Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Avenue / Tree or grove
- District
- Swale
- Town
- Milstead
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 11th November 1990
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 30097
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Current location
Private Residence
Minchting Wood Lane
Milstead
Swale
Kent
ME9 0BA
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 91285 58231
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A tree planted within a low wall surround with a dedicatory plaque mounted on the outside.
- Inscription
- ONE OF THE FEW/ F/O MICHAEL HOMER D.F.C./ 242 (F) SQUADRON/ ROYAL AIR FORCE/ KILLED IN ACTION NEAR THIS SPOT/ 12.25 P.M. 27 SEPTEMBER 1940/
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Homer, Michael
See details - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename, rank, regiment, date of death, place of death, manner of death, additional, decorations.
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Tree
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined - Wall
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Tree
- 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
- Michael Homer memorial tree
- WMO ID: 195447
- Condition: Good [last updated on 19-02-2018]
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- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- MR DENIS LUXTON. THE LANDOWNER
- Reference
- More information may be found here:- www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/195447
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