Memorial
Flight Sergeant J B J Van Mesdag
Roadside Memorial
Source: Copyright Doug Ireland
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Current Location
Almost opposite Roman Catholic Church, Bury Road, Lawshall, Babergh, Suffolk, IP29 4PL, England
OS Grid Reference
TL85584 55548
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Stone of remembrance
- WMR Reference Number
- 79320
- Description
- Large roughly hewn stone with engraved inscription, set in roadside near to spot where pilot lost his life.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF/FLIGHT SERGEANT/JOHANNES/BARTHOLOMEUS/JAN VAN MESDAG/OF NO.64 SQUADRON WHO/AGED 21/FLYING HIS MUSTANG MK.III/LOST HIS LIFE NEAR THIS SPOT/ON 6TH MARCH 1945/HIS MOTHER'S BIRTHDAY/THIS MEMORIAL WAS DEDICATED/ON 8TH NOVEMBER, 2009/BY ALL SAINTS CHURCH, LAWSHALL//
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Information shown
- Forenames, surname,squadron details, age, dedication
- Custodian
- Lawshall Parish