The Hampstead War Memorial is located in front of Heath House opposite

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, on the northern fringes of

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where North End Way, Heath Street and Spaniards Road meet. The memorial marks the deaths of local individuals who died fighting in the

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and the

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. It was dedicated on 4 May 1922 by the

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, William Perrin, in a ceremony attended by Major General Sir Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend. The memorial is a tall thin stone obelisk on a square plinth with a three-step base. Hampstead War Memorial description

The memorial has been

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on the

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since 2015.

References

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