Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Serviceman / Servicewoman
- District
- City Of Westminster
- Town
- Holborn
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 31 May 1992
Attended by: HM QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 53575
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Current location
St Clement Danes Church
Strand
Holborn
City Of Westminster
Greater London
WC2R 1DH
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 30978 81036
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Statue of Sir Arthur Harris ("Bomber Harris") in uniform, holding gloves behind his back, on a plinth with inscription on front face and a bronze plaque with further inscription on the side.
- Inscription
- West face of plinth: MARSHAL OF/ THE ROYAL AIR FORCE/ SIR ARTHUR HARRIS BT/ G.C.B. O.B.E. A.F.C./ 1892-1984/ COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF/ BOMBER COMMAND/ ROYAL AIR FORCE/ 1942-1945/ Side face of plinth: MARSHAL OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE/ SIR ARTHUR HARRIS BT GCB OBE AFC/ IN MEMORY OF A GREAT COMMANDER AND/ THE BRAVE CREWS OF BOMBER COMMAND,/ MORE THAN 55,000 OF WHOM LOST THEIR/ LIVES IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM/ THE NATION OWES THEM ALL/ AN IMMENSE DEBT
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Harris, Arthur
See details - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 1
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,forename,decorations
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Figure
- 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
- History
- Oct. 1992 statue and plinth were sprayed with red paint and the word 'Shame'.
- Costs
Memorial: £100,000
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- 1999: English Heritage
- Reference
- Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Arthur_Harris,_1st_Baronet
- Private Eye No.795 p.1 (5 June 1992)
- The Times 22 Feb. 1992 p.14; 22 May 1992 p.14; 25 May 1992 pp.2,10; 27 May 1992 p.13; 29 May 1992 p.15; 30 May 1992 pp.5,15; 1 June 1992 pp. 1,5,16,18; 2 June 1992 p.2; 11 Sep. 1992 p.12; 30 Oct. 1992 22, 25, 30 May 1992. Pacifist protesters erected a statue based on Picasso's 'Dove' consisting of seven plywood doves,outside the church in protest. 1 June 1992. Report of unveiling and protests at the ceremony 30 Oct. 1992: statue vandalized
- The Guardian 1 May 1995 p.40
- Evening Standard 28 April 1992 Mayor of Cologne complained that the Queen Mother was to unveil the statue.
- London Remembers: www.londonremembers.com/memorials/bomber-harris
- War Memorials Online: www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/142864/
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