The Ex-Servicemen of Finchley set up St. Kilda’s after the 1st WW, because they felt the comradeship of the Services could be preserved. The doors were finally opened in 1922. The Memorial, which was commissioned from Richard Goulden, a reputed war memorial sculptor of the time, was finally erected in 1925. An annual Service of Remembrance has been held ever since with a parade and wreath laying ceremony so that ‘honour would be paid to whom honour was due’. In 1935 1st steps were made to be affiliated with the Working Man’s Club and Institute Union, now known as the C.I.U., which opened more opportunities to the members.