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Winchmore Hill
Town or City: Amersham
County: Buckinghamshire
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM1912
Value of grant: £830.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: Small Grants Scheme
Year: 2006
UKNIWM reference number: 8122
Winchmore Hill has a war memorial hall situated on the common in the village. Tablets are erected on either side of the entrance commemorating the fallen of both World Wars.
The lettering was fading on the tablets and repairs were required to the area around the memorial plaques. A conservation project took place in 2006 to which War Memorials Trust contributed £830. The plaques were cleaned and re-lettering was completed to ensure the names could be read.
The memorial hall was opened by Earl Howe on 27th November 1921. The names of the Second World War fallen were added around 1946. Above the entrance to the hall a wooden beam records the inscription Memorial Hall 1914 - 1918.
The names and inscriptions on the plaques read as follows:
In memory of our comrades
Lest we forget
W. Brackley
J. Brackley
W. Birch
H. Elliott
B. Hazel
J. Hazel
S. Keen
B. Redding
F. Rogers
W. J. Rose
A. Slade
E. Wingrove
F. Wingrove
S. Dickins
W. Wright
A. Wright
J. Woodbridge
G. Cox
1939 - 1945
A. L. Brown
S. E. James
A. Pennel
P. Pratt
R. Smith
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM1912
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 8122
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
