Memorial

296 Stoke Newington Squadron ATC

Source: Copyright Peter Alhadeff

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Current Location

WALL-MOUNTED PLAQUE, NEAR JUNCTION WITH ALBION ROAD, Lavell St, Stoke Newington, Hackney, Greater London, N16 9LS, England

TQ 32877 85688

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Type of Memorial: Avenue / Tree or grove
WMR Reference Number: 11961
Description: AVENUE OF THIRTEEN TREES WITH WALL PLAQUE. LAMINATED NAME PLATES ATTACHED TO EACH TREE.
Inscription: AIR TRAINING CORPS/ 269TH (STOKE NEWINGTON) SQUADRON/ THE THIRTEEN TREES GROWING IN THE VICINITY OF THIS TABLET/ WERE PLANTED BY THE SQUADRON AND ITS FRIENDS AS A LIVING/ MEMORIAL TO THE THIRTEEN FORMER CADETS OF THE UNIT/ WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ THEIR NAMES ARE/ (NAMES)/ THIS TABLET WAS UNVEILED BY HIS WORSHIP THE MAYOR OF STOKE/ NEWINGTON (ALDERMAN EDWARD NOVALL JP) FOLLOWING/ THE COMMEMORATION OF THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY/ OF THE FORMATION OF THE UNIT/ DEATH HAS MANY NAMES - ONE IS LIFE ERIC MACKAY

Sponsor Type: corporate
Maintenance History: TREES REPLANTED. LAMINATED SIGNS REPLACE ORIGINAL INDIVIDUAL NAME PLATES.

Unveiled

15th April 1951

ALDERMAN EDWARD NORVALL JP

Plaque

Height: 35CM

Width: 60CM

Depth: 1.5CM

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good