Designed by Charles Leonard Hartwell, and unveiled by Earl Haig in 1923, the war memorial is situated at the centre of Old Eldon Square. It is a large Portland stone pedestal, with a different relief on each of the four sides. They are:
- North: the words “Memory Lingers Here” above a bronze sculptured wreath.
- South: a sculptured picture of a lion below the dates 1914-1918 and 1939-1945.
- East: a bronze relief of Justice, displaying two grieving women and a third (Lady Justice) holding the scales.
- West: a bronze relief of Peace, displaying a woman with a child and the Angel of Peace.
On the top is a large bronze equestrian statue of Saint George, the patron saint of infantrymen and cavalrymen, slaying the dragon.