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    © Imperial War Museums 2026

    Memorial

    Northwood

    Cross

    Source: Copyright Mark Littler

    1/6

    Current Location

    Green Lane/ Maxwell Road, Northwood, Hillingdon, Greater London, HA6 2GN, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TQ 09171 91484

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    Names

    Names listed on this memorial

    • E Abrahardt

    • A C Attwood

    • F E Baker

    • G E Baldwin

    • R H Bennett

    • J B Bennett

    • S J Birch

    • B F Bishop

    • G W Blathwayt

    • H P Boreham

    • W Bowden

    • A Brill

    • G R Bruce

    • W J Burrows

    • H Burton

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    2176
    Description
    Three-stepped brick base with stone dressings surmounted by square plinth, shaft and cross. Inscription on metal plaques set into the sides of the plinth.
    Inscription
    NE face: TO NORTHWOOD MEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/1914-1918 NW, SW and SE faces: (Names)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    103
    Died
    103
    Information shown
    Surname
    Order of names
    Surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Maker(s)
    • MR F D BEDFORD, Designer

    • WILLIAM AUMONIER,JUN., Sculptor

    Costs
    £571
    Sponsor Type
    public
    Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information
    Memorial fund also incurred £55 incidental expenses

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    13th February 1921

    BRIGADIER GENERAL SPENCER V P WESTON DSO MC

    Dedicated

    13th February 1921

    Local Clergy/Dignitaries

    Custodian
    Handed over to Ruislip-Northwood Urban District Councilafter ceremony. Now LB of Hillingdon.

    Components

    Cross

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Base

    Made from: Brick


    Condition: Good


    Plaques

    Made from: Metal


    Condition: Good


    • Unveiling Programme/ Order of Service 13 Feb. 1921 Partial copy in B Head: 'The Northwood Book' (1983)
    • Hillingdon War Memorials HWM008
    • Harrow Observer 18 Feb. 1921 p.5; 25 Feb. 1921
    • The Home Front: Ruislip, Northwood and Eastcote in wartime by Ruislip, Northwood and Eastcot p.46 (2007) The Story of Northwood and Northwood Hills Middlesex, W.A.G. Kemp. (1982) THe Ruislip, Northwood & Eastcote Local History Society.
    • T. Britton: 'Ruislip, Eastcote and Northwood during the First World War. (the History Press, 2011) p.93. The memorial was to have been dedicated by Bishop Taylor-Smith, Chaplain General to the Forces, a resident of Northwood, but his duties compelled him to be in Egypt so it was dedicated by one of his assistants, the Rev. D F Carey, CF, DSO.