Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Composite
- District
- Bradford
- Town
- Bingley
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 15th December 2000
Attended by: LORD MAYOR OF BRADFORD
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 46687
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Current location
PRIESTHORPE PRIMARY SCHOOL
Mornington Rd
Bingley
Bradford
West Yorkshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 121 394
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Framed and glazed black and white photograph. Wall-mounted metal plaque with incised lettering on wooden mount.
- Inscription
- ON PHOTOGRAPH: "B" FLIGHT 616 SQUADRON LATE SUMMER 1940/ (NAMES) ON PLAQUE:PRESENTED BY THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY/ IN HONOUR OF/ SERGEANT PILOT JAMES HOPEWELL DFM/ 616, 66 & 73 SQUADRONS ROYAL AIR FORCE/ A FORMER PUPIL OF THIS SCHOOL/ HIS PARTICIPATION IN THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN IN/ 1940 HELPED TO PREVENT AN INVASION OF THIS/ COUNTRY AND THE ENSLAVEMENT OF ITS PEOPLE/ NEVER IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN CONFLICT/ WAS SO MUCH OWED BY SO MANY TO SO FEW/ PROUDLY SPONSORED BY THE FREEDOM GROUP OF COMPANIES PLC.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 1
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,regiment,forename
Order of information: rank,forename,regiment
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Backboard
Measurements: height C 7IN, width C 9IN
Materials: Wood - Oak - Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Photograph/s
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Plaque
- 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 - Sponsorship
- Corporate
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