Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
New Forest
Town
Ibsley
County
Hampshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
48864

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Current location

R.A.F. Ibsley
Mockbeggar Crossroads
Ibsley
New Forest
Hampshire
BH24 3NQ
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 16036 09355
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Square plinth formed of Purbeck Stone blocks with a sloping top to which is fixed an incised and coloured, polished granite tablet giving the history of R.A.F. Ibsley and a map of airfield. It rests on the wartime concrete base of the Airfield's old Guardroom/Picket Post. Small metal plaque fixed on a sloping stone at foot of front face of plinth with white lettering. Whole memorial surrounded by metal railings.
Inscription
MAIN PLAQUE: LEFT-HAND SIDE - R.A.F. IBSLEY/ RAF AIRFIELD AFTER EXTENSION 1942. FIGHTER SQUADRONS STATIONED AT IBSLEY/ PLAN OF AIRFIELD/ LEFT-HAND SIDE - LIST OF RAF AND USAAF SQUADRONS BASED AT IBSLEY 1941-1945 (SEE PHOTOGRAPH IN FILE) AT FOOT OF PLAQUE - FLYING ACTIVITIES CEASED AT IBSLEY IN 1946, AFTER WHICH THE NO 2 COMMUNAL SITE, R.A.F. IBSLEY BECAME AN ACCOMMODATION BASE FOR R.A.F. SOPLEY UNTIL 1952./ THIS TABLET WAS PRESENTED BY R.A.F. IBSLEY HISTORICAL GROUP AND DEDICATED TO ALL WHO SERVED HERE FROM 15 FEBRUARY 1941 SECOND PLAQUE: THIS TABLET WAS A GIFT/TO /R.A.F. IBSLEY/ HISTORICAL GROUP/ BY HOARE BANKS STONEMASONS/ WHO DESIGNED AND CREATED IT/ THIRD PLAQUE: THIS PLAQUE WAS UNVEILED BY/W/CDR. C.F. CURRANT, /D.S.O., D.F.C., C DE G.,/ NO. 501 SQUADRON, 1941/STATION COMMANDER, IBSLEY, 1942/ AND/ F/O. R.S. GEORGE, / NO.616 SQUADRON, 1943/ ON 24TH APRIL 2000
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: Marble, Granite
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Metal
  • Plinth
    Measurements: depth 800 mm, height 900 mm, width 1150 mm
    Materials: Stone - Purbeck
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
R.A.F. Ibsley Historical Group
Reference

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