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Title
Stirling Walk Memorial
Date
2000
Medium
stone
Accession number
CM6_TJ_S252
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Easton Lodge Gardens
Custodian
Easton Lodge Gardens
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
9th june 2000
Access
at all times
Access note
Gardens open to the public nine days per year, fee payable.
Inscription description
THIS MONUMENT, ERECTED ADJACENT TO 'STIRLING WALK' / WAS OFFICIALLY DEDICATED ON 9th JUNE 2000 / TO / THE MEMORY OF ALL THOSE WHO SERVED AND LOST THEIR LIVES / ON / 190 AND 620 RAF (STIRLING) SQUADRONS DURING WWII / ONE OF THEIR FINAL OPERATIONS, 'OPERATION VARSITY' WAS FROM / THE AIRFIELD LOCATED ON THIS SITE, TO ASSIST IN THE DROPPING / OF AIRBORNE TROOPS TO CROSS THE RHINE AT VESSEL ON / 24th MARCH 1945 / IN THE FINAL ASSAULT THAT LED TO THE END OF HOSTILITIES. / MAY THEY REST IN PEACE.