But there are a handful of villages where, until recently, there were no war memorials.
But by some extraordinary strokes of good fortune, none of these villages suffered a single casualty.
All the men that went off to war from these villages returned back alive to their homes.
These villages are called Thankful Villages.
No Thankful Villages have been identified in Scotland or Ireland yet.
These villages are called doubly thankful.
Strangely enough, for decades, these communities found it impossible to celebrate their good fortune.
That was typical around the country; the number who died was devastating.
For the thankful villages, it was almost as if they had not joined in the sacrifice.
They benefited from the peace after the war but felt like they had not paid the price.
Few villagers had the stomach for drawing attention to their good fortune.
The base of the Knowlton Cross in Knowlton, Kent.
For this, Knowlton was dubbed the “bravest” village by a national newspaper.
It sent 59 men out of 320 inhabitants to the war.
All of them returned back alive.
All the men returned unhurt, except for one who left his arm behind.
All the men came back again, making Catwick one of those rare doubly thankful villages.
John Hugills grandson with the coins and horseshoe in Hull today.
Each and every one of those who went to war did us proud.
Outside of Britain, the only other thankful village is located in France.
All the soldiers who took part in these five wars came back home.
Arkholme Thankful Village Stone.
Photo credit:Alan Murray-Rust
