Finchley Garden Village War Memorial

Heritage listing

Details First World War memorial, unveiled in 1924, with later additions for the Second World War. The memorial takes the form of a pedestal lamp and stands on the village green at the centre of Finchley Garden Village. MATERIALS: Portland stone with a wrought-iron lamp. DESCRIPTION: the memorial is composed of a Portland stone pedestal, with inset engaged columns to the corners; the pedestal has a convex-moulded cornice and stands on an ogee-moulded base. The pedestal is surmounted by a wrought-iron lamp standing on scroll feet, in Arts and Crafts style, with a tall base of iron uprights on scroll feet rising to a lantern protected by leaded cathedral glass. The lantern is topped by a spiky tented cap with tiny gablets and a ball finial. The front (north) face of the pedestal is incised with the dedication in serif lettering, ‘IN/ HONOUR OF THE/ RESIDENTS OF THIS VILLAGE/ WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES/ IN THE WAR/ 1914 – 1918’ followed by the names, ranks and regiments of those commemorated, and the quotation, ‘“THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR/ EVER MORE”’. On the south side of the pedestal is a dedication unrelated to the war which reads IN/ MEMORY OF/ FRANK E STRATTON/ THE ARCHITECT/ OF THIS VILLAGE/ DIED 6TH JUNE 1922. The eastern face carries the following words: ‘THIS/ INSCRIPTION IS ADDED/ IN MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES/ 1939 – 1945’, followed by names, ranks, and regiments (or RAF).

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.