War memorials, North Yorkshire
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New Barnet (London)
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The War Memorial for New Barnet
The War Memorial for New Barnet
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The War Memorial for New Barnet is situated at the junction of East Barnet Road and Approach Road. New Barnet was originally in Hertfordshire, but after boundary changes is now in the London Borough of Barnet.

The memorial consists of a tall stone obelisk with a bronze statue of an Angel of Peace on the top, on a globe. On the lower front of the obelisk is a lion carved in the stone, with beneath it the dedication. The names of 288 men who lost their lives in the First World War are commemorated on four stone panels at the base of the column.

Two soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated on the memorial.

Private Charles Beavis, 235037.
12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Frederick and Sarah Beavis, of 9, Victoria Avenue, New Barnet, Herts. Died of wounds 27 March 1918. Aged 25.
Born New Barnet, Enlisted New Barnet.
Buried ETAPLES CEMETERY.

2nd Lieutenant Newton Rowley.
8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Jasper and Louisa Rowley; husband of Doris Mary Rowley, of "Strathyre," Tudor Rd., New Barnet, Herts. Killed 10 July 1916. Aged 26.
Buried BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY.

The Name of Private Beavis on the New Barnet War Memorial.
The Name of Private Beavis on the New Barnet War Memorial.
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The Name of Lieutenant Rowley on the New Barnet War Memorial.
The Name of Lieutenant Rowley on the New Barnet War Memorial.
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