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    Memorial

    RAF Wratting Common

    Wratting Common memorial

    Source: Copyright Clive Regis

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    Current Location

    Field Compost Ltd (former Airfield site), Common Road, West Wratting, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB21 5NR, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TL 63358 50855

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    © WMR-8392

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    Type of Memorial
    Stone of remembrance
    WMR Reference Number
    8392
    Description
    Large granite stone with a slate tablet.
    Inscription
    R.A.F./ WRATTING COMMON/ THIS MEMORIAL WAS UNVEILED BY/ AIR MARSHAL SIR IVOR BROOM/ K.C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., D.F.C., A.F.C./ ON 28 MAY 1989/ DEDICATED TO THOSE MEN AND WOMEN/ OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE AND THE/ DOMINION AIR FORCES/ WHO SERVED HERE DURING/ WORLD WAR II/ AND TO THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ LEST WE FORGET/ 1651 H.C.U./ XC SQUADRON 195 SQUADRON
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)

    Components

    Stone of remembrance

    Made from: Granite


    Condition: Unknown


    Tablet

    Made from: Slate



    • The Official Quarterly Magazine of the Aircrew Association: Intercom Autumn 1988; Intercom Winter 1997/1998; Intercom 1999/2000.
    • http://www.wcnhistory.org.uk/tags-gallery-memorial.html
    • https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/197086