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spoons
Joined: 09 Jan 2007 Posts: 4991 Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 3:07 pm Post subject: Sqn Ldr Patrick Gifford DFC, Castle Douglas (New Memorial) |
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Not yet listed on UKNIWM
Location outside Castle Douglas Public Library at OS Map Ref NX 7661 6252 (by GPS).
This memorial was unveiled at 12:30 today, 16th May 2010 being the 70th anniversary of Patrick Gifford's death.
Patrick Gifford is acknowledged at shooting down the first German aircraft of WW2 over UK soil.
For further information about Sqn Ldr Gifford, please see http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=1933
These photos were taken at the unveiling ceremony.
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Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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Details of the memorial and photographs reported to UKNIWM today.
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Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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Articles about the unveiling of this memorial were published in the Galloway News of 13th May and the Sunday Times of 16th May. If anyone would like a copy of these articles, please send me a PM.
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Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 11:51 am Post subject: |
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Program for the unveiling.
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Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 9:55 am Post subject: |
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Article from Sunday Times 16 May 2010
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Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2014 5:51 pm Post subject: |
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Article from DG Life magazine, Jul 2010
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Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2014 9:23 am Post subject: |
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Article from DG Life Mar 2010 before the memorial was erected.
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Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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This was entered onto the WMR (ex UKNIWM) as memorial 69507 on 26th October 2015, with a very minor amendment by me today (to add references and a tiny date change arising from an internal WMR software glitch) |
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