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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Sevenoaks
- Town
- Shoreham
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1945
Attended by: GC Adolf G 'Sailor' Malan DSO, DFC, Croix de Guerre (Fra
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 54505
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Current location
Shoreham Aircraft Museum
Shoreham
Sevenoaks
Kent
TN14 7TB
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 51760 61670
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- RAF Museum
Colindale (hendon)
Barnet
Greater London
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined - Entrance Hall
RAF Club
Piccadilly
Westminster
City Of Westminster
Greater London
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined - Wall at end of bar.
White Hart Public House
Brasted
Sevenoaks
Kent
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 470 550
Denomination: Undefined - Show More (2)
- RAF Museum
- Description
- Large piece of wood with signatures in chalk of many of the 'Few'. The board is in a wooden frame with wings carved at the head of the frame. The frame is glazed. A metal plaque is attached to the lower edge of the frame with Churchill's famous words to the 'Few'.
- Inscription
- BOARD: (signatures) PLAQUE: Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. (exact wording unknown) (exact line spacing unknown)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 53
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak, Glass - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Board
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Flypast December 2004
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