{There are 5 panels alternating with a balustrade. On the central panel, inside a wreath:}
Pro Patria
{And below that, on the front of the ledge:}
MCMXIV MCMXVIII
{This translates as 1914 - 1918}
{The other 4 panels are inscribed with a list of 89 names, in alphabet sequence, except for 4 added at the bottom of the panels. See Subjects Commemorated for the list.}
NW3, Church Row
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St John's Hampstead WW1 memorial
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
St John's Hampstead WW1 memorial
In 1747 these gates and railings were purchased for this church from Cannons ...
Three of the non-British victims are given as "unknown" at "u" in the alphabetic list . This seems rather crass. It would have been mor...
The first quote comes from the ancient Greek writer Hermes Trismegistus; the second from Ecclesiastes 44:7. This monument is a good exam...
We hope you agree that it's a reasonable assumption that the people named on the monument worked for the Leather Cloth Company. Comte Rob...
A bomb fell here in WW2 destroying a number of graves. This circular walled enclosure and the stone pedestal at the centre commemorate th...
The quotation "Greater love ... his friends." is from the biblical book of John 15.13. But we cannot find any source for the quotation "O...
Sculptor. Born Exeter. Moved to London to study in 1835. Died at home, 110 Buckingham Palace Road.
A nurse, victim of a flying bomb on Kingston Hospital on 5 July 1944. We thank Mike Coleman who drew our attention to this lady on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website. Further research ...
Mrs Patrick Campbell, 1865 - 1940, actress, lived here.
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