Monument to the Women of World War II

The National Monument to the Women of World War II is a British war memorial sculpture situated in Whitehall, London to the north of the Cenotaph. It was sculpted by John W. Mills, unveiled by Queen Elizabeth II and dedicated by Baroness Boothroyd on 9 July 2005. Fundraising was conducted by a charitable trust set up for the purpose of establishing a memorial, with the National Heritage Memorial Fund donating towards the project. Baroness Boothroyd also raised money on the ITV game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The idea for a memorial was raised with retired Major David Robertson in 1997, who was informed that, while many countries had a national monument to the work that woman undertook during the Second World War, the UK did...