the intermediate grade accounting for the remaining 5.5%; it is reserved for "particularly important buildings of more than special interest".

A war memorial listed at Grade II* may be of particular artistic interest or accomplishment, of a highly unusual design, or of significant historical interest below that required for Grade I. It is explicitly unnecessary for the architect or sculptor to be well known in order for a memorial to be listed at Grade II*.^{[1] [2]} As part of the commemorations of the centenary of the First World War, Historic England—the government body responsible for listing in England—is running a project with the aim of significantly increasing the number of war memorials on the National Heritage List for England.^[3]

This list includes only memorials that are Grade II* listed buildings in their own right. Memorials which are not free-standing—such as a plaque on a church wall—or which form part of the curtilage of a listed building—such as a sculpture within a building—but do not have their own entry on the National Heritage List for England are not included.

War memorials in England take a wide variety of forms and commemorate centuries of conflicts, though memorials to conflicts and the soldiers who fought in them—rather than exclusively commemorating victorious commanders—only started to be commonplace after the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, which ended the Napoleonic Wars. The aftermath of the First World War (1914–1918) produced significantly more memorials than any other single conflict; thus this list is dominated by First World War memorials, many of which were later re-dedicated or added to reflect losses from the Second World War (1939–1945).

The list below also features five memorials to the Second Boer War (1899–1902), to which around 1,000 memorials were built in Britain, four commissioned specifically to commemorate the Second World War, and one each to the Seven Years' War (1756–1763) and the Crimean War (1853–1856).^[4]

