Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Stone of remembrance
- District
- Newark And Sherwood
- Town
- Newark-on-Trent
- County
- Nottinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Presented
Date: 1989
Attended by: Erected in 1989 by the founders of The Air Bridge Association
- Presented
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 27344
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Current location
Parking and access from Elm Avenue
Newark Cemetery
Elm Avenue
Newark-on-Trent
Newark And Sherwood
Nottinghamshire
NG24 1SW
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 80556 52649
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Rectangular memorial of polished stone on a two stepped base. RAF wings and Air Bridge symbol above the inscription on face 1 of the pillar and top face of the top step. On faces 2, 3 and 4 are the badges of the RCAF, RSAF, Polish Air Force, RAF and RAAF. The inscription and badges are all incised and picked out in black.
- Inscription
- Face 1 pillar: (Air Bridge symbol)/ WARSAW AIR BRIDGE/ MEMORIAL/ IN TRIBUTE TO 250 AIRMEN/ OF BRITAIN/ THE COMMONWEALTH/ AND POLAND/ WHO SACRIFICED/ THEIR YOUNG LIVES/ IN DESPERATE ATTEMPTS/ TO FLY FROM/ DISTANT RAF BASES IN ITALY/ WITH ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES/ FOR THE/ FRONT LINE CITY OF WARSAW/ DURING THE 1944 UPRISING Face 1 top step: ERECTED IN 1989/ BY/ THE FOUNDERS OF/ THE AIR BRIDGE ASSOCIATION/ REGISTERED ENGLISH CHARITY Face 2: (RCAF badge, RSAF badge) Face 3: (Polish Air Force badge, Polish Coat of Arms) Face 4: (RAF badge, RAAF badge)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Second World War memorial
Measurements: depth 300mm, height 1000mm, width 300mm
Materials: Marble
- 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
- Warsaw Air Bridge Memorial
- WMO ID: 183134
- Condition: Good [last updated on 03-12-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Commonwealth and Polish War Graves, Newark-On-Trent Cemetery Nottinghamshire newarkcemeteryuk.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/friends-of-newark-cemetery-will-using-the-former-newark-cemetery-chapel-as-an-interpretation-centre/
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_airlift
- Warsaw Uprising – Air Bridge Newark Cemetery Nottinghamshire UK newarkcemeteryuk.wordpress.com/category/warsaw-uprising-air-bridge-newark-cemetery-nottinghamshire-uk/
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