- Type of Memorial
- Wall
- WMR Reference Number
- 73109
- Description
- A line of fifteen black granite panels with a polished surface finish. The centre panel presents the dedication and the seven panels on each side of the dedication gives the names of all who took part in the Battle of Britain. All names are in white upper-case lettering. The badge of the RAF is placed uppermost on the dedication panel.
There is also a poem, comprising 14 lines, on a separate black granite panel written by William L B Walker (616 Squadron). The panel is built into a sandstone coloured brick wall. The text is formed in white italic upper / lower case lettering.
- Inscription
- THE CHRISTOPHER FOXLEY-NORRIS / MEMORIAL WALL / IS DEDICATED TO THE AIRCREW / WHO FLEW DURING / THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN / 10th JULY 1940 – 31st OCTOBER 1940 //
“Never in the field of human conflict / was so much owed by so many to so few”. / WINSTON S. CHURCHILL / 20th August 1940 // (5 aircraft comprising Hawker Hurricane, Supermarine Spitfire, Bristol Blenheim, Boulton Paul Defiant and Gloster Gladiator) // ERECTED BY THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN MEMORIAL TRUST / AND UNVEILED BY / HRH PRINCE MICHAEL OF KENT GCVO / THE PATRON OF THE TRUST / ON 3rd JULY 2005 //
On separate panel: OUR WALL //
Here inscribed the names of friends we knew
Young men with whom we often flew,
Scrambled to many angels high,
They knew that they or friends might die.
Many were very scarcely trained,
And many badly burnt or maimed.
Behind each name a story lies
Of bravery in summer skies;
Though many brave unwritten tales
Were simply told in vapour trails.
Many now lie in sacred graves
And many rest beneath the waves,
Outnumbered every day they flew,
Remembered here as just ‘The Few’.
William L B Walker
616 squadron
