Governor-General Lord Jellicoe opened the Titirangi Soldiers’ Memorial Church on 18 May 1924. This was built as an undenominational church for use by both Anglicans and Presbyterians. On 18 April 1926 another Governor-General, Sir Charles Fergusson, was present to unveil a black granite tablet bearing the names of 13 local men who had lost their lives in the war: P.T. Armstrong, J.J. Bishop, W.N.C. Bishop, J.C. Burns, W. Carns, C. Green, J.D. Hughes, G. Pitcher, J. Rankin, P. Rawlinson, T.C. Savage, C.V. Tarlin and O. Yorke. A plaque honouring T.J.A. Groves, who died of war wounds on 5 November 1925, was later added.
Sources: ‘In Honour of the Fallen’, NZ Herald, 19/5/1924, p. 8; ‘Titirangi Memorial’, Auckland Star, 19/5/1924, p. 3; ‘To Those Who Fell: Soldiers of Titirangi’, NZ Herald, 19/4/1926, p. 10; ‘Titirangi Memorial: A Tablet Unveiled’, Auckland Star, 19/4/1926, p. 10; Emily Reece, ‘Titirangi Soldiers Memorial Church’ [student essay], 2008; Marc Bonny, Titirangi: Fringe of Heaven, Henderson, 2011, pp. 91-2.
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