Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Town
- Leek
- County
- Staffordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: October 1990
Attended by: AIR CHIEF MARSHAL SIR MICHAEL KNIGHT
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 13695
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Current location
St Edward the Confessor Church
Church Steeet
Leek
Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire
ST13 5HJ
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 98328 56631
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- BADGES OF ALLIED AND (CURRENT) GERMAN AIR FORCES.
- Inscription
- Left panel - Dedicated to the USAAF/ aircrews who gave their lives/in flying accidents in the Leek/area during the Second /World War/"into thy hands oh Lord" Centre panel - Dedicated to the RAF and Commonwealth air crews who gave their lives in/ flying accidents in the Leek area during the Second World War Right panel -Shot down in combat over Leek/during the night of 7th May 1941/"in fellowship death we/come before our creator"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 84
Served and returned: 0
Died: 84
Exact count: no
Information shown: date of accident/ rank /unit
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: height 1299MM, width 1200MM
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Board
- Listing information
- PARISH CHURCH OF ST EDWARD THE CONFESSOR
- Grade II*
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- St Edward's Church, Leek . Airforces Memorial - RAF/RAVR/RCAF/RAAF/USAF/Luftwaffe
- WMO ID: 252552
- Condition: Good [last updated on 12-06-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
- Responsibility
- CHURCH AND RAF ASSOCIATION
- Reference
- Intercom: Winter 2002/2003
- Post and Times: 31 October 1990 pg 11
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