The listing of all of Lutyens’s war structures – which is part of wider plans by Historic England – confirms their national status, as well Lutyens’ own as the UK’s greatest memorial architect.

It also means the memorials will receive protection under law.

Like the Cenotaph, some of Lutyens’s creations are towering, magnificent ones.

Others, however, are more simple – such as a stone cross in the churchyard of Abinger in Surrey, 

His grander creations include the classical Arch of Remembrance in Leicester’s Victoria Park, which was unveiled in 1925 and remains one of the biggest architectural memorials in the country.

Protected by law: Lutyens, who died in 1944 aged 74, worked on 43 other memorials across the country. Above, he built the WW1 memorial cross on Holy Island (left) and the Cenotaph in Southampton (right)

Magnificent: His grander creations include the classical Arch of Remembrance (bove) in Leicester’s Victoria Park, which was unveiled in 1925 and remains one of the biggest architectural memorials in the country

He also designed the Midland Railway Memorial in Derby, which was erected in 1921 to remember the nearly 3,000 Midland Railway employees who were killed during the First World War.

And he built the Cenotaph in Southampton and the memorial cross on Holy Island.

The memorials’ protection under law will prevent them from being damaged by vandals.

Fourteen of the 44 memorials have recently seen their listings upgraded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on the request of Historic England – five of them, to Grade I.

This brings the total of the architect’s Grade-I listed memorials to seven.

There are only 14 memorials overall with this listing in the country, The Telegraph reports.

Paying tribute: Lutyens designed the Midland Railway Memorial in Derby (left), erected in 1921 to remember the nearly 3,000 Midland Railway employees died in the war, and the stone cross in Abinger, Surrey (right)

Elsewhere: Outside of Britain, Lutens built the stunning Memorial to the Missing of the Somme (above) near Thiepval in France. The memorial, which features 16 brick piers, faced with Portland stone, remembers the 72,195 missing British and South African Men who died in the Battles of the Somme with no known grave

Born in 1869, Lutyens became well-known across Britain before World War One – before being made one of three principal architects for the Imperial War Graves Commission after it ended.

He designed many country homes in England, as well as Castle Drogo in Devon – and worked with Sir Herbert Baker to create several monuments in New Delhi, including the India Gate.

He also built the stunning Memorial to the Missing of the Somme near Thiepval in France. 

The memorial, which features 16 brick piers, faced with Portland stone, remembers the 72,195 missing British and South African Men who died in the Battles of the Somme with no known grave.

And he created the Irish National War Memorial Gardens in Islandbridge, Dublin,

Stunning: He also built the Etaples Military Cemetery (pictured), situated on the north-west coast of France

High-profile work: Lutyens designed many country homes in England, as well as Castle Drogo in Devon – and worked with Sir Herbert Baker to create several monuments in New Delhi, including the India Gate (above)

The architect also designed furniture – some of which is still available to purchase today.

In 1919 and 1920, Lutyens, who was born in London but grew up in Thursley, Surrey, worked on the Cenotaph on Whitehall, originally built as a temporary structure for a peace parade after WW1.

Built from Portland stone, it was unveiled as a permanent structure in 1920 and named as Britain’s main national war memorial, where the annual National Service of Remembrance would be held.

Tomorrow, there will be a strong regal presence when the Queen and her husband attend the Cenotaph for the traditional Remembrance Sunday service, and lay a wreath at the memorial. 

Members of the leading political parties are expected to be among those present. 

Tonight, the royals will attend the annual Royal Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall.

Widely-known: The listing of the last of Lutyens’s memorials is part of Historic England’s five-year project to list 2,500 war memorials to mark the centenary of the outbreak of WW1. Above, Lutyens in a 1940 shot (left), four years before his death, and The Cross of Sacrifice in a Lutyens-designed cemetery in France (right)

The listing of the last of Lutyens’s Great War memorials is part of Historic England’s five-year project to list 2,500 war memorials to mark the centenary of the outbreak of World War One.

On its website, the organisation says of the plans: ‘War memorials provide us with an enduring link to those hundreds of thousands who gave their lives in the First World War. 

‘This project will commemorate the role of communities across the country in the conflict. 

‘Working with volunteers, notably from War Memorials Trust and Civic Voice, it will make sure that the memorials are properly looked after.’

There are currently more than 1,900 listed war memorials across England.

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