Memorial details

Memorial type
Other memorial
Town
Woking
County
Surrey
Country
England
Ceremony

  • Date:
    Attended by:
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
108771

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Current location

Brookwood Cemetery
Cemetery Pales
Woking
Surrey
GU24 0BL
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 95887 56945
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
3 part stone memorial, arching in the middle. The LHS is in local language (Slovak?) detailing when and how of the disaster, the middle part is the names plaque and the RHS is the English dedication. In front is a small back tablet with details of Edita Sedlakova who also perished but not on the manifest
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE/ AIR CRASH OF 5TH OCTOBER 1945/ WHEN RETURNING TO THEIR/ LIBERATED COUNTRY CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Inscription legible?
yes
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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