Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque Lancaster crew 1944 St. Edmund's Churchyard
Reference
S119.02
Place
SEDGEFIELD
Map ref
NZ 356288
Original Location
Outside St. Edmund’s Church, alongside the Cross.
Cross Hill TS21 3AT
Which war
1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Dedicated 19th June 1994
Memorial Description
Plaque 1 foot 6 inches high x 2 feet 6 inches wide, raised from the wall on a pattress 2 inches thick. The Royal Canadian Air Force regimental badge is at centre top, gilded. On either side is a cartouche containing a maple leaf raised in half relief. The lettering is in gilded Roman lower case.
Materials used
Pale green marble.
Inscription
On 24th November 1944, the crew of a Lancaster Bomber of number / 419 "Moose"Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, Middleton St George, / paid the Supreme Sacrifice / This Plaque is dedicated to those who lost their lives / (Names) / Lest We Forget
Names
Notes
1. This memorial is similar in design to that at Teesside Airport (See T64.01)
2. The aircraft was a Lancaster X KB785 VR-Y which caught fire in a training flight while over the Bradbury bombing range. All the crew are buried in Harrogate. Bradbury is part of Sedgefield.
3. At the ceremony a memorial maple tree was planted by a brownie, a beaver, a cub scout and a guide. This was given by Mr. and Mrs. Amlin. Mr. Amlin had served with the Royal Canadian Air Force, which is how he met his wife. Mrs Amlin was the driving force behind the commemoration of the crash on the 50th anniversary.
2. The aircraft was a Lancaster X KB785 VR-Y which caught fire in a training flight while over the Bradbury bombing range. All the crew are buried in Harrogate. Bradbury is part of Sedgefield.
3. At the ceremony a memorial maple tree was planted by a brownie, a beaver, a cub scout and a guide. This was given by Mr. and Mrs. Amlin. Mr. Amlin had served with the Royal Canadian Air Force, which is how he met his wife. Mrs Amlin was the driving force behind the commemoration of the crash on the 50th anniversary.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: C. Sanders; Simon Raine
Diocese of Durham Faculty DDR/EA/FAC/3/7863
Darlington and Stockton Times 07/08/1993 reports proposals and appeal; 09/04/1994 reports proposals
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1944 W.R. Chorley. Midland Counties Publications; 1997; ISBN 0 904597 91 1 page 493.
Source of quotation
“Lest we forget” Recessional Rudyard Kipling.
Diocese of Durham Faculty DDR/EA/FAC/3/7863
Darlington and Stockton Times 07/08/1993 reports proposals and appeal; 09/04/1994 reports proposals
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1944 W.R. Chorley. Midland Counties Publications; 1997; ISBN 0 904597 91 1 page 493.
Source of quotation
“Lest we forget” Recessional Rudyard Kipling.
External web link
Research acknowledgements
C. Sanders; Sedgefield Local History Society; Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; John and Mavis Dixon
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Plaque Lancaster crew 1944 St. Edmund's Churchyard (S119.02)
SEDGEFIELD Outside St. Edmund’s Church
On 24th November 1944, the crew of a Lancaster Bomber of number
419 "Moose" Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, Middleton St George,
paid the SUPREME SACRIFICE
This Plaque is dedicated to those who lost their lives
Plt. Off Richard Mansfield DFC Ottawa Canada
FS Douglas Gunn Toronto Canada
FS George Warren-Darley Toronto Canada
Fg.Off Allan Hirst Vancouver Canada
FS John Murphy Detroit USA
FS Leslie Toth Kipling Canada
Sgt Derrick Newland London England
Lest We Forget
NamesS119.02
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