La Ferté-sous-Jouarre memorial, War memorial in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, France

La Ferté-sous-Jouarre memorial is a rectangular white stone block measuring 62 by 30 feet and 24 feet high, topped by a stone sarcophagus carved with a flag, bayonets and a helmet. The year 1914 is cut below the sarcophagus, and the names of the missing cover panels on all four sides. The shorter sides carry a downward-pointing carved sword, while the front and back have inscription panels beneath a carved wreath and crown.

The memorial was unveiled on 4 November 1928, with Ferdinand Foch, Maxime Weygand, George Milne and William Pulteney present. It was built on land given by Adrien Fizeau in memory of his father Hippolyte Fizeau, the physicist and member of the Institut de France and the Royal Society. It was the only one of the four free-standing British memorials to the missing in France whose design was chosen by competition; the winner was Major George Hartley Goldsmith MC, a pupil of Edwin Lutyens.

The memorial bears inscriptions in two languages and displays the names of fallen soldiers on all four sides. This arrangement lets visitors walk past the names and remember those who died in this region.

The monument is located about 66 kilometers east of Paris and remains accessible to visitors throughout the year. Access is straightforward and free, as this is a public space situated beside the river.

The memorial was the only one of the four free-standing British memorials to the missing in France whose design was opened to competition. The winner was Major George Hartley Goldsmith MC, a minor war cemetery architect who had studied under Sir Edwin Lutyens. The land was given by Adrien Fizeau, former mayor of Jouarre, in memory of his father, the physicist Hippolyte Fizeau.