War Memorial, Willesden Jewish Cemetery

War memorial, erected in 1961 by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. The designer was R Hobday, the CWGC’s senior architect. The memorial stands at the north end of the cemetery, immediately to the south of the lodge, within a grassed area.

MATERIALS: Portland stone.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial is of simplified cenotaph type, with a shallow stepped section to the top, and a stepped base. It rests on two steps, with a surrounding stone pavement. On the north face is an engraved Star of David, with the dates of the two world wars above and below. Beneath is the inscription, in both Hebrew and English. The Hebrew inscription reads: ‘In the memory of our valiant and loyal brothers who fell in the fields and for those whose graves are unknown’. The English inscription reads: ‘THIS MEMORIAL / HONOURS THOSE / OF THE JEWISH FAITH / WHO FELL / WHILE SERVING / IN THE FORCES OF / THE COMMONWEALTH / IN TWO WORLD WARS // THEIR NAME LIVETH / FOR EVERMORE’.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 25 September 2017.