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Latitude: 51.6209 / 51°37'15"N
Longitude: -0.2326 / 0°13'57"W
OS Eastings: 522448
OS Northings: 192822
OS Grid: TQ224928
Mapcode National: GBR B6.D1V
Mapcode Global: VHGQB.XJC8
Plus Code: 9C3XJQC8+9W
Entry Name: War Memorial
Listing Date: 28 April 2004
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1391107
English Heritage Legacy ID: 493027
ID on this website: 101391107
Location: Mill Hill, Barnet, London, NW7
County: London
District: Barnet
Electoral Ward/Division: Mill Hill
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Barnet
Traditional County: Middlesex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: St Paul Mill Hill
Church of England Diocese: London
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31/0/10451 THE RIDGEWAY
28-APR-04 Mill Hill
War Memorial
II
War memorial. 1920. Frank E Whiting, designer. Portland stone, with bronze embellishments. Symmetrical, battered pylon, each face with an enriched raised panel crowned with a bronze wreath, the roadside panel carrying an inset bronze sword, the whole surmounted by a bronze urn. The pylon stands on a tall base on a shallow plinth, which carries roadside bronze panel inscribed with the names of the fallen 1914- 1918, as well as the inscription: "In proud and thankful remembrance of men from Mill Hill, who died that the nations might henceforth live in freedom, righteousness and peace. They were a wall unto us both by night and by day". The reverse carries a bronze panel in remembrance of the fallen of World War II.
HISTORY: this memorial was unveiled on 14th November 1920. The competition for the design had been judged and approved by the well-known architect Gilbert Scott. A handsome example of a neoclassical memorial with good bronze embellishment.
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 9 February 2017.
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