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Unique IDCWGC/1/2/A/258
Alt Ref NoA/52/1/1 PT 1
TitleAir Forces Memorial - United Kingdom and NW Europe
DescriptionMain topics: proposal from Air Ministry to London County Council to remove Gladstone Memorial statue to create space for a Royal Air Force memorial; Royal Air Force memorial at St. Clement Danes; land ownership of area of Runnymede; request for site on Cooper's Hill for the erection of a memorial to missing airmen; decision to erect four memorials to the missing for members of the air forces (Runnymede, Malta, El Alamein and Singapore); aide memoire regarding Commission's responsiblities, history of Runnymede and Dominion participation, dated 8 Mar 1949; purchase price of land at Runnymede and Cooper's Hill slopes; notes of meeting held at 32 Grosvenor Gardens regarding Runnymede Air Forces Memorial on 15 Mar 1949.
Date 20/12/1946 - 23/03/1949
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryArchive
ArchNoteThis CALM entry was created on 25/05/2017 by Kate Doughty. This file is listed in the 1997 paper catalogue.
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