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Title
'R101' Memorial
Date
1930–1931
Medium
stone
Accession number
MK44_SM_S060
Acquisition method
purchased by public subscription
Work type
Monument
Owner
Bedford Borough Council
Custodian
Bedford Borough Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Listing date
17/05/84
Access
time restrictions apply
Access note
Cemetery opening times.
Inscription description
north west end panel: Here lie the bodies of 48 officers and men who perished in the airship R101 at Beauvais, France, Oct. 5 1930; side panels: (names of those who died, including Lord Thomson, Air Minister, and Sir Sefton Brancker, Air Vice Marshal); south east end panel: (carved RAF crest)
