Highgate is by William Hill and Sons, and installed in 1945 as a memorial to the local victims of the Second World War. On Friday 26 August 1988, Michael Williams, a 43-year-old father from Highgate who worked for the Home Office in Pimlico, disappeared whilst travelling back home after an employee social. His body was found at Highgate Wood the next day. His killer has never been found. The case remains unsolved despite being featured heavily in the national press and on BBC TV's Crimewatch programme. Highgate Cemetery is the burial place of Communist philosopher Karl Marx, Michael Faraday, Douglas Adams,
Edgware, Highgate and London Railway on the Finchley Central to Edgware line were ended in September 1939. Underground trains took over from LNER steam services between East Finchley and High Barnet in April 1940. LNER Services were withdrawn between Highgate and East Finchley in March 1941 (both services having briefly operated to the latter station from the two parts of Highgate station). Underground trains began serving Mill Hill East in May 1941 but never ran to Edgware as planned. In 1942 the Finsbury Park - Highgate - Alexandra Palace line was reduced to a peak service shuttle to Finsbury Park, ending through running to central