Memorial

Flight Lieutenant J H Green DFC

49011

Source: Copyright Keith King

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Current Location

Opposite junction with Meyrick Road, between Red Arrows Egging memorial and Cliff Lift, In Rock Gardens on south side of road, East Overcliff Drive, Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH1 3AN, England

OS Grid Reference

SZ 09603 90961

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 49011
Description: PLAQUE SET INTO STONE
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF/ FLT LT JOHN HENRY GREEN D.F.C. A CANADIAN / WARTIME PILOT WITH THE RAF LOST HIS/ LIFE ON 17TH SEPTEMBER 1947 WHEN HIS/ SPITFIRE CRASHED INTO THE SEA/ BETWEEN BOSCOMBE AND BOURNEMOUTH/ PIERS DURING A FLYING DISPLAY IN/ AID OF THE R.A.F. BENEVOLENT FUND AND/ TO MARK THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN./ (...) BY THE DAILY ECHO AND MALCOLM JEFFERIES/ (...)

Commemoration

War: Military Service
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: rank, surname, date of death,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,decorations

Conservation

Components

Plaque

Made from: Metal

Condition: Good

Frame

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good