- Type of Memorial
- Allegory (eg: Victory)
- WMR Reference Number
- 3133
- Description
- Winged victory on orb, lightly draped and holding a laurel wreath in extended left hand on a pedestal with originally three relief plaques on three stepped granite plinth.
Originally there were three relief plaques depicting battle scenes at Gaza, Piave and Zeebrugge: now Gaza is the only one remaining, the others are replaced by two inscription panels. There is a propellor in gold above the RFC inscription and crossed laurel branches on all four sides of the plinth.
- Inscription
- (6 o'clock face): BOROUGH OF FINSBURY/ IN THE NAME OF GOD THE MOST HIGH/ AND TO ENSHRINE IN PERPETUAL/ LOVE AND REVERENCE THE GLORIOUS/ MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS/ BOROUGH WHO IN DEATH MADE THE/ SUPREME SACRIFICE FOR THEIR KING/ THEIR COUNTRY AND THEIR KINDRED/ IN THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR OF/ 1914-1918/ THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED/ BY GRATEFUL FELLOW CITIZENS IN/ WHOSE HEART THE RECORD OF THEIR/ COMRADES' HARDSHIPS AND ACHIEVEMENTS/ IN THE CAUSE OF INTERNATIONAL/ HUMANITY, FREEDOM AND JUSTICE/ WILL REMAIN FOR EVER/ INEFFACEABLE AND IMPERISHABLE/ "THROUGH TRIAL TO TRIUMPH"
(6 o'clock face base plaque): IN MEMORY/ OF THOSE WHO FELL/ IN WORLD WAR 2/ 1939 - 1945
(9 o'clock face): FINSBURY RIFLES ATTACKING GAZA/ TUESDAY 17 APRIL 1917/ 11TH LONDON REGIMENT/ (THE FINSBURY RIFLES)/ BATTLE FRONTS/ GALLIPOLI - EGYPT - PALESTINE/ SYRIA - FRANCE - BELGIUM
(9 o'clock face, lower step): 11TH LONDON REGIMENT (FINSBURY RIFLES)/ BATTLE FRONTS/ GALLIPOLI EGYPT PALESTINE/ SYRIA FRANCE BELGIUM
(12o'clock face ): THESE ARE THEY/ THAT WENT DOWN/ TO THE SEA IN SHIPS/ AND DID BUSINESS/ IN GREAT WATERS/ THEY HAVE SEEN/ THE WORKS OF THE LORD/ AND HIS WONDERS/ UPON THE DEEP/ AND HAVE REACHED/ THEIR DESIRED HAVEN/ NAVAL ATTACK ON ZEEBRUGGE/ ST GEORGE'S DAY/ TUESDAY 23 APRIL 1918
(3 o'clock face): IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO SERVED AND DIED/ IN THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS 1914 - 1918/ HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY/ BATTLE FRONTS/ EGYPT - PALESTINE - ITALY/ FRANCE - BELGIUM - ADEN - SYRIA/ IN MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF/ THE HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY WHO LOST THEIR/ LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945