The task of commemorating the 1,116,371 First World War dead from the British Empire, and, in particular, the hundreds of thousands “known only to God”, fell primarily to one man: Sir Edwin Lutyens, the architect of the Cenotaph in Whitehall.

To mark Remembrance Sunday, Historic England has completed the listing of all 44 freestanding memorials designed by Lutyens, recognising their importance to the nation. The last one — listed yesterday, at grade II — was the Gerrards Cross Memorial Building in Buckinghamshire. Lutyens, who died in 1944 aged 74, is more typically associated with crosses, obelisks and arches — such as the Arch