Crew of Halifax Bomber of 432 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force

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Memorial details

Memorial type

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

Second World War (1939-1945)

Ceremony

Dedicated
Date: 1979
Attended by:

Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

22943

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Current location

Garden of Remembrance
Corner of High Street and Church Road
Walton On The Naze
Tendring
Essex
CO14 8BN
England

OS Grid Ref: TM 25163 21681
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

A rectangular concrete pillar on three-stepped base, with an RAF badge at the top, airscrew blades from a Halifax bomber on three sides and an inscribed plaque on the fourth side.

Inscription

THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED IN 1979 BY THE FRINTON AND WALTON RAFA TO COMMEMORATE THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RAF FORMATION AND THE 30TH ANNINVERSARY OF THE FORMATION OF THIS BRANCH. THE AIRSCREW BLADES WERE RECOVERED IN 1979 BY THE OFFICERS AND CADETS OF 308 SQUADRON OF COLCHESTER AND CLACTON AIR TRANING CORPS FROM A SITE WHERE A HALIFAX BOMBER OF 432 SQUADRON THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE CRASHED IN THE NAZE WHILST RETURNING FROM AN OPERATIONAL MISSION ON THE NIGHT OF MARCH 5/6 1945 KILLING ALL MEMBERS THE MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO ALL LOCAL MEN AND WOMEN (WHO DIED) AND TO THE MEMORY OF THE HALIFAX CREW/ (Names)/ SEVEN OF THE ABOVE ARE BURIED AT BROOKWOOD CEMETERY, SURREY AND ONE AT MONMOUTH, SOUTH WALES (Line spacing not known)

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Clothier, J G
Cooke, D M
Harris, G R
Hay, C M
Hayes, E A
Neilson, M B
Orser, G M
Ringrose, J D
See details for all 8 names

Commemorations

Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames. rank, service, manner of death, date of death, place of death, place of burial, additional, decorations
Order of information: rank

Components

Column
Measurements: depth c 1800mm, height c 3000mm, width c 1800mm
Materials: Concrete
Relic
Measurements: height c 2400mm
Materials: Unknown

Listing information

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Condition

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Responsibility

Walton and Frinton Town Council

Reference

FOR YOUR TOMORROW: BRITISH SECOND WORLD WAR MEMORIALS by BOORMAN, DEREK , Published:SESSIONS 1995 YORK
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Wikipedia Walton War Memorial en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Walton_War_Memorial.JPG

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