- Type of Memorial
- Stone of remembrance
- WMR Reference Number
- 68934
- Description
- Rectangular plinth with a sloping east face and an engraving of a Lancaster bomber. There is the badge of Bomber Command on the vertical north face and the lettering is in black.
- Inscription
- MEMORIAL EAST SIDE INSCRIPTION:
WORLD WAR II 1939 TO 1945 /
BEACHY HEAD WAS THE MAJOR OPERATIONAL ROUTE OUTBOUND FROM /
THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE AIRMEN OF ROYAL AIR FORCE / BOMBER COMMAND, WHEN TAKING THE WAR TO THE ENEMY /
[Line illustration of an Avro Lancaster aircraft bearing identification codes CF-F2]
THEY FOUGHT IN THE SKIES ABOVE THE ENEMY / AND PAID THE TERRIBLE PRICE THAT WAR DEMANDS //
MEMORIAL SOUTH SIDE INSCRIPTION:
[Line illustration of the official crest of the Royal Air Force]
MEMORIAL WEST SIDE INSCRIPTION:
WORLD WAR II 1939 TO 1945 /
[To the right of a line drawing of an RAF bomber crew member wearing flying kit and holding a parachute pack.]
IN TRIBUTE TO THE 110.000 AIRCREW OF THE / ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND / 55.573 GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM / 11,000 BECAME PRISONERS OF WAR / THEY VOLUNTEERED AND CAME IN THEIR THOUSANDS / FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE COMMONWEALTH AND THE OCCUPIED COUNTRIES OF EUROPE TO FIGHT /
AND DEFEAT A GREAT TYRANNY / FOR MANY, BEACHY HEAD WOULD HAVE BEEN THEIR / LAST SIGHT OF ENGLAND / REMEMBER THEM //
MEMORIAL NORTH SIDE INSCRIPTION:
[Line illustration of the official crest of Royal Air Force Bomber Command. Below which is attached a metal plaque that reads:{
BOMBER COMMAND TRIBUTE MEMORIAL BEACHY HEAD / UNVEILED BY HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN’S REPRESENTATIVE / THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF EAST SUSSEX, PETER FIELD ON 8TH JULY 2012. ORIGINAL CONCEPT OF MEMORIAL AND COMMITTEE FOUNDER, / WARRANT OFFICER JOE WILLIAMS, / 625 SQUADRON, BOMBER COMMAND, ROYAL AIR FORCE, 1944-46. / WITH THE SUPPORT AND APPROVAL OF EASTBOURNE COUNCIL AND ITS OFFICERS, / SOUTH DOWNS NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY AND NATURAL ENGLAND. / IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE PLACEMENT OF THIS MEMORIAL, THE BOMBER COMMAND TRIBUTE / BEACHY HEAD COMMITTEE CONVENED ON THE
13 JUNE 2010. / IT’S [sic] MEMBERS WERE:
CAPTAIN CLINTON WILLIAMS PRESIDENT & CO FOUNDER / MR. JOE WILLIAMS CHAIRMAN & FOUNDER / ASSISTED BY MRS. MAXINE BRENNAN / MRS. JEAN ADAMS CO FOUNDER / ASSISTED BY MR. MICK ADAMS / SQN LDR REG HOLDSTOCK RAFVR(T) CO FOUNDER / ASSISTED BY MRS. WENDY HOLDSTOCK /
DR. VIVIENNE WILLIAMS CO FOUNDER /
MR. NIC LEWIS CO FOUNDER /
MRS. CAROLYN POPE CO FOUNDER /
THANK YOU TO ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTARILY CONTRIBUTED THEIR TIME AND TO THOSE THROUGHOUT / THE WORLD, WHO DONATED FUNDS TO MAKE THIS PROJECT A REALITY. WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO: / DOWNLAND OFFICER MR. MIKE SMITH, FOR HIS CONSTANT HELP. OC 18 SQN, ROYAL AIR FORCE, FOR PROVIDING A CHINOOK HELICOPTER / TO LIFT THE MEMORIAL INTO POSITION ON THE 26TH JUNE 2012. GGR GROUP LTD., WHO PROVIDED A SPECIALIST SPIDER CRANE / TO LIFT THE MEMORIAL INTO ITS FINAL POSITION, MR VINCE ORCHARD OF
ORCHARD MEMORIALS AND THE THOMAS GROUP, / FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THE MEMORIAL. MR. RAY DODD FOR CAD AND MR. DANIEL LOVEDAY FOR GRAPHIC DESIGN. //