Saving Private Sterling

Once more, our dole of memory and thanks
To those who helped push back the Nazi tide:
That master race who thrashed the Hunnish hide,
Besides some few at History's rear and flanks
Who fell in somewhat less-than-British ranks,
But more or less significantly died.
We list their names in stone, for moral guide
As sponsored by some nice men from the banks.

They fought for liberties we now enjoy:
The sacred British right to buy and sell
Was uppermost in mind for all our troops -
A market force embodied in each boy.
Our monument commemorates them well:
A cost-effective call to future dupes.

Manly Drone