Memorials

Name	ID	Image	Location	Conflict	Architect	Type	Inauguration date	Listing date
Mells War Memorial	1058315		Mells, Somerset	First and Second World Wars		Miscellaneous	1921
Merchant Seamen's Memorial	1031597		Tower Hill, London Borough of Tower Hamlets	Second World War		Memorial garden	1955
Radcliffe Cenotaph	1067192		Radcliffe, Greater Manchester	First and Second World Wars		Cenotaph	1922
Stockton-on-Tees War Memorial	1139979		Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham	First World War		Sculptures on plinth	1923
Hoylake and West Kirby War Memorial	1116883		West Kirby, Merseyside	First and Second World Wars		Obelisk and sculptures	1922
Bromley War Memorial	1116976		Bromley, London Borough of Bromley	First and Second World Wars		Obelisk and sculptures	1922
Beaumont College war memorial	1119797		Old Windsor, Berkshire	First World War		Altar and sculpture	1920
Stalybridge War Memorial	1163074			First World War		Sculpture group	1920
Bridgwater War Memorial	1197395		Bridgwater, Somerset	First World War		Sculpture	1924
79th Regiment Memorial	1205759		Clifton, Bristol	Seven Years' War (1756–1763)	Unknown	Cenotaph	1766
Northumberland Fusiliers Gateway, Hexham	1281571		Hexham, Northumberland	First World War		Arch	Late 17th/early 18th century
South African War Memorial, York	1257874		York, North Yorkshire	Second Boer War		Cross	1905
Boer War Memorial Arch, Brompton Barracks	1375606		Brompton, Kent	Second Boer War		Memorial arch	1902
North Eastern Railway War Memorial	1256553		York, North Yorkshire	First and Second World Wars		Obelisk, screen walls, and Stone of Remembrance	1924
South African War Memorial, Clifton College	1282343		Bristol	Second Boer War		Sculpture on plinth	1904
Memorial at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial	1376611		Madingley, Cambridgeshire	Second World War	Perry Dean Rogers Architects	Chapel and memorial wall	1954
Devon County War Memorial and Processional Way	1393228		Exeter, Devon	First and Second World Wars		Cross	1921
Folkestone War Memorial	1393854		Folkestone, Kent	First and Second World Wars		Sculpture	1922
24th East Surrey Division War Memorial	1391503		Battersea Park, London Borough of Wandsworth	First World War		Sculpture	1924
Cross at Church of All Saints, East Pennard	1345215		East Pennard, Somerset	First World War	Unknown	Cross
South African War Memorial, Worcester	1389731		Worcester, Worcestershire	Second Boer War		Sculpture	1908
Memorial at Holy Trinity Church, Wavertree	1393740		Wavertree, Liverpool	First World War		Cross	1920
British Medical Association War Memorial	1378969		British Medical Association House, Tavistock Square, London Borough of Camden	Second World War		Sculpture	1954
War memorial at All Saints' Church, Wigan	1384562		Wigan, Greater Manchester	First and Second World Wars		Eleanor cross	1921
Saltburn War Memorial	1387499		Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire	First World War		Cross	1919
Memorial to the Engine Room Heroes	1209973		Liverpool, Merseyside	First World War		Obelisk	1916
Commonwealth Air Forces Memorial	1376599		Runnymede, Surrey	Second World War		Memorial building	1953
Crimean War Memorial Arch, Brompton Barracks	1375607		Brompton, Kent	Crimean War	Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt	Memorial arch	1856
Midland Railway War Memorial	1228742		Derby, Derbyshire	First World War		Cenotaph and screen wall	1921
Southport War Memorial	1379604		Southport, Merseyside	First and Second World Wars	Grayson and Barnish	Obelisk and colonnades	1923
South African War Memorial, Haymarket, Newcastle	1024847		Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear	Second Boer War		Sculpture	1907
Bolton Cenotaph	1388289		Bolton, Greater Manchester	First and Second World Wars		Cenotaph and sculptures	1928
Trumpington War Memorial	1245571		Trumpington, Cambridgeshire	First World War		Cross	1921
Manchester Cenotaph	1270697		St Peter's Square, Manchester, Greater Manchester	First and Second World Wars		Cenotaph	1924
Earl Haig Memorial	1066109		Whitehall, City of Westminster, London	First World War		Statue	1936
Dover Patrol Monument	1070067		Dover, Kent	First World War		Obelisk	1921
Civil Service Rifles War Memorial	1237096		Somerset House, City of Westminster, London	First World War		Column	1924
Reigate and Redhill War Memorial	1242942		Redhill, Surrey	First World War		Bronze sculpture	1923
Holy Island War Memorial	1042308		Lindisfarne, Northumberland	First and Second World Wars		Cross	1922
British Thomson-Houston Company War Memorial	1392027		Rugby, Warwickshire	First and Second World Wars		Cross	1921
Faversham Munitions Explosion Memorial	1261010		Faversham, Kent	First World War		Grave, cross and stone	1917
La Délivrance	1286880		Finchley, London Borough of Barnet	First World War		Bronze sculpture	1927
War memorial in War Memorial Park, Coventry	1410358		Coventry, West Midlands	First World War		Tower	1927
Oswaldtwistle War Memorial	1206103		Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire	First and Second World Wars	Louis Frederick Roslyn	Cenotaph and statues	1922
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regimental War Memorial	1114178		Kempston, Bedfordshire	First and Second World Wars		Temple and obelisks	1921
Stourbridge War Memorial	1116647		Stourbridge, West Midlands	First World War		Cenotaph and sculpture	1923
