Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Brent
Town
Willesden
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 19 March1905
    Attended by: FIELD MARSHAL THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EARL ROBERTS VC KG KP GCB OM GCSI GCIE
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
40130

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Current location

In the portico
Willesden Jewish Cemetery
Beaconsfield Road
Willesden
Brent
Greater London
NW10 2JE
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 22035 84534
Denomination: Jewish

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Previous locations
  • On front of building in Great Portland St
    CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE
    36 Hallam St
    Marylebone
    City Of Westminster
    Greater London
    W1N 6NN
    England

    OS Grid Ref: TQ 280 810
    Denomination: Jewish
  • Replicas
    Aldershot Military Synagogue
    Badajos Barracks
    Aldershot
    Rushmoor
    Hampshire
    England

    OS Grid Ref: Undefined
    Denomination: Undefined
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Description
Two wall mounted marble tablets. A black central section bearing the inscription in white lettering sat within an ornate white marble ogee frame. Replicas were presented to Aldershot Synagogue in 1912 made of slate tablets with gold inscription within a similarly shaped wooden frame.
Inscription
(LEFT HAND TABLET): TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN/ LOYAL AND PATRIOTIC MEMORY/ OF THE SOLDIERS/ OF THE JEWISH RACE AND FAITH/ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY/ DURING THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR/ 1899-1902/ (NAMES) (RIGHT HAND TABLET): (INSCRIPTION REPEATED IN HEBREW)/ (NAMES)
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Total names on memorial: 114
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 114
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename
    Order of information: rank,surname
Components
  • Tablets
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
  • Tablets
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Slate, Wood
Listing information
Condition
History
The synagogue was destroyed by enemy action on 10 May 1941, as was the memorial (e-mail from Central Synagogue 4 May 2008). - Replica plaques which were presented to the synagogue at Aldershot by Sir Isidore Spielmann in 1912 are no housed at the Willesden Jewish Cemetery. These were originally located at the Aldershot Synagogue.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: £500 paid to Union Jack Club to complete and furnish a room in memory of the Jews who had died in the war.
Sponsorship
Private
Reference
  • For Remembrance and in Honour of Those Who Lost Their Lives in the South African War 1899-1902 by Gildea, James p.149 Published:Eyre and Spottiswoode 1911 London
  • The Times 2 Mar. 1905 p.8 col.c

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