East Barnet War Memorial

The memorial is situated at the junction of Church Hill Road and East Barnet Road in East Barnet. It comprises a tall Celtic cross of Cornish granite rising from a tapering plinth, square on plan, with a four-stepped base.

The front and rear faces of the cross and shaft are decorated with Celtic-style knot-work carvings. The plinth bears the inscriptions in lead pinned to the granite and then painted black, which read as follows - front face IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF / THIS VILLAGE WHO LAID DOWN / THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 / (NAMES); right face 1939 - 1945; rear face (an additional granite plaque) THEY SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES FOR / OUR FREEDOM IN WWII 1939 - 1945 / (NAMES) / AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN / AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.; left face 1914 - 1918. To the front of the plinth rests a small box section for candles, inscribed with LEST WE / FORGET.

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 5 June 2017.