Memorial details

Memorial type
Gate
District
Barnet
Town
Mill Hill
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 30 Oct 1920
    Attended by: General Lord Home
  • Opened
    Date: 1924
    Attended by: Prince Edward, the Prince of Wales
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
53486

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Current location

Mill Hill School
The Ridgeway
Mill Hill
Barnet
Greater London
NW7 1QS
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 22607 92622
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
The Gate of Honour at Mill Hill School in Barnet, north London, is a large Grade II listed classical arch made from Portland stone. It has square columns at the corners, a pair of Corinthian columns at the front and at the back and a shallow pitched roof with a pediment above both the front and the back elevations. A set of eight steps leads up to the memorial, which is entered through a pair of iron gates with decorative panels. Within the structure is an elaborately moulded cedar wood ceiling and around the walls are panels incised with gilded letters commemorating the names of former pupils of the school who fell in the two world wars. There are inscriptions along the entablatures of both the front and back of the memorial.
Inscription
Front entablature-Gate of honour Rear entablature-Pro patria servatoribus servati memores DDD REAR WALL: 1914 1919/ (NAMES) SIDE WALL: 1939 1945/ (NAMES)
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: surname
    Order of information: surname
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 184
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 184
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Floor
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone - Portland
  • Memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone - Portland
  • Roof
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood - Cedar
  • Gate
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wrought Iron
Listing information
Condition
History
In 2001/2 this memorial received a grant of £5,000 from English Heritage. The main works were the removal of the blue copper staining from the stone work, re-gilding of the lettering, cleaning, consolidating and conserving the painted ceiling, including minor touching-in but not re-painting, cleaning, repairing and re-gilding the gates, repairing the copper roof and replacing the chain to match the original.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Mill Hill School
Reference

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