Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- South Kesteven
- Town
- Westborough
- County
- Lincolnshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date:
Attended by: Ady Longmate
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 100046
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Current location
On bank of Moor Drain
170 metres northeast of Westborough Parish Church Church
Off Church Lane
Westborough
South Kesteven
Lincolnshire
NG23 5HN
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 85156 44409
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Rectangular, brass plaque mounted onto a varnished wood backboard shaped like a cut-odd propeller, all attached to the trunk of a tree. Dedication is incised in black, upper-case letters.
- Inscription
- 15TH JANUARY 1945/ LANCASTER LM619 (UNIT 1668 HCU)/ CRASHED AT THIS PLACE 20:30 HRS/ (names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ashby, D F
Brun, D G
Hazeldon, J G
Mann, C B C
Rawlinson, J
Thomas, A B
Thompson, I V L
See details for all 7 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 7
Served and returned: 1
Died: 6
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, initials, surname
Order of information: Rank
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Plaque
- 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 - Sponsorship
- Private
Details: Ady Longmate (see references) - Responsibility
- Unknown
- Reference
- Maker and location details: www.lincstothepast.com/MemorialDetails.aspx?objectid=1628332
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