Formed 1st April 1918 at Hotel Cecil, 80 the Strand where it had its first headquarters.
Motto: Per Ardua Ad Astra, Latin for "Through Struggles to the Stars".
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Royal Air Force
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Croydon Aerodrome Battle of Britain memorial
21 foot high and topped with a bronze eagle, this monument does not actually ...
RAF Memorial
City of Westminster Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force was formed and had ...
RAF, RFC & RNAS
Per adua {On the north facing side of the plinth:} In memory of all ranks of...
RAF thanks from Denmark at St Clement Danes
In honour and gratitude for assistance and support 1940 - 1945 Royal Air Fo...
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Royal Air Force
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Bomber Command Memorial
The campaign to bomb civilians was so controversial that the bombers were giv...
Camp Griffiss - USAAF
The quotation from Hugo is very well-chosen. He was exiled from France for 15...
RAF Memorial
City of Westminster Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force was formed and had ...
Other Subjects
Serjeant Ernest Harry Hann
Ernest Harry Hann was the fourth of the nine children of Harry Hann (1860-1903) and Harriet Annie Hann née Smith (1859-1923). His birth was registered in the 4th quarter of 1886 in the Islington re...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
W. Pearce
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
J. Tagg
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Lord Balmerino
Jacobite. Taken prisoner at the Battle of Culloden. Tried and beheaded on the Tower Hill scaffold.
1 memorial
Lieutenant Hamilton Jefferson
Hamilton Jefferson was born on 19 August 1897 in Groton, Massachusetts, USA, the fourth of the six children of George David Jefferson (1863-1937) and Rebecca Gorham Jefferson née Kettle (1864-1918)...
War dead, WW1
2 memorials