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Liberal Jewish Synagogue

The Liberal Jewish Cemetery war memorial comprises a rectangular Portland stone column set upon a two-stepped plinth, surmounted by a stone bowl and flame, representing eternal life. Three bronze plaques bear the inscriptions.  The memorial was erected in 1920 and commemorates the 22 members who fell in World War I. The east and west faces display carvings of Jewish menorah candles within wreaths. The northern face is inscribed with the date 1914-1919 and 1930-1945 below.The memorial is located in the Willesden Liberal Jewish Synagogue.

In 2022 this memorial received a War Memorials Trust grant of £1,530 from Grants for War Memorials scheme supported by Historic England in 2022. The memorial was cleaned using a specialist steam cleaning system. The construction joints were carefully raked out to remove loose and flaking mortar and then re-pointed using a lime mortar. The bronze plaques were also steam-cleaned with a protective microcrystalline wax applied.

The inscriptions read:
This Stone Was Set Up By The Members Of The Liberal Jewish Synagogue In Reverent Memory Of The Twenty Two Valiant And Faithful Israelites Who In The Great War Gave Their Lives At The Call Of Their Country And For The Sake Of Righteousness Liberty And Honour.
Below This, A rectangular plaque bears the names, ranks and regiments of the Fallen from the First World War. Between the two plaques is a Hebrew inscription of a prayer which translates as ‘Blessed Are You, Lord, Who Raises The Dead.’
Following the Second World War, a rectangular plaque was added to the upper step of the plinth, which reads: 'This inscription was added to honour the memory of those members of the liberal Jewish synagogue who gave their lives for the same high causes during the Second World War'.

Further information

War Memorials Trust reference WM12103
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 38909

War Memorials Online: WMO/269911

If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org

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