The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and unveiled in 1921; it is a grade II listed building.

[1] Prior to the outbreak of war, Lutyens established his reputation designing luxurious country houses for wealthy clients.

Several letters containing ideas for the form of the memorial were read out, and several more were proposed during the meeting, including a wayside cross and a parish hall.

It is in Portland stone, consisting of a tapering, lozenge-shaped shaft with short arms moulded close to the top.

[4] After Violet Johnson's death in 1923, Lutyens designed a memorial cross to her, which was placed in Winton Hill Cemetery in Stockbridge, and which is today a grade II listed building.