
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Dartford
- Town
- Dartford
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War - civilians, Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 10 November 2009
Attended by: Councillor Jeremy Kite, Leader of Dartford Borough Council
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 67752
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Current location
Mounted on the retaining wall
left hand side of the road going uphill
just below Great Queen Street.
East Hill
Dartford
Dartford
Kent
DA1 1SA
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 54684 73936
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Rectangular black polished tablet. RAF emblem at top centre, with lettering etched in white. Affixed to stone wall at each corner.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/ NEAR THIS SITE ON THE 31 JULY 1941/ WHEN HAMPDEN BOMBER P4399 CRASHED/ KILLING 3 AIRCREW OF NO.61 SQUADRON/ AND 3 CIVILIANS OF DARTFORD./ RAF AIRCREW/ (Names)/ CIVILIANS/ (Names)/ THIS MEMORIAL WAS DEDICATED ON/ 10 NOVEMBER 2009 BY/ COUNCILLOR JEREMY KITE/ LEADER OF/ DARTFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Butler, Wilfred
Chambers, William
Geater, Roy
Vickery, Beatrice Lilian
Vickery, Frederick
Yates, Alice
See details for all 6 names - Commemorations
- Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forenames, surname
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname
Order of information: Rank
- Second World War - civilians
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Black
- Tablet
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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