Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Stone of remembrance
- District
- Thanet
- Town
- Manston
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: September 1990
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 1554
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Current location
Outside the spitfire and hurricane memorial building.
821
Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum
Manston Road
Manston
Thanet
Kent
CT12 5DF
England
OS Grid Ref: TR 33344 66577
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Freestanding rough hewn black marble tablet mounted on four red brick built steps Left side of the memorial face bears a copper type metal engaved rectangular plate depicting a scene with a barrage balloon, searchlight beams and spitfires over St Pauls Cathedral and the London skyline Right side of the face bears the commemorative inscription to mark the fiftieth aniversary of the Battle of Britain
- Inscription
- THIS MEMORIAL/ WAS ERECTED IN SEPTEMBER 1990/ TO MARK THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF/ THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN/ IN HONOUR OF/ THOSE WHO DIED AND FOUGHT/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ AND TO COMMEMORATE/ ALL THE PEOPLE OF THANET/ WHO ENDURED THE CONFLICT
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aitken, Alexander
Amos, Fred
Bell, George
Burt, J C Cecil
Campbell, Alexander
Clayton, Joseph T
Collister, Fred
Crowe, Albert J
Dalgleish, Robert W
Downie, John A H
See details for all 26 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: depth 310MM, height 710MM, width 1250MM
Materials: Marble - Black
- Tablet
- 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
- THANET BATTLE OF BRITAIN 50TH ANNIVERSARY
- WMO ID: 120976
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 06-05-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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