During the Remembrance Sunday Services held in both 2016 and 2017 special emphasis was made to those who had been killed during both the 'Battles of the Somme' (July to November 1916) and the 'Battle of Passchedaele' (July to November 1917). Special small wooden crosses with poppies naming the fallen were laid into the lawn fronting the obelisk. On Sunday 11 November 2018, a century since the armistice was signed on 11 November 1918, special mention was made that one hundred years had elapsed and the opportunity was taken to plant three small wooden crosses into the lawn in front of the Memorial specially recognising the three fighting services, namely the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Air Force (RAF) which was a century old since its formation from the Royal Flying Corps in 1918.