The memorial commemorates the 80 men from the Beaconsfield area who fell during the First World War. It was relocated to its current site in 1936. The memorial takes the form of a 'lanterne des morts', recalling the medieval stone cemetery lanterns of central and southern France. A two-stage plinth, raised on two steps, supports an octagonal column with a roofed Calvary in high relief on its northern face and simple blind tracery to the south, east and west. This in turn is surmounted by a square Gothic lantern with a broached pyramidal cap and a ball finial. It contains a single electric light – replacing the original four – in a frosted glass shade.