BEACON Hill’s First World War Memorial in St Alban’s churchyard, Hindhead, is one of 68 monuments across the South East to be listed this summer as part of Historic England’s pledge to protect 2,500 memorials by 2018 – the centenary of the end of the Great War.

The stone memorial was designed by church architect Cecil Greenwood Hare (1875–1932) and it was unveiled on December 14, 1919, a little over 12 months after the conflict was ended by the Treaty of Versailles.

He specialised in ecclesiastical buildings and church interiors and also produced a design for street shrines to the fallen for the poorer areas of London in 1916.

The Beacon Hill memorial, which is now grade II listed, commemorates 29 servicemen who fell during WWI. A further 21 names were added following World War II.

In 2006 the memorial was conserved with the help of grant aid.

Most of the 68 memorials were listed as grade II, with three war memorials sculpted by Eric Gill at Ditchling, East Sussex, Harting, West Sussex and Bisham, Berkshire receiving grade II*.

Historic England South East is asking the public to help look after local war memorials. Many are not protected by listing and the organisation needs help to recognise those important monuments to make sure those they commemorate are not forgotten.

Roger Bowdler, director of listing at Historic England, said: “Researching, recording and recommending up to 2,500 more war memorials for listing over the next five years is a major task but one that Historic England is proud to undertake.

These memorials will gain a place on the National Heritage List for England to tell the story of this country’s sacrifice and struggle.”

Historic England has pledged to list a total of 2,500 war memorials over the centenary of the First World War, but to do this, its needs members of the public to put their war memorials forward for listing.

The War Memorials Trust, Civic Voice and the Imperial War Museums have joined forces to help communities discover, care for and conserve their memorials.

Working with volunteers across the country, the programme is providing up to £2million in grants for repair and conservation work, and hundreds of workshops to teach people how to record their memorials and put them forward for listing.