Monument

Chiswick war memorial - Turnham Green

Erection date: 13/11/1921

Inscription

{On the large, original plaque:}
In grateful and affectionate memory of the men of Chiswick who fell in the Great War, 1914 - 1918.
{In lead lettering on the section of the granite plinth below the WW1 plaque:}
And in the world war 1939 - 1945.

Site: Chiswick war memorial - Turnham Green (1 memorial)

W4, Chiswick High Road

Originally surrounded by metal railings which have since been replaced with the hedge.

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Chiswick war memorial - Turnham Green

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World War 1

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World War 2

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Chiswick war memorial - Turnham Green

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Edward Willis

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