Memorial

Pinner

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Current Location

Corner of High Street and Grange Gardens, High St, Pinner, Harrow, Greater London, HA5 5PN, England

TQ 12322 89637

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Type of Memorial: Pillar / Column
WMR Reference Number: 11095
Description: Three-stepped base surmounted by column with four sloping faces indented to give shape of cross. Names on metal plaques attached to each face. WW1 dedicatory inscription carved into the base of the 6 o'clock face. Plaque for WW2 inscription placed at the base of the ?12 o'clock face Top is surmounted by a wreath connected to each face by stone hanging ribbon.
Inscription: 6 O'Clock Face: (Names)/ 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 3 and 6 O'Clock Faces: (Names) 12 O'Clock Face: (Names)/ FOR OUR TOMORROWS THEY GAVE THEIR TODAYS./ IN MEMORY OF THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS/ OF PINNER WHO LAID DOWN THIER LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WAR/ OF 1939 - 1945 AND IN SUBSEQUENT/ STRUGGLES IN THE DEFENCE OF FREEDOM

Maker(s): MESSRS WILLIAM KIRKPATRICK LTD, Builder
SIR BERTRAM MACKENNAL KCVO RA, Sculptor
SIR BERTRAM MACKENNAL KCVO RA, Architect
Sponsor Type: public
Maintenance History: LOOKED AFTER BY THE UNITED SERVICES CLUB AND THE PINNER ASSOCIATION. Sep. 2011 Inscription beginning 'It is better for us to die in battle...' is very eroded.

Unveiled

16th January 1921

LORD CHEYLESMORE