Photo: Dorothy Hall
Memorial
Hymn board Errington Bros. 1943 St. Andrew
Reference
D39.02
Place
DALTON-LE-DALE
Map ref
NZ 407480
Original Location
St. Andrew’s Church, Dene Road.
Which war
1939-45
Memorial Description
Hymn board. At the top is the R.A.F.V.R. badge in colour. At the bottom is a board which bears the dedication incised in gilded Roman capitals.
Materials used
?Light oak.
Inscription
In loving memory of
George and Sydney A.
Errington, R.A.F.V.R.
Lost in flying operations
1943.
Names
See above
Notes
1. Sgt. George Errington was a crew member of Wellington X bomber HE501 HD-J which left Leconfield on a mission to Mannheim. It crashed at Seraincourt in the Ardennes where all the crew are buried.
2. Sgt. Sydney Errington was a crew member of Stirling III bomber EF392 MG-N which left Oakington on a mission to Wuppertal and was presumed lost in the sea off the Dutch coast.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Dorothy Hall
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1943 W.R. Chorley. 1996. Midland Counties Publications. ISBN 0 904597 90 3
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Dorothy Hall
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