Spire Reconstruction -American Servicemen Appreciation Plaque
Details:
A thick rectangular stone tablet with a commemoration message associated with the reconstruction of a spire dedicated to the American servicemen who died while stationed in England and also giving thanks to the local community. The inscription on the tablet is written in English in incised lettering.
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Monument Text:
AMERICAN SERVICEMEN
STATIONED IN THIS COUNTRY MADE
A GIFT OF EIGHTEEN HUNDRED POUNDS
IN 1958 TOWARDS THE RECONSTRUCTION
OF THE SPIRE OF THIS CHURCH IN
MEMORY OF THEIR FALLEN COMRADES
AND AS A TRIBUTE TO THE HOSPITALITY
EXTENDED TO THEM BY
THE PEOPLE OF BRITAIN
Commemorates:
Units:
303rd Bomber Group
United States Army
US Army Air Corps
Wars:
WWII
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