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all connected with Croydon & its aerodrome who gave their lives in WW2

Croydon aerodrome was the world's first international airport. It was closed to civil traffic at the start of WW2 to become an RAF fighter station. It was in the front line for the Battle of Britain. On 15 August 1940 it was targeted during the first major raid on the London area. In February 1946 it was handed back to civil control but with no room for expansion the decision was taken to close it and the last scheduled plane flew out on 30 September 1959.

We cannot find a picture of the airport from the wartime, but perhaps that's due to security preventing any being taken. Our undated picture is of the inside of the control tower.

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all connected with Croydon & its aerodrome who gave their lives in WW2

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Croydon Aerodrome Battle of Britain memorial

21 foot high and topped with a bronze eagle, this monument does not actually ...

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10th Battalion (Hackney)

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J. Cochrane and Sons

J. Cochrane and Sons

Builders active in 1902.

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Public Memorials Appeal

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23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers

23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Infantry regiment. It was founded to oppose King James II and the forthcoming war with France, and saw action in many later conflicts. During World War I, several writers, including Siegfried Sasso...

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1 memorial

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Sir Edward Frankland

Sir Edward Frankland

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Person, Science, Norway

1 memorial
Sheriff Pauline Halliday

Sheriff Pauline Halliday

Pauline Ann Halliday OBE, Sheriff (1999-2000), the first female non-aldermanic Sheriff of the city of London.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial