During WW2 they flew over Germany at night to bomb first industial targets but later whole areas including civilian towns. Their average age was 22 and they went out night after night, knowing that their chances of survival were about 50%. More than 55,573 lost their lives and their bodies were not brought back. Harris's strategy of bombing civilian towns was so controversial that after the war no campaign medal was given to the bombers and they were not mentioned in Churchill's victory speech.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Bomber Command crews
Commemorated ati
Bomber Command Memorial
The campaign to bomb civilians was so controversial that the bombers were giv...
Bomber Harris
Unveiled by the Queen Mother on 31 May 1992, the 50th anniversary of the firs...
Other Subjects
W. H. Rickwood
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Herbert Gifford Harvey
Junior Assistant 2nd Engineer on the RMS Titanic. A full résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website. He is also commemorated on the Engineers Memorial, Andrews East Park...
1 memorial
Arthur Sullivan, VC
Banker and soldier. Born Arthur Percy Sullivan at Crystal Brook, South Australia. As a volunteer in the North Russia Relief Force in 1919, his platoon came under heavy fire. An officer and three so...
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Pilot Officer Anthony Sainte Croix Rose, BA
Anthony Sainte Croix Rose was born on 17 February 1910 in Chipperfield, Hertfordshire, the son of Harcourt George Sainte Croix Rose (1883-1955) and Florence Norah Rose née Deane (1884-1970). The bi...
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
G. E. Woollett
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial