Service of Remembrance
Join AJEX at the Jewish War Memorial in Willesden Jewish Cemetery for a special Service of Remembrance.
Visit wwww.ajex.org.uk for more details on the event and to register to attend. Registration is essential.
Free Guided Walk
Duration: 40 minutes
Limited availability – first come, first served
Following the service, visitors are invited to join a short guided walk led by the volunteers of Willesden Jewish Cemetery. We will explore our military heritage through some of the key wartime stories and memorials found across the site.
Beginning at the War Memorial, the walk will showcase its significance, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission burials within the cemetery, as well as key figures buried here, such as Chief Rabbi Hertz.
Trench Art Exhibition
Throughout the day the House of Life Heritage Centre will host a free exhibition of Trench Art, curated by military historian and our volunteer Stan Kaye. He will be on hand to talk about a fascinating collection of shells and bullets, decorated by soldiers, who used a nail or a bayonet point to scratch names and dates. Some even had pictures or poems on them. Others were transformed into works of art or made into useful household tools by local people after the wars. Visitors had a unique opportunity to learn about and hold an object that is over 100 years old which caused death and destruction, as well as becoming a piece of art.
Parking is available on site.
Wheelchairs can be provided upon request.
No dogs (with the exception of guide dogs), cycling or eating permitted in the grounds.
