Desmond Ibbotson WW2 Tablet, Harewood

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Reference WMO/254208

Address:

All Saints' Church

Harewood Park

Harewood

Leeds

LS17 9LG

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: A white marble tablet with the incised lettering coloured black, it is surrounded by a black & green marble frame. The tablet is on the north wall of the church immediately under the WW1 memorial. Flt Lieutenant Desmond Ibbotson DFC and Bar killed aged 23 over Assisi ,Italy was a" Flying Ace" Spitfire pilot of WW11.He was born and brought up in Harewood and attended this Church where the memorial plaque to him is placed. The plaque has deteriorated over the years as also have the Union Jack flags which hang above the plaque. The Church is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust in partnership with the Harewood House Estate.
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In grateful memory of Desmond Ibbotson of this parish and John Durdey and Herbert Allen Young connected with this parish who gave their lives in the war 1939 - 1945 Greater love hath no man than this; that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Desmond Ibbotson; John Durdey; Herbert Allen Young

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