FIELDS WE PROTECT

Islington Memorial Green is a small but busy park in Islington in the heart of Angel, used mainly for quiet relaxation and enjoyment.

The space has been home to a war memorial since 26th October 1918, sixteen days prior to the formal end of World War I. A video available through British Pathé shows the opening ceremony. The original memorial was funded by Sir Charles Higham and took the form of a rendered and painted obelisk with bronze plaques to front and rear. It was only ever intended to be a temporary monument, to be replaced after the Armistice, but in fact stood until July 2006 when it was replaced.

The new memorial is a twisted circle carved from a single piece of granite, resting on a wall and is the focus of the Borough’s Armed Forces Day and Remembrance Sunday commemorations.