Southern Railway Battle Of Britain Class Locomotive- 222 Squadron Nameplate

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Memorial details

Memorial type: Board / Plaque / Tablet
District: Thanet
Town: Manston
County: Kent
Country: England
Commemoration: Second World War (1939-1945)
Maker: O V S Bulleid CBE (Designer)
British Railways Brighton Works (Manufacturer)
Lost: Not lost
WM Reference: 61009

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Current location

Nameplate only. Exact location unknown.
Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum
Manston Rd
Manston
Thanet
Kent
CT12 5DF
England

OS Grid Ref: TR 33350 66570
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

Southern Railway 4-6-2 Light Pacific locomotive, with two rectangular brass nameplates with raised letters on a pale sky-blue background, each with the wording BATTLE OF BRITAIN CLASS in smaller lettering at the base. Each locomotive had two vitreous enamelled oval badges on a air force blue background within a gunmetal surround with the appropriate squadron crest or the badge of the Royal Air Force, where no specific crest was available. As originally built the locomotives had air-smoothed casings and the nameplate was applied above the badge, but when rebuilt without the casings the badge was placed above the nameplate mounted on the running plate.

Inscription

222 SQUADRON

Inscription legible?

yes

Commemorations

Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Locomotive
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Enamel, Brass

Listing information

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More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website

Condition

Southern Railway Battle of Britain Class Locomotive- 222 Squadron Nameplate
WMO ID: 65191
Condition: Undefined [last updated on 07-01-2019]
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History

Built July 1948. BR No. 34078. Unrebuilt. Withdrawn Sep. 1964, and scrapped by Birds, Morriston Dec. 1964

Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Sponsorship

Corporate

Reference

Royal Air Force Museum www.rafmuseum.org.uk/online exhibitions/loco_plates
www.bbm.org.uk/Locomotives.htm
Bulleid Society www.bulleidsociety.org/OVS_Bulleid/OVSB_Light_Pacifics.html

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