Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Barnet
Town
Hampstead Garden Suburb
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
Animal Memorials, First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 4th April 1926
    Attended by: MISS FRANCES E JEFFCOCK
  • Dedicated
    Date: 4th April 1926
    Attended by: REV MR B,G, BOURCHIER
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
10968

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Current location

By main west door
St Jude-on-the-Hill Church
Central Square
Hampstead Garden Suburb
Barnet
Greater London
NW11 7AH
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 25530 88347
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
CIRCULAR PLAQUE WITH INCISED HORSE FEATURE/ BENEATH A METAL PLAQUE WITH COMMEMORATION.
Inscription
A.M.D.G./ IN GRATEFUL AND REVERENT/ MEMORY OF THE EMPIRE'S/ HORSES (SOME 375,000) WHO FELL IN/ THE GREAT WAR (1914-1918)/ MOST OBEDIENTLY, AND OFTEN/ MOST PAINFULLY, THEY DIED/ "FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH/ NOT ONE OF THEM IS/ FORGOTTEN BEORE GOD"/ EASTER 1926
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Animal Memorials
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
Listing information
Condition
History
ORIGINAL BY CHARLES LUTYENS (FATHER OF EDWIN LANDSEER LUTYENS) WAS STOLEN IN THE EARLY 1960S. THIS WAS REPLACED BY A REPLICA MADE FROM THE ORIGINAL CAST WHICH WAS ALSO STOLEN IN 1970, AND REPLACED BY THE CURRENT MEMORIAL.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public
Responsibility
CHURCH COUNCIL
Reference
  • Parish Papers 737, 739, 740.

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