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Monument | War dead | WW1

Wood Green war memorial

Erection date: 1920

Inscription

{In the top frieze:}
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

{Four garlanded roundels set in gold mosaic carry the names of the campaigns:}
Salonika
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Belgium
France
Italy
Gallipoli
Jutland
Heligoland
Falkland
Zeebrugge
Palestine
India
Africa 

{The middle roundel contains a shield bearing the emblem of an angel holding a staff. Around the edge:}
Erected by public subscription by the inhabitants of Wood Green 1920.

{In the frieze below the roundels:}
In memory also of those who gave their lives 1939 - 1945.

{In the central stone panel:}
To the undying memory of the men of Wood Green who gave their lives in the Great War 1914 - 1919.
{This is followed by an oblong indentation from which a small metal plaque might have been removed.}

{Six bronze panels carry the list of names of 981 men, fallen in WW1:}

Site: Wood Green war memorial (1 memorial)

N22, Wood Green High Road

Normally we would transcribe the list of names but we noticed that the had already done this, so we have very gratefully used their list.

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World War 1

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World War 2

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E. Adams

Man from Wood Green who died in WW1.

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E. C. W. Adams

Man from Wood Green who died in WW1.

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