Watford War Memorial

Watford War Memorial is a war memorial now located outside the town hall in Watford, Hertfordshire, England.

The memorial was originally constructed outside the Peace Memorial Hospital in Watford, now the Peace Hospice. Also known as Watford Peace Memorial, it comprises three bronze sculptures of nude males on a white Portland stone base. The three figures represent, left: "to the fallen", a seated man grieving; centre, "victory", a man standing with arms outstretched; and right, "to the wounded", a seated man. The sculptor was Mary Pownall Bromet, a student of Rodin. The bronzes were cast at the Morris Singer foundry.

It was unveiled by George Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon on 1 July 1928, and moved in 1971 when the hospital closed to a location on The Parade outside Watford Town Hall. It was granted a Grade II listing in 1983. It was restored in 2013 to remove copper staining from the bronzes, and algae. The streaked weathered patina of the bronzes was retained, as the artist had intended them to age.

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