Memorial details

Memorial type
Composite
District
Rotheham
Town
Rawmarsh
County
South Yorkshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Non-Combat Deaths
Ceremony
  • Opened
    Date: Unknown
    Attended by: RELATIVES/FRIENDS OF THE FALLEN
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
56110

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Current location

In Second World War garden of remembrance
above the Parkgate and Rawmarsh war memorial
Rawmarsh Hill
Rawmarsh
Rotheham
South Yorkshire
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 43581 95875
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • Private farmland off Occupation Road
    Occupation Road
    Rawmarsh
    Rotherham
    South Yorkshire
    England

    OS Grid Ref: SK 43300 95700
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
A upright tapered stone with the words Fleet Air Arm stood on a circular stone with a plaque resting between the two. In front of this is another smaller inscribed stone. (When in original location it comprised - an octagonal walled enclosure with wrought iron gate, containing a plinth with dedicatory plaque on it, a stone and a bench)
Inscription
(plaque) WITH PRIDE AND AFFECTION WE HONOUR/ THE MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON/ IAN FERGUSON WILSON/ AGE 19 YEARS/ MIDSHIPMAN PILOT, FLEET AIR ARM/ LATE STUDENT OF ROTHERHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL/ WHO LOST HIS LIFE WHEN HIS VAMPIRE T. II./ JET PLANE CRASHED HERE MARCH 9TH 1959/ "ONE CROWDED HOUR OF GLORIOUS LIFE/ IS WORTH AN AGE WITHOUT A NAME" (stone) MIDSHIPMAN/ IAN FERGUSON/ WILSON/ 27TH DECEMBER 1939/ TO 9TH MARCH 1959/ NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW/ HOW VALIANT WAS HIS AIM/ (on bottom edge of stone)/ NOT FORGOTTEN (Exact wording not known)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Wilson, Ian Ferguson
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Commemorations
  • Non-Combat Deaths
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,rank, date died,date of birth,regiment,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships,additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plinth
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Unknown
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Metal
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Seat
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
  • Wall
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brick
  • Gate
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wrought Iron
Listing information
Condition
History
2006: January - The memorial was derelict and overgrown to the extent of being difficult to find.
Costs

Site: Free
Comments: Land donated by Mr and Mrs T Fieldhouse of Parkgate

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Reference
  • Peakland Air Crashes - The North by Pat Cunningham 145-146 Published:Landmark Collectors Library 2006 Considerable detail of the circumstances surrounding the crash.

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