Detail, Liverpool Exchange War Memorial, Exchange Flags, Liverpool. lp1609 (1) by Hollander, on Flickr lp1609 (2) by Hollander, on Flickr
I like detail shots and these round off our remembrance week images nicely. I don't know if you have a reflector our with you or even a shadows slider but it would be good to bring out some of those shadows a little, especially of the female figure in the second image.
Nice details - do you have a pic of the whole thing for context? Yes the shadow/highlight filter in Photoshop would work wonders here. I'd convert these to mono too.
Monos below. No pic of entire memorial Oy, just snatched these two from a few feet away when passing, with a 50mm Prime. Given the shadow a slight tweak, as suggested by yourself and Dvorak. lp1609 (1)z by Hollander, on Flickr lp1609 (2)z by Hollander, on Flickr
I do like the nifty fifty prime. Still think there could be more detail in the woman's face to bring out, but it's a choice to leave her in shadow and it makes for the narrative in the image.
Being a mono fan I actually like the originals,the greens showing the weathering over time and I like how someone as placed the rosery beads around one of the figures.