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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Stone of remembrance
- District
- Newark And Sherwood
- Town
- Gonalston
- County
- Nottinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Rededicated
Date: 1996
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Rededicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 27204
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Current location
Crashed having taken off from RAF Syerston. Memorial provided by the family of the Flight Engineer
Wood Barn near Glebe Farm
Gonalston Lane / Southwell Road
Gonalston
Newark And Sherwood
Nottinghamshire
NG14 7JA
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 68000 48074
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- SIMPLE STONE BLOCK SURROUNDED BY POSTS AND CHAINS
- Inscription
- IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY/ OF/ OUR DEAR SON/ (1 name)/ AND HIS SIX GALLANT COMRADES/ (6 names) WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/ 20 YDS DUE EAST OF THIS STONE/ ON 26TH MAY 1944
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 7
Served and returned: 0
Died: 7
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,regiment,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Second World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- 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
- History
- CLEANED AND RESTORED BY 1803 (HUCKNALL, NOTTS) SQUADRON ATC, NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1996
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Details of the crash site, crew, circumstances etc. can be found at aircrewremembered.com/sanderson-george.html
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