RAF Chapel with Battle of Britain Window and Roll of Honour

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Reference WMO/131794

Address:

Westminster Abbey

Deans Yard

Westminster

London

SW1P 3PA

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Other
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Composite
Materials:
  • Glass Glass
  • Glass Stained Glass
  • Other Parchment
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Other
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: At the eastern end of the Lady Chapel, which was built by King Henry VII, is a small chapel dedicated to the Royal Air Force with a specific Battle of Britain Memorial Window and Roll of Honour. Full details can be found on the Westminster Abbey website found in Links. The Roll of Honour, illuminated by Daisy Alcock and given by Captain Bruce Ingram, contains the names of 1,497 pilots and aircrew killed or mortally wounded during the Battle, of which 449 were in Fighter Command (whom the window specially commemorates), 732 in Bomber Command, 268 in Coastal Command, 14 in other RAF commands and 34 in the Fleet Air Arm. The names include those of 47 Canadians, 47 New Zealanders, 35 Poles, 24 Australians, 20 Czechoslovaks, 17 South Africans, 6 Belgians and one American, as well as those from the United Kingdom and Colonies.
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Window - FOOT OF CENTRE WINDOW: WE FEW / WE HAPPY FEW / WE BAND / OF BROTHERS STONEWORK BELOW WINDOW: DOUGLAS DOWLING HARRIS NEWALL PORTAL TEDDER. Roll of Honour - Front Page- [RAF Wings]/HEREIN ARE INSCRIBED THE NAMES OF/THE PILOTS AND CREWS OF THE/FLYING FORCES OF THE ALLIED NATIONS/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/THE/BATTLE OF/BRITAIN/JULY 10TH-OCTOBER 31ST 1940 Inside pages- [names]

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