Witney War Memorial - Oxon
Posted by: Norfolk12
N 51° 46.986 W 001° 29.130
30U E 604470 N 5737999
A Impressive War Memorial on the Church Green leading to the church of St Mary in Witney. Oxfordshire
Waymark Code: WM6TWC
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/20/2009
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American and Canadian airmen based at the new Witney Airfield, much of which was built by Portuguese labourers, as well as German Prisoners of War. 157 Witney men died in the European trenches, and are remembered on the Memorial on the Church Green.
The town of Carterton, six miles from Witney, sprang up to service the American air base of Brize Norton during the Second World War, and it is built along the distinctive American grid-system. Thirty-five service people from Witney lost their lives during the Second World War (six of them on the Normandy beaches).
Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 01/01/1920
Private or Public Monument?: Government
Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Local Authority
Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe
Physical Address of Monument: Opposite 2 Church Green Witney, United Kingdom OX28 4AW
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