Hornsey War Memorial is located in Park Road,

Hornsey Hornsey is a district of north London, England in the London Borough of Haringey. It is an inner-suburban, for the most part residential, area centred north of Charing Cross. It adjoins green spaces Queen's Wood and Alexandra Park to the ...

, in London, in front of the Hornsey Central Hospital, formerly the Hornsey Memorial Hospital. The memorial commemorates the men of the borough who died in 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 ...

and is in the form of a small red-brick chapel with Portland stone dressings. It was designed by George Lethbridge and dedicated in 1921. The names of the dead are inscribed on plaques inside the chapel. The chapel was renovated in 2007–09 when the old hospital was demolished and a new one built in its place.Borough Of Hornsey.
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. Adjacent to the chapel is a small grassed area with stone benches and a modern V-shaped memorial wall into which the original plaques relating to the erection of the memorial have been set.

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* World War I memorials in England World War II memorials in England Hornsey Grade II listed monuments and memorials Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Haringey Military memorials in London {{London-struct-stub