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry War Memorial	1298217		Bodmin, Cornwall	First World War		Sculpture	1924
Upper North Street School Memorial	1065215		Poplar, London Borough of Tower Hamlets	First World War		Traditional funerary sculpture	1917
Blackpool War Memorial	1072010		Blackpool, Lancashire	First and Second World Wars		Obelisk	1923
Westfield War Memorial Village memorial	1195055		Lancaster, Lancashire	First and Second World Wars		Bronze Statue	1926
Keighley War Memorial	1313949		Keighley, West Yorkshire	First World War		Bronze sculpture	1924
Ashton-under-Lyne War Memorial	1067996		Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester	First World War		Cenotaph	1922
Burwash War Memorial	1376156		Burwash, East Sussex	First World War		Cenotaph	1920
London and North Western Railway War Memorial	1342044		Euston railway station, London Borough of Camden	First and Second World Wars		Obelisk	1921
Macclesfield War Memorial	1220798		Macclesfield, Cheshire	First World War		Pillar and Bronze sculpture	1921
Birkenhead War Memorial	1218058		Birkenhead, Merseyside	First World War		Cenotaph	1925
Kingston upon Thames War Memorial	1080054		Kingston, London Borough of Kingston upon Thames	First and Second World Wars		Pedestal with sculpture	1923
Darwen War Memorial	1072435		Darwen, Lancashire	First World War		Cenotaph	1921
Hythe War Memorial	1430450		Hythe, Kent	First and Second World Wars		Sculpture	1921
Lytham St Anne's War Memorial	1196391		Lytham St Annes, Lancashire	First World War		Cenotaph with sculpture	1923
Harrow School War Memorial Building	1358630		Harrow, London	First World War		Memorial building	1926
Shropshire War Memorial	1270484		Shrewsbury, Shropshire	First and Second World Wars		Rotunda and statue	1922
Lichfield War Memorial	1187733		Lichfield, Staffordshire	First World War		Sculpture	1920
Ditchling War Memorial	1438295		Ditchling, East Sussex	First World War		Column	1919
Newcastle and District War Memorial	1115605		Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear	First World War		Sculpture	1923
Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Cenotaph	1086395		Maidstone, Kent	First and Second World Wars		Cenotaph	1921
Huddersfield War Memorial	1427679		Huddersfield, West Yorkshire	First and Second World Wars		Cross and colonnade	1924
Norwich War Memorial	1051857		Norwich, Norfolk	First and Second World Wars		Stone of Remembrance	1927
Machine Gun Corps Memorial	1226874		Hyde Park Corner, City of Westminster, London	First World War		Sculpture	1925
Lewes High Street War Memorial	1191738		Lewes, East Sussex	First and Second World Wars		Sculpture	1924
Busbridge War Memorial	1044531		Busbridge, Surrey	First and Second World Wars		Cross	1922
Bournemouth War Memorial	1418017		Bournemouth, Dorset	First and Second world Wars		Memorial stone	1922
Belgian Monument to the British Nation	1066168		Victoria Embankment, City of Westminster, London	First World War		Sculpture	1920
29th Division War Memorial	1034880		Stretton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire	First World War		Obelisk	1921
Royal Berkshire Regiment Cenotaph	1321912		Reading, Berkshire	First and Second World Wars		Cenotaph	1921
Royal Naval Division War Memorial	1392454		Horse Guards Parade, City of Westminster, London	First World War		Obelisk and fountain	1925
Southend-on-Sea War Memorial	1322329		Southend-on-Sea, Essex	First and Second World Wars		Obelisk	1921
War memorial at St Wulfram's Church, Grantham	1062502		Grantham, Lincolnshire	First and Second World Wars		Cross	1920
Exeter City War Memorial	1420669		Northernhay Gardens, Exeter, Devon	First and Second World Wars		Sculpture	1923
The Cavalry Memorial	1278118		Hyde Park Corner, City of Westminster, London	First World War		Sculpture	1924
	1425375		Deal, Kent	First World War	Unknown	Cross	1916
War memorial cloisters at Sedbergh School	1384218		Sedbergh, Cumbria	First and Second World Wars		Cloisters	1924
Worksop War Memorial	1045751		Worksop, Nottinghamshire	First World War		Cenotaph	1925
York City War Memorial	1257512		York, North Yorkshire	First and Second World Wars		Cross	1925
Retford War Memorial	1392660		Retford, Nottinghamshire	First and Second World Wars		Cross	1921
Lancashire Fusiliers War Memorial	1250814		Gallipoli Gardens, Bury, Greater Manchester	First World War		Obelisk	1922
Briantspuddle War Memorial	1171702		Briantspuddle, Dorset	First World War		Obelisk	1918
Stanway War Memorial	1154209		Stanway, Gloucestershire	First World War		Bronze sculpture	1920
Elveden War Memorial	1037610		Eriswell, Suffolk	First and Second World Wars		Corinthian column	1921
Accrington War Memorial	1205791		Accrington, Lancashire	First World War		Obelisk	1922
Barnsley War Memorial	1151144		Barnsley, South Yorkshire	First and Second World Wars		Cenotaph	1925
The City and County of London Troops War Memorial	1064714		Cornhill, City of London	First World War		Cenotaph	1920
Boer War Memorial, Cannon Hill Park	1392586		Birmingham	Second Boer War		Sculpture	1906
Portsmouth War Memorial	1104318		Portsmouth, Hampshire	First World War		Screen with plaques	1921
Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Yeomanry War Memorial	1245906		Gloucester, Gloucestershire	First and Second World Wars	Cash and Wright	Cross	1922
Sheffield War Memorial	1271299		Sheffield, South Yorkshire	First and Second World Wars		Flagstaff	1925
