Memorial

Pilot Officer H E Rath and Sergeant K M Miegel

Wellington T2834 memorial detail

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Current Location

By roadside due South of St Peter’s Church lychgate., Church Lane, North Rauceby, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, NG34 8QP, England

TF 02109 46404

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Type of Memorial: Stone of remembrance
WMR Reference Number: 80481
Description: Dark grey marble stone on a plinth of local Ancaster stone depicting at top a Vickers Wellington twin engined bomber approaching head on and slightly nose down. Badges of the RAAF and RCAF are engraved bottom left and right.
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF/ PILOT OFFICER HENRY ERIC 'HARRY' RATH R.C.A.F./ AND/ SERGEANT KARL MORRIS MIEGEL R.A.A.F./ WHO DIED WHEN THEIR VICKERS WELLINGTON (T2834)/ CRASHED NEAR HERE IN THE EARLY HOURS OF/ MONDAY 20th APRIL 1942/ MY ROSE/ The most perfect rose that I ever knew,/ Began from a seed and gradually grew.../ That rose is the love that blossomed in me,/ For someone who died that we may be free/ How treasured they are/ Precious memories like those,/ A priceless gift, my perfect rose./ Lillian Brindley

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: Surname, forenames, rank, service, date of death, place of death, manner of death

Sponsored By: Funded by public subscription and the Worth Waynefleet Foundation and possibly a further charity.

Dedicated

19 April 2015

Padre from RAF College, Cranwell

Stone of remembrance

Height: 650mm

Width: 550mm

Depth: 80mm

Made from: Marble - Grey

Plinth

Height: 1400mm

Made from: Stone - Ancaster