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Friern Barnet Parishioners War Memorial is located in the churchyard of
''Parish of Friern Barnet St John the Evangelist and St James the Great Graves and Memorials of the Second World War''.
London: Parish of Friern Barnet.
''Parish of Friern Barnet St John the Evangelist and St James the Great: Graves and Memorials of the First World War''.
2nd edition. London: Parish of Friern Barnet. It bears the inscription: :1914–1919/ BROTHERS WHO DIED FOR OUR HOMES AND COUNTRY, WE SALUTE YOU, AND COMMEND YOU TO THE REDEEMER'S KEEPING/Friern Barnet Parishioners.
Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
"Brothers"
John Philpott, ''Friern Barnet Newsletter'', No. 47 (December 2011), pp. 5–7.
Friern Barnet Parishioners War Memorial is located in the churchyard of St James the Great
James the Great, also known as James, son of Zebedee, Saint James the Great, Saint James the Greater, Saint James the Elder, or Saint Jacob (Aramaic ܝܥܩܘܒ ܒܪ ܙܒܕܝ, Arabic يعقوب, Hebrew בן זבדי , '' Yaʿăqōḇ'', Latin '' ...
, Friern Barnet Lane, London. It commemorates those of the parish who died on active service during the First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
.
Names
The memorial commemorates eighty-five men and two women, soldiers, sailors, airmen or nurses, who died on active service during the First World War and who were living in theecclesiastical parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish priest ...
of St James and St John, Friern Barnet
Friern Barnet is a suburban area within the London Borough of Barnet, north of Charing Cross. Its centre is formed by the busy intersection of Colney Hatch Lane (running north and south), Woodhouse Road (taking westbound traffic towards North ...
, at the time of their enlistment in the services or who were regular worshippers at either of those churches. Eligibility for the memorial was not limited to church members. Two further individuals, Ivor Davies and James Cottamare, are memorialised inside the church. Second World War deaths are also memorialised inside the church and in the graveyard.Philpott, John. (2016''Parish of Friern Barnet St John the Evangelist and St James the Great Graves and Memorials of the Second World War''.
London: Parish of Friern Barnet.
The memorial
The memorial, by Martin Travers of Fulham, takes the form of a stone Latin cross and was dedicated in 1921 by the Reverend Edward Gage Hall, the rector of Friern Barnet.Philpott, John. (2016''Parish of Friern Barnet St John the Evangelist and St James the Great: Graves and Memorials of the First World War''.
2nd edition. London: Parish of Friern Barnet. It bears the inscription: :1914–1919/ BROTHERS WHO DIED FOR OUR HOMES AND COUNTRY, WE SALUTE YOU, AND COMMEND YOU TO THE REDEEMER'S KEEPING/
AMES
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/ "WHOSE GLORY WAS REDRESSING HUMAN WRONG"Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
References
Further reading
"Brothers"
John Philpott, ''Friern Barnet Newsletter'', No. 47 (December 2011), pp. 5–7.
External links
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