War memorial located on an island site in Dunraven Square, and enclosed behind iron railings. It was designed by Walter Crook and sculpted by Messrs H H Martyn and Co Ltd of Cheltenham, unveiled 11 November 1921.
Made of Portland stone, the monument is a tapering obelisk with the figure of Britannia below emblems of sacrifice and victory; swept out cornice above channelled square pedestal with shields over copper First World War commemorative tablets in architraves; decorative band below, Second World War tablet added; the whole on stepped circular base. On the upper step added commemorative tablets to the fallen of the Falklands, Afghan and Iraq wars. (Cadw Listing database)

RCAHMW, 15 January 2014