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Burton Dassett War Memorial - Taken by James Gordon-Cumming 18 Feb 2021
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USAF 407th Squadron Memorial - Taken by James Gordon-Cumming 18 Feb 2021
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Burton Dassett War Memorial after 2021 refurb - Taken by James Gordon-Cumming 22 Dec 2021
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Burton Dassett War Memorial after 2021 refurb - Taken by James Gordon-Cumming 22 Dec 2021
Reference WMO/279770
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West face : ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS OF BURTON DASSETT IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 East face (bronze plaque): ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE AIRMEN FROM THE 407TH BOMB SQUADRON, UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, WHOSE AIRCRAFT CRASHED NEAR THIS VILLAGE DURING AN OPERATIONAL FLIGHT ON THE MORNING OF 13TH NOVEMBER 1943
WW1, inscribed: Francis Allibon, Edward Baker, William Baker, Harry Baldwin, Bertram Benfield, Arthur Franklin, Claude Hammond, Herbert Lowe, Fred Mann, William Mann, Percy Mumford, Earnest Neale, James Varney, Levi Varney, Oliver Wickham, WW2 Bronze Plaque: Hiram T Fisher, Leo E Dunaway, Donald Gusar, Henry B Johnson, Thomas T Arnold, Donald A Yoder, Robert W Rhudy, Edward E Payette, Edward C Herhily, Samuel M Aston
Burton Dassett Parish Council