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    Memorial

    Gerrards Cross Memorial Hall

    Tablet

    Source: Copyright Harvey Weiner

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    Current Location

    Gerrards Cross Memorial Centre, East Common, Gerrards Cross, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire, SL9 7AD, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TQ 00433 88111

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    Type of Memorial
    Hall / Institute
    WMR Reference Number
    8274
    Description
    Old Vicarage stables converted into a Memorial Hall. Long low building with columns holding up a verandah along the front face. Large stone dedicatory tablet mounted against the wall under the verandah which commemorates the deaths in both wars and replaces an original and solely WW1 tablet (now lost). Tablet bears the Buckinghamshire Coat of Arms at top centre and the Red Cross between two columns of names.
    Inscription
    Original Inscription: IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE PARISHIONERS OF GERRARDS CROSS/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR Later inscription: IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THOSE FROM GERRARDS CROSS/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WARS/ 1914-1918/ (Names)/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    20
    Died
    20
    Information shown
    surname
    Order of names
    surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    35
    Died
    35
    Information shown
    surname
    Order of names
    surname
    Maker(s)
    • Sir Edwin Lutyens, Architect

    • Messrs Bailey, Builder

    Costs
    £4000 0S 0D
    Sponsor Type
    public

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    14 October 1922

    Marquess of Lincolnshire, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire

    Custodian
    GERRARDS CROSS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION TRUSTEES

    Components

    Tablet

    Made from: Stone, Unknown


    Condition: Lost


    Historic England

    List Entry: 1430052

    https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1430052 (accessed 12/05/2026)

    Hall

    Made from: Brick


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1430052

    https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1430052 (accessed 12/05/2026)

    Report a Concern

    War Memorials Trust Reference Number
    115046

    To report a concern about the condition of this memorial, visit War Memorial Trust.

    Help update these details if the condition is wrongWar Memorials Register Logo
    • Buckinghamshire Remembers http://fp.underw.f9.co.uk/bucksrems/memorials.htm
    • Buckinghamshire Advertiser and County Gazette; 21 April1922; 7 July 1922; 20 October 1922
    • South Buckinghamshire Free Press; 13 October 1922