The memorial takes the form of an exedra, with a semi-circular screen enclosing a sunken area. Attached to the inside of the screen are slightly curved bronze plaques bearing the names of around 4,500 soldiers. At either end, the screen is a rusticated niche with flanking rusticated piers, and within each niche is a bronze-painted urn above a stone seat. Above, set within the broken entablature, is a carved trophy consisting of clustered weapons above a shield flanked by oak and laurel branches, surrounded by scrolled acanthus, and the whole is topped by a crown. At the centre of the memorial, three stone steps surround the cenotaph pier, which has relief carving of wartime scenes on land and at sea on each side, including marching soldiers, and a naval gun crew in action.