Memorial

RAF Stradishall

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Current Location

Opposite to the entrance, on the other side of the road, Stirling House (Former Officer's Mess), Stradishall, St Edmundsbury, Suffolk, CB8 9YL, England

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TL 71691 51882

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Other memorial
WMR Reference Number: 5078
Description: Brick block with a brick roof. Two slate panels with inscriptions and a cross inlaid in grey brick on each of the memorial sides. The tablet on the 6 o’clock face has a plan of the station. The one on the 12 o’clock face has the RAF and Station badges on the top.
Inscription: 12 o'clock face: 1938 1970/ TO COMMEMORATE THIRTY-TWO YEARS OF SERVICE/ GIVEN IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM BY THE MEN/ AND WOMEN WHO WERE STATIONED AT/ ROYAL AIR FORCE STRADISHALL/ AND HONOURING THE SACRIFICES THAT WERE MADE/ "WHO KNOWS WHAT FREEDOM IS, EXCEPT THOSE/ WHO HAVE HAD IT TAKEN FROM THEM"/ UNVEILED BY MARSHAL OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE/ SIR MICHAEL BEETHAM GCB, CBE, DFC, AFC, FRAES./ 29TH MAY 1994 6 o'clock face: (Left Column) BOMBER COMMAND/ NO. 3 GROUP/ 1938-1945 1946-1949/ ROYAL AIR FORCE/ SQUADRONS / UNITS/ 9 148 75 150 75(NZ) 254 236/ 214 FERRY-FLT (1)-419-FLT 138/ 109 101 1621-BAT-FLT 1657-HCU 186/ 158 51 35 115 149 207 203-AFS/ 226-OCU 229-OCU 253 125 245/ 89 152 263 85 1 54 208/ 111 56 1-ANS/ ROYAL AIR FORCE REGIMENT/ FIGHTER COMMAND/ NOS 11 12 AND 81 GROUPS/ 1949-1961 (Right Column) TRANSPORT COMMAND/ NOS 47 AND 48 GROUPS (NO 38 GROUP)/ 1945-1946 1961/ ATTACHED/ ROYAL ARTILLERY/ ROYAL ENGINEERS/ ROYAL SIGNALS/ CAMBRIDGESHIRE REGIMENT/ LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT/ SUFFOLK REGIMENT/ 4CAACU/ FLYING TRAINING COMMAND/ NOS 25 AND 23 GROUPS/ 1961-1970

Commemoration

War: Second World War (1939-1945)

War: 20th Century Conflict (1900-1999)

War: Military Service

War: Regimental Memorials

History

Sponsor Type: public

Ceremonies

Unveiled

29 May 1994

Marshal of the RAF Sir Michael Beetham GCB, CBE, DFC, AFC, FRAeS

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RAF Stradishall

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RAF Stradishall

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Memorial Details

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