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

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A cross atop a tall pillar, resting on a base. This sits on a square plinth, each face of which bears a slate plaque with gold lettering. The whole rests on a four-step base. The site on which the memorial sits was owned by Benskin's Brewery of Watford – they granted the site free of charge. The Binyon poem inscription was added after the Second World War.
Title

War Memorial

Date

1921

Medium

stone, brick & slate

Accession number

HA6_PMB_S007

Acquisition method

purchased by public subscription

Work type

War memorial

Owner

Hillingdon London Borough Council

Custodian

Hillingdon London Borough Council

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Unveiling date

13th February 1921

Listing date

20/03/17

Access

at all times

Inscription description

inscription to panel at front of the plinth: TO NORTHWOOD MEN WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918 / AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939 - 1945 / AND IN SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY / THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD, / AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD: / AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM, / NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN. / AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN / AND IN THE MORNING / WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM. / LAURENCE BINYON.; the other three faces bear the names of the Fallen, in two columns per plaque

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Located at

Green Lane, Hillingdon

HA6 2QF

Located at the junction with Maxwell Road, near Northwood tube station.