The three Commonwealth airmen are buried at Newark Cemetery; William George Stephenson is buried in Gilroes Cemetery, Leicester; Edward Lambert at Fleetwood Borough Cemetery, near Blackpool; Henry Utley Oxspring at Hoyland Nether Cemetery, near Barnsley; and William Shearer Graham is buried in the Glasgow Western Necropolis.
A group of Halam residents have organised the erection of a permanent memorial to these seven young men who gave their lives at time of war. This memorial is a large stone with a carved inscription in a fenced off area of School Lane, near the crash site, with a bench and grassed area. This has been made possible through the generosity of Nottinghamshire County Council "Local Improvement Scheme" (funding) and Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete UK (for the gift of the stone).
Choosing the stone at the Lafarge quarry, Mount Sorrel, Loughborough
The loss of the lives of these seven brave young men was a sad wartime event for the village; when they left their homes and their families they were really no more than boys. We felt that their sacrifice should be honoured..
The site for the memorial, just off School Lane on the edge of the Norwood Park Golf Course
We are hoping to put together a booklet about the crew and their plane and would be delighted to hear from any relatives of the airmen, and from anyone with memories of Winthorpe and the 1661 HCU.
For more information about the history behind the memorial - CLICK HERE
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