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War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial

Image credit: Sarah Rider / Art UK

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The three-stepped base is surmounted by a column with four sloping faces indented to give the shape of a cross. There are names on metal plaques attached to each face. A First World War dedicatory inscription is carved into the base. A plaque for the Second World War inscription is placed at the base. The top is surmounted by a wreath connected to each face by stone hanging ribbons.
Title

War Memorial

Date

1920

Medium

stone

Measurements

H 220 x W 150 x D 150 cm (E);
Plinth: H 15 x W 200 x D 200 cm (E)

Accession number

HA5_SR_S025

Work type

War memorial

Owner

Harrow London Borough Council

Custodian

Harrow London Borough Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Unveiling date

16th January 1921

Listing date

20/04/01

Access

at all times

Inscription description

principal inscription: 'IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM PINNER WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR. 1914-1919. IT IS BETTER FOR US TO DIE IN BATTLE THAN TO BEHOLD THE CALAMITY OF OUR PEOPLE'

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Located at

High Street, Pinner

HA5 5PN

Situated at the corner of High Street and Grange Gardens.