Person    | Male  Born 13/4/1892  Died 5/4/1984

Sir Arthur Harris, "Bomber Harris"

Categories: Armed Forces

Marshal of the Royal Air Force BT, GCB, OBE, AFC.
Born Cheltenham. Died at home at Goring-on-Thames.
Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Bomber Command in 1942. He quickly made his command very successful, but was criticised then and later, for the policy of bombing civilians, whole cities, rather than targeting specific strategic objectives. This policy and his success led to bombing raids such as the destruction of the civilian city of Cologne, the fire-storming of Hamburg which killed 40,000 people in 3 days. A similar assault on Dresden, even less justified in terms of the city's strategic importance, led to a criticism from Churchill himself. Harris did not receive the peerage awarded to others of similar military rank after the war. The controversy flared again when the statue in the Strand was erected.

Known as "Bert" to his colleagues, as, apparently, are all men with the name "Harris" - a naval tradition.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir Arthur Harris, "Bomber Harris"

Commemorated ati

Bomber Harris

Unveiled by the Queen Mother on 31 May 1992, the 50th anniversary of the firs...

Read More

Other Subjects

T. Warman

T. Warman

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
W. M. Lewis

W. M. Lewis

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Order of St John of Jerusalem

Order of St John of Jerusalem

Order of St John of Jerusalem The Order of St John of Jerusalem combined religion, crusading military might and the care of the sick. 1309-1522 the primary home of the Order was the island of Rhode...

Group, Armed Forces, Emergency Services, Medicine, Religion

6 memorials
A. I. Brown

A. I. Brown

Employed at the Holloway bus/tram garage - Pemberton Gardens. Served and was killed in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Driver Pickering

Driver Pickering

Royal Engineer killed by an exploding bomb while assisting in the attempt to disarm it. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man (and points out that our source for the list o...

Person, Armed Forces, Tragedy

War dead, WW2
1 memorial