0 a large structure, usually made of stone, that is built in honour of those people who died in a particular war --
We do not propose to destroy any war memorial as such.
It will apply down to the last hamlet war memorial.
Built originally as a private house in 1892, it was converted by public subscription into a war memorial hospital in 1914.
Many are approaching their centenary, and many of the war memorial hospitals had their origins in the great war.
We do not even propose to advise what particular war memorial should be erected in any given locality.
If that be so, that is a very different matter from what is ordinarily described as a war memorial.
Surely, this is no war memorial in the sense that we would recognise it.
Those plans were stopped only when it was revealed that the staff college in my constituency contained a war memorial.