Monument | War dead | WW1

Hendon war memorial - WW1

Erection date: 23/4/1922

Inscription

{On the front, south, face a large grey panel:}
1914 - 1918
Erected by residents of the Central and West wards of Hendon in memory of their glorious dead.
Central Ward
{List of names across 3 columns in alphabetical sequence.}

{On the west face a large grey panel:}
Central Ward continued
{List of names across 3 columns in alphabetical sequence.}
{The total number of names across the 2 Central Ward plaques is 224. See Subjects commemorated for the list.}

{On the east face a large grey panel:}
West Ward
{List of 138 names across 3 columns in alphabetical sequence. See Subjects commemorated for the list.}

The list uses abbreviations for first names extensively: Wm., Richd,, Albt., Chas., Hy., Ivo., etc. Those last standing for Henry and Ivor, we guess. We have left these abbreviations in place.

The last name in the list, Harry Green, is out of sequence and is on a metal plate attached to the plaque - a very late addition to this sad list.

Site: Hendon war memorial (2 memorials)

NW4, Watford Way

Another unpleasant site to visit: on a large traffic island in the middle of the A41. It was only after we'd dodged the traffic that we realised the pedestrian underpass allows safe access. We take these risks so you don't have to.

The original WW1 monument was unveiled on St George's Day in 1922. The Listing entry informs: "... originally located some distance to the N near St Joseph’s Convent but was moved to its current location in 1962 as a result of a road-widening scheme." That convent is between St Joseph’s Grove and the A41 so it was probably the creation of this horrible road that caused the monument to be moved to be in the centre of this horrible road.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Hendon war memorial - WW1

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World War 1

We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...

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Chas. T. Abbott

Resident of the West Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

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Wm. Abraham

Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

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Jas. H. Adam

Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

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L. V. Adams

Resident of the West Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
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George Hornblower

Architect. "George Hornblower was born in 1858, the son of Lewis Hornblower a...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
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Hendon war memorial - WW2

Hendon war memorial - WW2

The Listing entry informs: "After the Second World War a stone block was adde...

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