R38 Airship Memorial

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Reference WMO/153516

Address:

Elloughton Church

Church Street

Elloughton

Brough

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Brass
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Other
About the memorial: This memorial is not technically a war memorial but it is listed on the IWM List of Memorials. It commemorates the American officers on the R38 Airship which crashed near to Elloughton in 1921. A rectangular bronze plaque mounted on wood 38in wide and 30in high
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To the Glory of God and in affectionate remembrance of Cmdr. L.H. Maxfield, Lt. Cmdr. E.W. Coil, Lt. Cmdr. V.N. Beig Lt. G.G. Littler. Officers of US Navy who gave their lives in the disaster to the airship R38. 24th August 1921. 'In sight of the unwise they seemed to die and their departure is taken for misery and this going from us to be unfair destruction but they are in peace' Wisdom 111 2 3

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