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Alton Barnes

This war memorial is a stone dedicatory tablet and plinth.  It is located in Conigre Meadow, Alton Barnes, close to an air crash site.

In 2009 War Memorials Trust offered a grant of £117 towards the conservation of the memorial as it had become covered in moss and lichen, and the inscription was difficult to read. The works included loosening the lichen and moss with a wooden spatula, cleaning the stone with low pressure water and non-metallic brushes, and repainting the letters and emblems with enamel paint to restore their legibility.

The memorial is dedicated to those killed when an Albermarie Bomber V1755 of No. 22 H. G. C. U. RAF Keevil crashed on 25th October 1944 in Conigre Meadow. The builder of the memorial was Derek Holmes, and it was dedicated on 25th October 1997.

The inscription on the memorial reads:

This memorial is dedicated to
Flt. Sgt. Thomas C. Newton R. A. F. V. R. - Pilot
Sgt. John A. C. Wilson R. A. F. V. R. – W.Op. / Air Gunner
who lost their lives when their Albermarie Bomber V1755
of No. 22 H. G. C. U. RAF Keevil crashed near here on the
25th October 1944

At the going down of the sun
and in the morning we will remember them

Further information

War Memorials Trust reference: WM3048
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 43529
Wiltshire Historical Military Society

If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on
conservation@warmemorials.org. 

Further information

War Memorials Trust reference WM3048
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 43529

If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org

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