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Title
Croydon Aerodrome Memorial to the Battle of Britain
Date
1991
Medium
granite
Measurements
H 700 x W 178 x D 178 cm;
Plinth: H 90 x W 450 x D 450 cm
Accession number
CR8_ML_S153
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Historic Croydon Airport Trust
Custodian
Historic Croydon Airport Trust
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
16th March 1991
Access
at all times
Inscription description
on east face: IN GOD WE TRUST / THIS MEMORIAL IS IN TRIBUTE TO / ALL CONNECTED WITH CROYDON AND / ITS AERODROME WHO GAVE THEIR / LIVES EITHER IN THE AIR OR ON THE / GROUND DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939–1945 / THIS MEMORIAL WAS UNVEILED BY / AIR MARSHAL SIR WILLIAM WRATTEN KBE CB AFC FRAeS RAF / ON SUNDAY 27TH OCTOBER 1991; on east face step: NEVER IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN CONFLICT WAS SO MUCH OWED BY SO MANY TO SO FEW / WSC; on south face: REMEMBERED ALWAYS; on south face step: ALL CIVIL DEFENCE UNITS – TELEPHONE SERVICES – TRANSPORT – DOCTORS AND NURSING STAFF – POST & ALL THOSE WHO SUFFERED; on north face: THEY GAVE US FREEDOM; on north face step: ROYAL ARTILLERY – HON ARTILLERY COMPANY – QUEENS ROYAL REG – MIDDLESEX REG – TOWER HAMLETS RIFLES – 2ND LONDON RIFLES – WAAF – ATS. – ATA; on west face: THE POSSIBILITY OF DEFEAT / NEVER EXISTED; on west face step: WLA – WVS / AMBULANCE – FIRE – POLICE – ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS – HOME GUARD – NAAFI – SALVATION ARMY
Purley Way,
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