Memorial

Lord Dowding

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Source: Copyright Paul Goodwin

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Current Location

Station Park, Moffat, Annandale And Eskdale, Dumfries and Galloway, DG10 9EP, Scotland

NT 08435 04941

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Type of Memorial: Wall
WMR Reference Number: 5861
Description: The monument is in a local red sandstone with a bronze memorial tablet on the wall and RAF crest badges on the flanking 'wings'.
Inscription: NEVER IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN CONFLICT WAS SO MUCH OWED BY SO MANY TO SO FEW/ 1882 - 1970/ WITH A NATION'S GRATITUDE/ AIR CHIEF MARSHAL/ HUGH CASWALL TREMENHEERE/ DOWDING/ 1ST BARON OF BENTLEY PRIORY/ GCB GCVO CMG/ LEADER OF THE FEW/ BATTLE OF BRITAIN/ 1940/ ARCHITECT OF DELIVERANCE/ BORN IN MOFFAT

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 1
Served: 1
Information shown: surname, rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of birth,age of death,decorations

Unveiled

9 September 1972

Lady Dowding

Wall

Made from: Stone - Sandstone

Condition: Good

Plaques

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good