Royal Canadian Air Force- Tree

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Memorial details

Memorial type

Avenue / Tree or grove

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

Second World War (1939-1945)

Ceremony

Unveiled
Date: 7 June 1986
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries

Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

29983

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Current location

Village Green
The Green
Tholthorpe
Hambleton
North Yorkshire
England

OS Grid Ref: SE 47444 66881
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

AVENUE OF OAK AND MAPLE TREES WITH DEDICATORY NOWY-HEADED METAL PLAQUE MOUNTED ONTO THE SIDE OF A CANADIAN GRANITE STONE WITH TAPERED TOP. ON THE OTHER SIDE THERE IS ANOTHER PLAQUE INSCRIPTION IN FRENCH. BADGE OF THE CANADIAN ROYAL AIR FORCE IN RELIEF AT THE TOP OF THE PLAQUE

Inscription

420 SNOWY OWL 431 IROQUOIS/ THIS MONUMENT OF CANADIAN GRANITE AND THE AVENUE OF/ OAKS AND MAPLES BETWEEN THIS VILLAGE AND THE OLD AERODROME/ ARE, WITH HONOURED REMEMBRANCE TO THEIR/ FALLEN COMRADES, A MEMORIAL TO THOSE WHO SERVED IN THESE/ ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE/ SQUADRONS, TO THE STATION STAFF AT THOLTHORPE DURING THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR, AND TO MANY CITIZENS OF THIS/ COMMUNITY WHO SUPPORTED THEM. MAY THEIR COURAGE AND/ DEVOTION TO DUTY IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM, EVER BE/ REMEMBERED. DEDICATED BY THE PEOPLE OF THOLTHORPE AND/ THE SURVIVING VETERANS. JUNE 7TH, 1986/ 434 BLUENOSE 425 ALOUETTE

Inscription legible?

yes

Commemorations

Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal
Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
Avenue
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Maple, Wood - Oak

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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