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Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding - Moffat

 
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 9:53 pm    Post subject: Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding - Moffat Reply with quote

The Memorial to Air Chief Marshall Sir Hugh Dowding who led R.A.F. Fighter Command in the Battle of Britain stands in Station Park, Moffat. The monument is in a local red sandstone with a bronze memorial tablet on the wall and RAF crest badges on the flanking 'wings'. The architect and designer was D. Bruce Walker and the sculptor Scott Sutherland.




The following pages are from a brochure I picked up on the Tourist Information Office.


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 10:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Location - Station Park off A708
UKNIWM Ref No. 5861
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 8:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A memorial service is held at this memorial every September.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-11264053
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 5:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

some recent photos of this well maintained memorial.





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PostPosted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 5:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

OS Map Ref NT 084 049
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 3:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This memorial has been accepted into the care of Dumfries and Galloway council. Article in D&G Standard 24 June 2011. http://www.dgstandard.co.uk/dumfries-news/local-news-dumfries/local-news-dumfriesshire/2011/06/24/dowding-memorial-now-in-care-of-dumfries-and-galloway-council-51311-28931687/

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