Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Town
- Near Werrington
- County
- Staffordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 7/2/2020
Attended by:
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 97249
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Current location
At the junction of Blakeley Lane and Cheadle Road (A552)
Blakeley Lane Methodist Chapel
Blakeley Lane (A52)
Near Werrington
Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire
ST10 2PS
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 97276 47113
Denomination: Methodist
- Description
- Rectangular brass plaque screwed onto a stone backplate and mounted on the wall of the Blakley Lane Methodist Chapel. Dedication is incised in black, lower-case script.
- Inscription
- NEAR THIS SPOT ON 7TH FEBRUARY 1944/ PERISHED THE CREW OF HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX BB320/ (names)/ ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE AND/ (name)/ ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE/ "PER ARDUA AD ASTRA" - WWW.INTERNATIONALBCC.CO.UK/ PLAQUE UNVEILED 7TH FEBRUARY 2020
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Couling, Herbert
Denny, Albert
Joshua, William
Kerr, Hubert
Murray, Kenneth
Richards, Ernest
See details for all 6 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 6
Served and returned: 0
Died: 6
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, service
Order of information: rank and nationality
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: depth c3 mm, height 220mm, width 270 mm
Materials: Brass - Backboard
Measurements: depth c10 mm, height 270 mm, width 315 mm
Materials: Stone
- Plaque
- 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 - Sponsorship
- Other
Details: International Bomber Command Centre - Responsibility
- Blakeley Lane Methodist Church
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