Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Barnet
Town
Hampstead Garden Suburb
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 10th July 1918
    Attended by: Mrs Lloyd George
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
38889

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Current location

HAMPSTEAD GARDEN SUBURB FREE CHURCH
Central Sq
Hampstead Garden Suburb
Barnet
Greater London
NW11 7AG
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 25454 88471
Denomination: United Reformed

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Description
Painted tablet with inscription in gold lettering on a green background Painted foliate border
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD./ IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF LOYAL SERVICE RENDERED/ TO THE NATION DURING THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-19/ BY THOSE ASSOCUATED WITH THIS CHURCH,/ AND IN DEEP THANKFULNESS FOR THY MERCY WHICH/ PRESERVED THEM THROUGH MANIFOLD PERILS,/ THIS PANEL IS DEDICATED./ "THOU DIDST DELIVER ME ACCORDING TO THE ABUNDANCE/ OF THY MERCY,/ FROM THE CHOKING OF A FIRE ON EVERY SIDE AND/ OUT OF THE MIDST OF A FIRE WHICH I KINDLED NOT./ MY SOUL DREW NEAR EVEN UNTO DEATH,/ AND MY LIFE WAS NEAR TO THE GRAVE BENEATH/ AND I REMEMBERED THY MERCY O LORD/ AND THY WORKING WHICH HATH BEEN FROM EVERLASTING,/ THEREFORE WILL I GIVE THANKS AND PRAISE UNTO THEE/ AND BLESS THE NAME OF THE LORD."/ ECCLESIASTICUS LI./ V.V. 3, 4, 6, 8, 12./ "AND A BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE WAS WRITTEN BEFORE HIM."
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
Listing information
  • THE FREE CHURCH
  • Grade I
  • This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
  • More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
  • Historic England
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Ealing Gazette and West Middlesex Observer - Saturday 13 July 1918 Mrs. Lloyd George unveiled two war memorial panels in the Hampstead Garden Suburb Free Church on Wednesday evening.

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