Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Composite
- District
- Vale Of White Horse
- Town
- Wootton
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 13th May 1945
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 31915
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Current location
St. Peter's Church
Wootton Village
Wootton
Vale Of White Horse
Oxfordshire
OX1 5HP
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 47624 01384
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Wooden board bearing dedicatory inscription with gilt RAF Eagle at top and gilt and silver plate unit badge below. Above all, an RAF Ensign.
- Inscription
- THIS ENSIGN COMMEMORATES THE OFFICERS AND/ ALL RANKS OF THE ARMY/, THE ROYAL AIR FORCE/ AND THE ROYAL AIR FORCE REGIMENT WHO DURING/ THE WAR SERVED THEIR COUNTRY AND IS A SYMBOL/ OF THE SERVICE OF OVER 10,000 WHO TRAINED AT/ BOMBER COMMAND BATTLE SCHOOL YOULBURY/ CAMP BOARS HILL OXFORD FROM 1942 TO 1945/ PLACED IN THIS CHURCH AT A CEREMONIAL PARADE/ ON SUNDAY MAY 13TH 1945/ (THANKSGIVING SUNDAY FOR VICTORY IN EUROPE)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
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
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