Memorial

Captain E B Loraine And Staff Sergeant R H V Wilson (Airmen's Cross)

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South West of Building, Stonehenge Visitor Centre, Longbarrow Lane, Winterbourne Stoke, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 7DE, England

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SU 10037 42751

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 24110
Description: Three-stepped base surmounted by short shaft and large in-filled wheel Cross. Black inscription on front face of the steps. The whole stands in a paved area with plaque at the foot of the Cross. Badges of the Royal Engineers, Royal Flying Corps and Grenadier Guards on the tablet.
Inscription: CROSS: TO THE MEMORY/ OF/ CAPTAIN LORAINE/ AND STAFF SERGEANT WILSON/ WHO WHILST FLYING ON DUTY, MET WITH/ A FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR THIS SPOT/ ON JULY 5TH 1912./ ERECTED BY THEIR COMRADES TABLET: AIRMAN'S CROSS/ RE-DEDICATED 5 JULY 1996/ TO THE MEMORY/ OF/ CAPTAIN/ EUSTACE BROKE LORAINE/ GRENADIER GUARDS/ AND/ STAFF SERGEANT/ RICHARD HUBERT VICTOR WILSON/ ROYAL ENGINEERS/ THE FIRST MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL CORPS/ TO LOSE THEIR LIVES WHILST FLYING ON DUTY/ PLAQUE LAID BY THE FRIENDS/ OF/ THE MUSEUM OF ARMY FLYING, MIDDLE WALLOP

Commemoration

War: Military Service
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,forename,manner of death,additional
Order of names: rank,forename,regiment,manner of death,year died,additional

History

Maintenance History: May 1995 Grade II listed. 1996: INSCRIPTION HAD BECOME ERODED SO IT WAS REMOVED FOR RESTORATION WORK. THE CRAZY PAVED AREA WAS ADDED AS PART OF THIS WORK

Ceremonies

Unveiled

5 July 1913

Gen Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien GCB GCMG KCB DSO

Unveiled

5 July 1996

RELATIVES/FRIENDS OF THE FALLEN

Rededicated

5 July 1996

CHAPLAIN IN CHIEF, RAF

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Captain E B Loraine And Staff Sergeant R H V Wilson (Airmen's Cross)

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