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    Memorial

    Vickers Wellington Z8799

    Wellington Bomber Z8799 Crew Column WW2

    Source: Michael Eddlestone

    1/6

    Current Location

    At Lead Mines Clough on Anglezarke Moor near the crash site., above Horwich, Chorley, Lancashire, PR6 9DQ, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SD 62984 16528

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    Type of Memorial
    Pillar / Column
    WMR Reference Number
    18607
    Description
    Three stepped base surmounted by square metal column. Metal plaque with dedication in white lettering on the front face of the column
    Inscription
    TO THE MEMORY OF/ (Names)/ KILLED WHEN/ A WELLINGTON BOMBER/ CRASHED ON THESE MOORS/ ON NOV. 12TH 1943./ ERECTED BY THE/ ROTARY CLUB OF HORWICH/ JUNE 1955/ Small Brass plaque: IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ FLT. SGT. JOE TIMPERON/ ON THIS 60TH ANNIVERSARY/ OF THEIR CRASH 16/11/2003/ PROUDLY REMEMBERED/ BY HIS SISTER MARY, SISTER-IN-LAW SHIRLEY/ AND FAMILY MEMBERS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    6
    Died
    6
    Information shown
    surname,rank, date of death, forenames ,place of death,manner of death,additional
    Maker(s)
    • Rotary Club of Horwcih, Makers

    Sponsor Type
    public

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    1st June 1955

    Local Clergy/Dignitaries/ Wing Commander B. A. Dias, O.B.E., D.F.C., of the R.A.F. Station, Padgate

    Placed

    June 1955

    Rotary Club of Horwich.

    Dedicated

    1st June 1955

    Rev David Dick, B.D., President of Rotary Intrernational in GB and Ireland

    Unveiled

    20th August 1955

    Wing Commander B. A. Dias of Padgate

    Dedicated

    20th August 1955

    Rotarian Rev. D. Dick, president of Rotary International of Great Britain and Ireland

    Components

    Plaque

    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    Column

    Height: 2000MM

    Width: 300MM

    Depth: 45MM


    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    • Lancashire Evening Post - Saturday 20 August 1955 Page 5 Crash memorial on lonely moor (Report of the unveiling and dedication of the memorial) ---
    • Chorley Guardian Newspaper. January 1984
    • Chorley Guardian - Thursday 16 January 1986 Page 18 An orchid for a pilot called Joe (picture) ---
    • (URL removed because now links to a SPAM site)
    • Wellington Z8799 - Anglezark Moor 16th November 1943 https://laituk.org/Wellington%20Z8799.htm ---
    • Historic England Research Records Z8799 https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=1437223&resourceID=19191 ---