st ▁the ▁most ▁prominent ▁design ers ▁of ▁mem orial s ▁was ▁architect ▁Sir ▁Ed win ▁L ut y ens , ▁described ▁by ▁Historic ▁England ▁as ▁" the ▁leading ▁English ▁architect ▁of ▁his ▁generation ". ▁L ut y ens ▁designed ▁the ▁C en ot aph ▁on ▁White hall ▁in ▁London , ▁which ▁became ▁the ▁focus ▁for ▁the ▁national ▁Rem emb rance ▁Sunday ▁comm emor ations , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁Th ie p val ▁Memorial ▁to ▁the ▁Miss ing — the ▁largest ▁British ▁war ▁mem orial ▁in ▁the ▁world — and ▁the ▁Stone ▁of ▁Rem emb rance , ▁which ▁appears ▁in ▁all ▁large ▁Commonwealth ▁War ▁Gra ves ▁Commission ▁c em eter ies ▁and ▁in ▁several ▁of ▁L ut y ens ' ▁civ ic ▁war ▁mem orial s . ▁The ▁South end ▁mem orial ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁six ▁of ▁L ut y ens ' ▁war ▁mem orial s ▁in ▁England ▁to ▁include ▁an ▁ob el isk ; ▁its ▁design ▁is ▁similar ▁to ▁that ▁of ▁the ▁North ▁Eastern ▁Railway ▁War ▁Memorial ▁in ▁York . ▁ ▁L ut y ens ▁originally ▁planned ▁a ▁c en ot aph ▁for ▁South end , ▁a ▁design ▁for ▁which ▁is ▁held ▁by ▁the ▁Royal ▁Institute ▁of ▁British ▁Arch itect s . ▁The ▁design ▁includes ▁the ▁c en ot aph ▁to pped ▁with ▁an ▁ur n ▁and ▁fl ank ed ▁by ▁l amps , ▁broad ly ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁Royal ▁Ber k shire ▁Regiment ▁C en ot aph ▁at ▁Bro ck ▁Bar ra cks ▁in ▁Reading . ▁This ▁plan ▁was ▁abandoned