At present no image of this war memorial is available for online display. If you have a photograph of this war memorial, please upload it via our image upload form for inclusion on the Register. The image will be credited to yourself and free for reuse for non-commercial purposes by others under the IWM Non Commercial Licence.
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Hospital / Clinic
- District
- Barnet
- Town
- North Finchley
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Opened
Date: November 1922
Attended by:
- Opened
- Lost
- Lost
- WM Reference
- 64401
Support IWM
Any gift we receive makes a vital contribution to our ongoing work, from conserving our collection to supporting our public programme.
Current location
View location on Google Maps- Previous locations
- Was in the children's ward
Finchley Memorial Hospital
Granville Road/Bow Lane
North Finchley
Barnet
Greater London
N12 0JE
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 26369 91199
Denomination: Undefined
- Was in the children's ward
- Description
- Childrens' ward of Finchley Memorial Hospital named to commemorate Summerlee Auxiliary Military Hospital, Fortis Green, East Finchley, London N2 (1916-1918). Summerlee, a large mansion, became a VAD Hospital run by Dr JW (or TW) Hicks, a member of the staff of the Finchley Cottage Hospital (renamed Memorial Hospital in Nov. 1922).
- Inscription
- Summerlee Ward
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- 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
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Ward
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown
- Ward
- Condition
- History
- January 2010 -Barnet Council gave permission for hospital buildings to be demolished and replaced. Demolition had been completed by May 2013; c1918-22 beds and other equipment were donated by the Summerlee Hospital committee to the then Finchley Cottage Hospital, together with a donation of £1,000 to their Extension Fund.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Other
- Reference
- Barnet Press 28 January 2010- Closure of the hospital and approval for demolition
- Lost Hospitals of London ezitis.myzen.co.uk/summerlee.html
- Lost Hospitals of London ezitis.myzen.co/finchleymemorial.html
- Barnet Press 25 November 1922 report of dedication and description by Honoray architect of work undertaken.
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
This information is made available under a Creative Commons BY-NC licence.
This means you may reuse it for non-commercial purposes only and must attribute it to us using the following statement:
© WMR-64401
For queries, please contact [email protected].