Why Were War #Memorials Built To Remember #World #War #One - Interview with Dr Alan Warburton (2014)

An expert from Lancaster University's History Department explains that war memorials built after the First World War were not only created to commemorate those who died.

Before the Great War, memorials were uncommon and only several were built to commemorate the Boer War.

However, after the First World War, thousands of villages and towns across the UK wanted their own memorial to remember those who died in the conflict.

A memorialisation boom emerged in the 1920s and is still continuing to this day with new memorials being created for losses endured in more recent conflicts.

Dr Alan Warburton from Lancaster University's History Department told The Bay's Amy Scarisbrick how the process of memorialisation began after World War One. Audio is property of The Bay/CN group and has been uploaded for portfolio purposes.