Erection date: 13/11/1921
{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.
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
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Chiswick war memorial - Turnham Green
From Historic England: Engineer and architect to the Chiswick Urban District ...
To the left of the monument is a sculpture of a wounded soldier and to the right, a woman clutching a child and variously identified as h...
The IWM War Memorials Register has a photo of an undated note saying ".. it would appear that the names are similar to the memorial in Vi...
The list uses abbreviations for first names extensively: Wm., Richd,, Albt., Chas., Hy., Ivo., etc. Those last standing for Henry and Ivo...
Prior to WW2 this crescent was occupied by a landscaped garden and was quite a swanky address. Ornamental Passions has an article on the...
The monument is very weather-worn but the two panels containing the names are crisp so we think they have been recently re-carved. WW2 su...
This text is on the north-west face of the stone base to the cross. There was text on at least one other side of the stone but the weath...
Founded as the Birmingham and Midland Bank in Birmingham. Expanded to become the London City and Midland Bank in 1891, and Midland Bank Ltd in 1923. In 1992, it was taken over by HSBC who had phase...
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