Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Hambleton
Town
Great Ayton
County
North Yorkshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945)
Maker
LEANDER ARCHITECTURAL (Builder)
Ceremony
  • Dedicated
    Date: 8th October 2003
    Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
51143

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Current location

AT THE SUMMIT OF THE CLEVELAND HILLS ABOVE GREAT AYTON
Great Ayton
Hambleton
North Yorkshire
England

OS Grid Ref: NZ 590 120
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
METAL PLAQUE SET IN STONE BLACK PLAQUE WITH WHITE BLOCK LETTERING. NO DECORATION.
Inscription
NEAR TO THIS PLACE RAF LOCKHEED HUDSON NR-E FROM/ THORNABY AERODROME CRASHED ON 11 FEBRUARY 1940./ FLYING OFFICER TOM PARKER, SERGEANT HAROLD BLEKSLEY/ AND CORPORAL NORMAN DRURY PERISHED./ LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN ATHOLL BARKER SURVIVED THIS CRASH/ BUT IN NOVEMBER 1943 AS FLYING OFFICER BARKER HE WAS/ LOST OVER GERMANY./ THEIR SACRIFICE IN DEFENCE OF OUR FREEDOM WILL/ ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED./ GREAT AYTON COMMUNITY ARCHAEOLOGY PROJECT/ (FUNDED BY THE LOCAL HERITAGE INITIATIVE, A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND,/ THE NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY AND THE COUNTRYSIDE AGENCY)/ NORTH YORK MOORS NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY/ 2003
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Barker, Atholl
Bleksley, Harold
Drury, Norman
Parker, Tom
See details for all 4 names
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 4
    Served and returned: 1
    Died: 3
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename
    Order of information: rank,forename,regiment,place of death,year died
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: height 225MM, width 320MM
    Materials: Metal
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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