Armed Forces Memorial
National Memorial Arboretum

Client: The Armed Forces Memorial Trust
Architect: Liam O’Connor Architects
Main Contractor: Osborne
Masonry Contractor : S McConnell & Sons
Material: Bowers Basebed

The design of the Armed Forces Memorial was officially unveiled at the Imperial War Museum, London on 6 April 2005. Created by architect Liam O'Connor, the memorial is constructed in Portland stone and has the names of each Service man and woman engraved on it who has died in service since the Second World War.

The Memorial is located at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, where there are already a number of Service-related memorials.

The Memorial itself is a stunning piece of architecture being formed of a circular structure 43 meters in diameter formed by curved Portland Stone walls, which will sit on a 6-metre high earth mound in the form of a barrow or tumulus.

Albion Stone had previously worked with the project Architect, Liam O’Connor, on the award winning Constitution Hill Memorial and various private house.

Together with McConnells, we assisted Liam with costings and the design of the stonework through the successful competition process, and onto the construction phase. Liam's meticulous planning and detailing ensured that the project ran on program and to budget. Amazingly this massive project was completed in just over 12 months and for under £6 million, despite the flooding of the site in the wet summer of 2007.