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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Lectern or desk
- District
- Mansfield
- Town
- Bull Farm
- County
- Nottinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 26996
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Current location
ST AUGUSTINES CHURCH
46 Abbott Road
Bull Farm
Mansfield
Nottinghamshire
NG19 6DD
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 52149 62534
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Oak lectern dedicated to a Flying Officer from the Second World War. The lectern has a cross-shaped base supporting a plain central pedestal with four curved brackets rising from the base of the pedestal. The book rest has a traditional sloping top with carving decoration each end and at the front. The inscription to the Flying Officer is provided on four sides of the base.
- Inscription
- The inscription is provided on four sides of the base - (side 1) TO THE GREATER/ GLORY OF GOD/ (side 2) AND IN LOVING / MEMORY OF/ (side 3) FLYING OFFICER/ LEONARD WHETTON/ (side 4) KILLED IN ACTION/ 25 AUG 1944 R.I.P.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,year died,forename,manner of death
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Second World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Second World War memorial
- 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
- www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=48546
- www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2103487/leonard-whetton/
- southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/mansfield-st-augustine/hfitting.php
- aircrewremembered.com/whetton-leonard.html
- losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/124973/
- rollofhonour.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/Person/Details?id=40721
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