July 1st 2001 before the vegetation at the back and side of the site was cleared:
in the background is the old Avro Hangar [all photos:Haslam, unless specified]
Spilsby
Airfield Memorial Site details
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July 1st 2001 before the vegetation at the back and side of the
site was cleared:
in the background is the old Avro Hangar [all photos:Haslam,
unless specified]
Before the ceremony on 25th August 2001, from the roadside:
the information board is now in place
Late Summer 2002: the base is now gravelled within brickwork (source:
Mapley)
"one of the best - if not the best - of the airfield
memorials in Lincolnshire"
the information board: please click on the image for more detail
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Inscription
at the rear of the plinth: the ten were: AC1 John Richard Archer RAF(VR) LAC Alfred Gallagher Barrett RAF(VR) AC1 Walter Clews RAF(VR) LAC Trevor Ewart Davidson RAF(VR) AC1 Thomas Fleming RAF(VR) AC1 Frank Haworth RAF(VR) AC1 Idris Eufryl Jones RAF(VR) NKG LAC Edward Thomas Rouillier RAF(VR) AC2 Edward Rourke RAF(VR) NKG AC1 Thomas Wright RAF(VR) NKG NKG: no known grave |
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Plaque details
Map of the Great Steeping/airfield area In Great Steeping
locate the right-most of the two churches (marked +, just
below the phone symbol) on the B1195, which is shown in
orange running through the village. That is All
Saints Church. Go up the yellow road from All
Saints' Church in the Monksthorpe direction. |