Memorial

Flight Sergeants A Cox and G Preston

Stone of remembrance

Source: Copyright John Hale

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Current Location

West Smethwick Park , Off West Park Road, Sandwell , Sandwell, West Midlands, B67 7JH, England

SP 00700 88800

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 68517
Description: Tablet set in front of a stone of remembrance circled by a memorial garden.
Inscription: Not Forgotten /60th Anniversary 2004 / This stone is laid in/remembrance of :- / Flt. Sgt. ALLAN CHARLIE COX/ of Smethwick/ and/ Flt. Sgt. GORDON PRESTON/ Of Pinner (Middlesex)/ Who's [sic] plane crashed near/ this spot on:- 31st July 1944/ "We Will Remember Them"/ Commemorated by/ Smethwick Royal British Legion./ The Friends Of West Smethwick Park/ And Sandwell MBC/

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: Rank, Forename, Surname, Manner of death, Date of death, place of death
Order of names: Surname

Tablet

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Stone of remembrance

Made from: Marble - Black

Condition: Good