Memorial Details
Memorial
Panel Thompson 1941 All Saints
Reference
R24.09
Place
ROTHBURY
Map ref
NU 057016
Original Location
All Saints' Church. East Wall of Memorial Chapel.
Which war
1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Dedication Easter Day, 4th April 1947.
Memorial Description
Panel 3 feet 6 inches high x 18 inches wide (1.06 m x 457 mm) forming one part of the panelling in the Chapel. Above the inscription is the RAF badge. The lettering is incised in Roman capitals and painted blue.
Materials used
Oak, identified as coming from the Old Forest of Rothbury.
Inscription
of
Robert Ferguson Thompson
Sergt. R.A.F.
Buried at Rozendaal, Holland
11 November 1941
These panels are erected by his parents
At the going down of the sun
and in the morning we will remember.
Names
See above
Who commissioned
Parents.
Notes
1. Sgt. Thompson was a member of the crew of Halifax I L9603 TL-P which took off from Linton-On-Ouse on a Rover Patrol of the Ruhr with Essen as its object tive. It was shot down by a night-fighter and crashed in the Imbos Forest, Holland. Four of the crew were taken prisoner. Three were killed and were buried in a private cemetery in the grounds of Rozendaal Castle.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Janet Brown
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941; W.R. Chorley; Midland Counties Publications;
ISBN 0 904597 87 3
Source of quotation:
“At the going down of the sun . . .” For the Fallen Lawrence Binyon
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941; W.R. Chorley; Midland Counties Publications;
ISBN 0 904597 87 3
Source of quotation:
“At the going down of the sun . . .” For the Fallen Lawrence Binyon
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Janet Brown; P. Thirkell
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