After the Great War ended it was decided to perpetuate the memory of those Kinver men who had died in the war. At that time Kinver residents and visitors regularly spent time on Kinver Edge. As there was not a suitable site for a memorial in the village it was decided to put the memorial on the Edge. Hundreds of people gathered to witness its unveiling in September 1922 by Lieutenant Colonel A H Moody CBE who was the Mayor of Stourbridge. The Memorial is constructed of Cornish granite. It consists of a tapering vertical square obelisk above a square pedestal. On three of the sides of the pedestal are panels which list the men of Kinver who made the ultimate sacrifice in the Great War. The remaining side includes an inscription “IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF KINVER WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919" and a drinking fountain for the thirsty. After the Second World War the names of those Kinver men who died in that war were added. Their names are on the front face of the upper part of the Memorial. The Memorial cost £200 which was raised by the villagers including 15 guineas (£15/15s/00d) that major Harcourt Webb insisted on giving. A firing party stood at " Present Arms" with heads bowed whilst colonel Moody released the Union Flag that enshrouded the monument. Three volleys were then fired in salute and the band played the "last Post". On the 13th October 2016 the memorial became a listed building grade II and the ordnance survey reference is OS, SO83836 82976 The railings surrounding the memorial were replaced by Kinver Parish Council in 2014 for The Centenary.