 The memorial is mounted on a stepped stone pavement, at the four corners of which are stone pillars, carved with the coats of arms of the British Empire (the coats of arms are labelled England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland), and topped by stone urns.One of the stone pillars was designed to hold a memorial register, which is now kept at the local town hall.At the front of the memorial's pavement is a stone of remembrance inscribed with the words