the plaque on the front of the building was replaced in 1947, the replacement having been sculpted by edmund ware. the plaque contains two columns of names separated by a sword and headed by the pre-1948 coat of arms of buckinghamshire. in the same year, the gerrards cross community association was founded to promote the well-being of the village community and took responsibility for the memorial building. the vicarage house itself (formerly known as berkeley cottage and heavily modified since its original construction), just east of the memorial building—adjacent and to the rear—was purchased from the church of england after the second world war and converted into the gerrards cross memorial centre to serve as a memorial to the second war.