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C1920. To the Royal Marines of the Plymouth Division who fell in the Great War, sculpture by W C Storr Barber and bronze cast by AB Burton of Thames Ditton. Stepped granite base to 3 granite plinths: the centre plinth supporting a granite pedestal with moulded entablature surmounted by a large bronze with a naked warrior slaying an eagle; left of this is a marine statue in nautical uniform and on the right is a marine statue in infantry uniform. A central plaque is inscribed: "SO HE PASSED OVER AND ALL THE TRUMPETS SOUNDED FOR HIM ON THE OTHER SIDE" and there are inscriptions at left and right: "PER MARE" and "PER TERRUM".
Grade II listed. Link

War memorials were mainly constructed after WWI to commemorate the troops who gave their lives in the war. Many were then updated after WWII. Some war memorials date back to the Boer War. Almost every town and village in Britain has a War Memorial. They take many forms, the commonest being an obelisk, a cross or statue of a soldier. Some commemorate the inhabitants of a place, some are for schools and others are for companies or Military groupings.
Many memorials are grade II listed, 61 are II* listed, Link*_listed_war_memorials_in_England
& 12 are Grade I listed. Link
A search for memorials can be carried out at Link