Memorial

Badwell Ash - The South African War, WW1 and WW2.

Badwell Ash Village Sign

Source: Copyright Paul Cooper

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Current Location

Village Green, The Street, Badwell Ash, St Edmundsbury, Suffolk, IP31 3DH, England

TL 98893 68900

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 91744
Description: Two metal plaques on a brick plinth around the base of the village sign. One plaque commemorates a B-17 crash with loss of life and the other those villagers who served in the wars.
Inscription: Plaque 1: ON 5TH JANUARY 1944, EIGHT US AIRMEN WERE KILLED / AND ONE SERIOUSLY INJURED WHEN THE / B-17, 42-3544 "STARS AND STRIPES", BASED WITH THE / 358TH BOMB GROUP AT RAF GREAT ASHFIELD, / CRASH LANDED AT BROOK FARM NEAR THE BORDER / OF LANGHAM WITH BADWELL ASH. / (...) IN GRATEFUL / FROM THE RESIDENTS OF / BADWELL ASH AND LANGHAM. // Plaque 2: IN HONOURED AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF / BADWELL ASH / WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 13
Served: 1
Died: 12
Information shown: First name, family name, regiment, rank, year of death, position in aircraft, date of birth, place of birth, date of death, place of death.
Order of names: Plaque Two as above.
Additional Information: Plaque One (US Servicemen) as above plus position in aircraft, date of birth, place of birth, date of death, place of death.

Plaque

Made from: Metal

Condition: Good