Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Melton
Town
Bottesford
County
Leicestershire
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
37508

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Current location

St. Mary the Virgin Church
Rectory Lane
Bottesford
Melton
Leicestershire
NG13 0DA
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 80734 39128
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Wall mounted, portrait orientated round-headed slate tablet with incised inscription infilled in gold coloured paint. Tablet is attached to the wall by four clasps.
Inscription
BETWEEN 18TH NOVEMBER 1941 / AND 21ST SEPTEMBER 1942 / NO. 207 SQUADRON ROYAL AIR FORCE / WAS BASED AT BOTTESFORD / AERODROME NEAR THIS CHURCH / OF ST. MARY THE VIRGIN. / FLYING MAINLY AT NIGHT IN / AVRO MANCHESTER BOMBERS UNTIL / MARCH 1942, AND THEREAFTER IN / AVRO LANCASTERS / EACH WITH SEVEN CREWMEN, / THEY DEFENDED THEIR COUNTRY / AND FOUGHT FOR FREEDOM. / DURING THIS PERIOD 122 MEN / OF NO. 207 SQUADRON WERE KILLED, / OF WHOM 41 HAVE NO KNOWN / GRAVE. THEY INCLUDED ONE OF / THE GROUND STAFF AND AIRCREW / FROM GREAT BRITAIN, CANADA, / AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. / 16 MORE DID NOT RETURN FROM / OPERATIONS AND BECAME / PRISONERS OF WAR / UNTIL MAY 1945. / "LEST WE FORGET"
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
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Slate
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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