Rifle Brigade War Memorial	1288744		Grosvenor Gardens, City of Westminster, London	First and Second World Wars		Sculpture	1925
Rawtenstall Cenotaph	1072780		Rawtenstall, Lancashire	First and Second World Wars		Cenotaph	1929
2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Memorial, Eastbourne	1043677		Eastbourne, East Sussex	Service from 1882 to 1902, in Malta, Egypt, India and Boer War		Statue	1906
Rowntree Park Memorial Gates	1256477		York, North Yorkshire	Second World War		Gates	Early 18th century
Royal Artillery Boer War Memorial	1273903		The Mall, City of Westminster, London	Second Boer War		Cenotaph	1910
South Harting War Memorial	1438494		South Harting, West Sussex	First World War		Cross	1920
Oldham War Memorial	1210137		Oldham, Greater Manchester	First and Second World Wars		Bronze sculpture	1923
Colchester War Memorial	1391704		Colchester, Essex	First World War		Bronze sculpture	1923
National Submariners' War Memorial	1079109		Victoria Embankment, City of London	First World War		Bronze sculpture	1922
West Derby War Memorial	1389376		Prescot, Liverpool, Merseyside	First World War		Bronze sculptures on pedestal	1922
Blackmoor War Memorial	1174603		Blackmoor, Hampshire	First World War		Cross	1922
Lenton War Memorial	1246782		Lenton, Nottingham	First World War	Possibly Arthur Brewill and Basil Baily	Cross	1919
Burnley War Memorial	1247303		Burnley, Lancashire	First World War		Cenotaph	1926
Burton upon Trent war memorial	1288788		Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire	First World War		Bronze statue on plinth	1922
Cumberland and Westmorland War Memorial	1291971		Carlisle, Cumbria	First and Second World Wars		Cenotaph	1927
Bisham War Memorial	1117603		Bisham, Berkshire	First and Second World Wars		Calvary	1919
Watford Peace Memorial	1348116		Watford, Hertfordshire	First World War		Bronze sculptures	1928
Royal Fusiliers War Memorial	1064638		High Holborn, City of London	First World War		Bronze sculpture on plinth	1922
Great Dunmow War Memorial	1438524		Great Dunmow, Essex	First World War		Obelisk	1921
Croydon Cenotaph	1268438		Croydon, London Borough of Croydon	First and Second World Wars		Cenotaph	1921
People of Dover war memorial	1406098		Dover, Kent	First World War		Bronze statue	1924
Crompton War Memorial	1068100		Shaw and Crompton, Greater Manchester	First World War		Bronze Statue	1923
Crich Stand (Sherwood Foresters Regimental Memorial)	1072594		Crich, Derbyshire	First World War		Tower	1923
St Michael Cornhill War Memorial	1439646		St Michael, Cornhill, City of London	First World War		Bronze statue	1920
Hatfield War Memorial	1445906		Hatfield, Hertfordshire	First World War		Cross	1921
Harrogate War Memorial	1446943		Harrogate, North Yorkshire	First and Second World War		Cenotaph	1923
Bury War Memorial	1444845		Bury, Greater Manchester	First World War		Cross of Sacrifice	1924
King's Royal Rifle Corps War Memorial, Winchester	1447365		Winchester, Hampshire	First World War		Bronze sculpture	1920
Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Winchester War Memorial	1445852		Winchester, Hampshire	First World War		Cross	1921
County of Kent War Memorial Cross	1446080		Canterbury, Kent	First World War		Cross	1921
Edgar Mobbs War Memorial, Northampton	1447457		Northampton	First World War		Bronze Statue on plinth	1921
Matlock Bath War Memorial	1451237		Matlock Bath, Derbyshire	First World War		Cenotaph with stone sculpture	1921
Twickenham War Memorial	1445040		Radnor Gardens, Twickenham, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames	First World War		Bronze sculpture on plinth	1921
Royal Air Force Memorial	1066171		Victoria Embankment, City of Westminster, London	First and Second World Wars		Bronze eagle on plinth	1923
Bootle War Memorial	1283634		Bootle, Sefton, Merseyside	First and Second World Wars		Bronze statues on obelisk	1922
St Saviour's War Memorial	1378368		Borough High Street, London Borough of Southwark	First World War		Bronze statue on plinth	1922
	1258069		Eastchurch, Kent	First World War		Screen	1955
Pearl Centre War Memorial	1462803		Peterborough	First and Second World Wars		Bronze statue	1919
War Memorial at All Souls' Church, Blackman Lane, Leeds	1255888		Leeds, West Yorkshire	First World War		Calvary	1921
War Memorial at Holy Trinity Church, Newcastle-under-Lyme	1196759		Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire	First and Second World Wars		Cross	1921
War Memorial at Congress House	1113223		Great Russell Street, London Borough of Camden	First and Second World Wars	Jacob Epstein	Sculpture	1958
Polish Air Force Memorial	1088113			Second World War	Mieczysław Lubelski	Obelisk and screen walls	1948

See also

• Grade I listed war memorials in England

References

• Book: Corke, Jim. War Memorials in Britain. 2005. Shire Library. Oxford. 9780747806264.

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Listing and Grading of War Memorials. July 2015. Historic England. 2. 18 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161021094612/https://content.historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/listing-and-grading-of-war-memorials/listing-and-grading-war-memorials.pdf/. 21 October 2016. dead.
2. Web site: Listed Buildings. Historic England. 21 January 2016.
3. Web site: The War Memorials Listing Project. Historic England. 18 January 2016.
4. Corke, pp. 4–9.