by Gerald Alterman | Oct 21, 2022 | news
“Forgotten Heroes”Dutch War Memorial Service At 2 pm on Friday 16th September 2022 children from five local schools paid homage to more than 180 Dutch war dead buried in the Dutch Garden of Remembrance in Westminster Cemetery, Milespit Hill, Mill Hill,...
by Gerald Alterman | Nov 9, 2021 | news
FinchleyWar MemorialDedication On 26th September a grand ceremony took place at the new Finchley War Memorial to dedicate a brand new edifice. Finchley missed out on a public war memorial, which was erected by virtually every other London district, because it was...
by Gerald Alterman | Oct 29, 2021 | news
The Dedication Of Finchley’sNew War Memorial On a sunny afternoon on Sunday 26th September 2021, an impressive ceremony was held by Barnet War Memorials Association to dedicate a new war memorial in the grounds of Finchley Memorial Hospital. The memorial...
by Gerald Alterman | Aug 6, 2021 | news
Finchley War Memorial Until this year Finchley has never had a public war memorial. Therefore, a large number of Finchley residents, who had given their lives in the two World Wars, have had no grave or memorial where their families can pay their respects. ...
by Gerald Alterman | Jun 28, 2021 | news
Progress Update… Construction Complete! At the end of the Great War, the name of the local Finchley Community Hospital was changed to Finchley War Memorial Hospital to commemorate the War Dead, but there were no names recorded. Mick Crick and I, with the...
by Gerald Alterman | May 28, 2021 | news
Progress Report… An update by Catherine IPL Loveday As a child I was puzzled by the absence of my Father’s name on the local War Memorial. In 1994 I approached the local authority to request, that as a hero of the Second World War who was killed on active...
