War Memorial, Bridgemere, Cheshire.

War Memorial, Bridgemere, Cheshire.

Location

On the A51 at Bridgemere, Cheshire.

Description

A monument comprising a brick wall and marble panel. The panel names the crew of a Wellington aircraft that crashed near Bridgemere on 28th November 1944.

Inscription:

R.A.F.
WELLINGTON X, HF 465 OF 12 O.T.U.
DISINTEGRATED OVER BRIDGEMERE 28.10.1944.

IN MEMORY OF THE R.A.F.V.R. CREW.
F/Sgt. LEONARD JOSEPH TIMPERLEY, Pilot Age 20.
P/O. CECIL FRANK HOLMES, Navigator/Bomber Age 29.
Sgt. LAURENCE EDWIN HARRISON, Air Bomber Age 24
Sgt. JAMES DAVID MILNE, Wireless Op/Air Gunner Age 32
Sgt. ARTHUR FRED BAKER, Air Gunner Age 35
Sgt. RONALD WHITELEY, Air Gunner Age 23
"THEY GAVE THEIR TOMORROWS FOR OUR TODAY"

SURVIVOR
Sgt. DOUGLAS STUART HOLLIS WILSON, Navigator Age 22



War Memorial, Bridgemere, Cheshire.

Thank you

To Alan Fairhurst for the photographs on this page.

Carl's Cam