Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Stone of remembrance
- District
- Melton
- Town
- Skillington, Grantham
- County
- Leicestershire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- Bardon Quarry (Makers)
Linnels of Grantham (Letter cutter / Engraver) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 2 September 2007
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 58528
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Current location
8 miles NE of Melton Mowbray,
Saltby Airfield
(Buckminster Gliding Club)
off Sproxton Road
Skillington
Grantham
Melton
Leicestershire
NG33 5HR
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 87559 26658
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- The airfield memorial consists of three rough hewn granite stones. The centre stone bears an incised inscription directly onto the smoothed front face, whilst the stones either side have a plaque engraving of a Handley Page Hampden (left stone) & a Dakota aircraft (right stone). Unveiled 2 September 2007 - ceremony involved a Dakota flypast. Adjacent to the memorial is an associated interpretation board with further information of the airfield's role during the Second World War.
- Inscription
- MEMORIES /OF / ALL COMRADES / WHO SERVED AT / SALTBY AIRFIELD / IN WORLD WAR II
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Stone of remembrance
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
- Stone of remembrance
- 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
- Saltby Airfield
- WMO ID: 240137
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 20-02-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Corporate
- Responsibility
- Buckminster Gliding Club Community Group
- Reference
- Leicester Mercury 06-03-2007
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