Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Barnet
- Town
- North Finchley
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War - civilians, First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 30th April 1921
Attended by: Mr G. J. Shave. Operating Manager and Chief Engineer - Dedicated
Date: 30th April 1921
Attended by: Rev. A. C. Clifford-Jones, missioner-in-charge of Christ Church, Hendon. - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 64399
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Current location
On small piece of land in front of the Club
enclosed with a hedge on three sides and metal gate in front. Laid flat on ground next to IWM 10972.
Finchley United Service Club
307 Ballards Lane
North Finchley
Barnet
Greater London
N12 0EY
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 26256 91968
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Hendon Bus Garage (Demolished)
The Burroughs
Hendon
Barnet
Greater London
NW4
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 229 830
Denomination: Undefined
- Hendon Bus Garage (Demolished)
- Description
- Tablet with London General Omnibus company wheel symbol at head. Metal lettering. White marble set in concrete as removed from a wall of the old Hendon Garage (now demolished). Laid on the grass and slightly raised. It is to the left of the Finchley War Memorial
- Inscription
- 1921/ HENDON GARAGE WAR MEMORIAL/ (Names)/ KILLED IN AIR RAID/ (Names)/ THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED/ BY THE STAFF/ OF HENDON GARAGE/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR COMRADES/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: occupation, initials, surname
Order of information: occupation, surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 31
Served and returned: 0
Died: 31
Exact count: yes
Information shown: occupation, initials, surname
Order of information: occupation, surname
- First World War - civilians
- Components
- Lettering
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Lead - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Lettering
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Hendon Garage
- WMO ID: 212534
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 03-07-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- May 2013: some letters missing. Appears to have been in better condition in image on War Memorials Online dated 2014.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Other
- Reference
- Hendon & Finchley Times - Friday 06 May 1921 Page 7 HENDON WAR HEROES. MEMORIAL AT L.G.O. GARAGE. DEATH ROLL OF THIRTY-TWO. (list of names) ---
- Roll of Honour www.roll-of-honour.com/Middlesex/Finchley.html
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