Cockfosters War Memorial
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The Cockfosters War Memorial is located at the junction of Chalk Lane and Cockfosters Road in Cockfosters, London. It commemorates the men of the district who died in the first and second World Wars and is in the form of a tapered column with a
celtic cross The Celtic cross is a form of Christian cross featuring a nimbus or ring that emerged in Ireland, France and Great Britain in the Early Middle Ages. A type of ringed cross, it became widespread through its use in the stone high crosses er ...
at the top and the names of the dead on the base. It was unveiled by the
Bishop of Willesden The Bishop of Willesden is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of London, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after Willesden, an area of the London Borough of Brent; the See ...
in March 1921.Cockfosters – WW1 And WW2 Cross.
Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 4 September 2016.


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* World War I memorials in England World War II memorials in England Military memorials in London Cockfosters {{London-struct-stub