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    My name is Stuart. Sorry, I know my username is a little ambiguous.
    You are right that there are many local war memorials all over the country, mostly covering the two world wars. The difference here is it is not a local memorial, it's a national one. I too agree that a memorial shouldn't be built to be a tourist attraction, but clearly that isn't the purpose here. If people are drawn to the town, that's a positive side effect.
    The reason I like the idea of this memorial, in it's current form, is that being faced with 1.7M names is almost unimaginable. Virtually anyone born now will know someone who served in WW2, but in fifty years time we will have a generation who's only understanding of the world wars comes from books. The problem with books is it is almost impossible for them to give a true scale of the horrors of the 20th century. Unfortunately, people will forget. This memorial will prevent that ever happening.

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