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Title
Churchill Brothers' Monument
Date
2015
Medium
stone
Accession number
CV13_KHS_S004
Acquisition method
funded by the Market Bosworth Society with support from the Parish Council, Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council, Greener Gardens, G Seller and Co Ltd and JJ Churchill
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Market Bosworth Society
Custodian
JJ Churchills
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
26th September 2015
Access
at all times
Inscription description
side 1: IN MEMORY OF ALL CHURCHILLS STAFF / 'BLITZED' OUT OF COVENTRY, 1940; / REBUILDING THEIR LIVES AND THE / COMPANY HERE IN MARKET BOSWORTH / DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN / WALTER CHURCHILL LANDED HIS / HURRICANE IN THE FIELD OPPOSITE / TO OVERSEE THE MOVE FROM COVENTRY; side 2: IN MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN PETER M CHURCHILL / DSO, CRUIX DE GUERRE / INTELLIGENCE AGENT / SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE, / FOUR MISSIONS TO OCCUPIED FRANCE / CAPTUED, BUT SURVIVED THE / CONCENTRATION CAMPS / LIBERATED BY THE US 5TH ARMY / 1945; side 3: IN MEMORY OF GROUP CAPTAIN / WALTER M CHURCHILL DSO DFC / FOUNDED CHURCHILLS COVENTRY 1937 / COMMANDED No3 SQDN, BATTLE FOR / FRANCE; FORMED No.71 SQDN. /THE FIRST AMERICAN EAGLES / COMMANDED 605 SQUADRON / WOUNDED IN BATTLE OF BRITAIN / KILLED IN ACTION, AIR OFFICER / COMMANDING SEIGE OF MALTA, 1942; side 4: IN MEMORY OF MAJOR W OLIVER CHURCHILL DSO, MC / ITALIAN PARTISAN MEDAL / INTELLIGENCE AGENT, / SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE / SEVERAL MISSIONS TO THE PARTISANS / IN THE MEDITERRANEAN THEATRE / CAPTURED ESCAPED AND SURVIVED. / BECAME NON-EXECUTIVE MEMBER OF CHURCHILLS.
Station Road, Market Bosworth
CV13 0PF
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