by Gerald Alterman | Oct 5, 2024 | news
Dutch Remembrance Ceremony 2024 Friday 13th September was a warm and sunny day when children from five local schools joined together to pay their respects to 254 Dutch war dead buried in the Dutch Garden of Remembrance in Westminster Cemetery, Mill Hill, NW7....
by Gerald Alterman | Jul 9, 2024 | news
Sutton & Co (Carriers)War Memorial William Richard Sutton was born in Cheapside, London but the exact date and the identity of his parents are unknown. In 1861 he founded Sutton & Co (Carriers). Whether he started in Golden Lane EC1 is not known but...
by Gerald Alterman | May 22, 2024 | news
Opening of theQueen Elizabeth IICommemoration Gateway At 11.45 am on 10th May 2024, The Queen Elizabeth Commemoration Gateway was opened at the entrance to Hendon Park in Queen’s Road, Hendon NW4, close to the Holocaust Memorial garden. The Commemoration...
by Gerald Alterman | Nov 14, 2023 | news
Barnet War Memorial AssociationService of Remembranceat Finchley Memorial Hospital 2023 For the last few years, it has been the custom of the Association to hold a short remembrance service at Finchley Memorial Hospital on the Friday nearest to...
by Gerald Alterman | Oct 13, 2023 | news
Dutch War Graves Service 2023 On Friday 18th September 2023, a day when the weather could not make up its mind whether to shine or to soak us, children from five local schools gave up their lunch break to pay their respects to 254 Dutch war dead...
by Gerald Alterman | Dec 8, 2022 | news
HRH The Duke of Gloucester KG CVOVisits The War Memorial On a chilly, grey November afternoon, His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester KG GCVO took time out of a very busy schedule to visit Finchley Memorial Hospital to view the new war memorial...
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. ...
