Wounded of the Royal Canadian Airforce

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Memorial details

Memorial type: Board / Plaque / Tablet
District: Mid Sussex
Town: East Grinstead
County: West Sussex
Country: England
Commemoration: Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost: Not lost
WM Reference: 72951

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Current location

Corridor of the Canadian wing
Queen Victoria Hospital
Holtye Road
East Grinstead
Mid Sussex
West Sussex
RH19 3DZ
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 39884 39182
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

Three painted boards

Inscription

Board a:- THIS BUILDING / DESIGNED BY THE STAFFS OF / R.C.A.F. OVERSEAS HEADQUATERS / AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN / ENGINEERS C.M.H.Q. WORKING / IN CONJUNCTION WITH / F. GORDON TROUP. F.R.I.B.A. / WAS CONSTRUCTED BY THE / ROYAL CANADIAN ENGINEERS / AND COMPLETED IN JULY / 1944 // "Too low they build who / build beneath the stars" // Board b:- THE / ROYAL CANADIAN / AIR FORCE WING / BENEFACTORS // 1943 No3 (R.C.A.F.) PERSONNEL RECEPTION CENTRE // 1943 Mr & Mrs JAMES G. WEIR // 1944 ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE CHAPTER OF TORONTO / IMPERIAL ORDER DAUGHTERS OF THE EMPIRE // 1945 WOMANS AUXILIARY 400 (CITU OF TORONTO) / SQUADRON R.C.A.F. // 1945 VICTORIA WOMANS AIR FORCE AUXILIARY // 1945 WINNIPRG WOMANS AIR FORCE AUXILIARY // Board c:- DEDICATED / TO THE GALLANT YOUNG MEN / OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN / AIR FORCE WHOSE WOUNDS / HAVE BEEN BROUGHT THEM HERE / & TO THE SURGEONS, NURSES / AND STAFF WHO HAVE CARED / FOR THEM. THIS BUILDING / HAS BEEN ERECTED BY THE/ PEOPLE OF THE DOMINION OF / CANADA // "The healing of the world / is in its nameless saints." //

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

Board
Measurements: height 500mm, width 550mm
Materials: Wood

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Responsibility

Queen Victoria Hospital

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