Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Barnet
Town
Hendon
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
Non-Specific Conflict
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
58038

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Current location

Inside the entrance to historic hangars H3/H4/H5.
RAF Museum London
Grahame Park Way
Hendon
Barnet
Greater London
NW9 5LL
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 22020 90320
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Stone tablet presumed to have been attached to a lost building. Inscription in gilded lettering.
Inscription
THIS ENTRANCE HALL/ IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF/ LADY MACROBERT/ AND IS ALSO IN RECOGNITION OF THE/ FORTITUDE OF THE MANY WHO HAVE/ LOST THOSE NEAR AND DEAR TO THEM/ IN THE FLYING SERVICES OF THE CROWN.
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Non-Specific Conflict
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: height 400mm, width 720mm
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • The Times 2 September 1954 page 8 column d Obituary of Lady MacRobert. Her eldest son was killed in a flying accident in 1938 and the other two while flying during WW2. In 1941 she gave the Air Ministry £25,000 for the purchase of a Stirling bomber to be named 'MacRobert's Reply.' In 1942 she gave a further £20,000 for four fighters in memory of her sons. In 1943 she gave Alastrean House, Aberdeenshire to the RAF as a leave centre for RAF officers. It burned down in 1952.

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