Wing Commander Richard Douglas Speare DSO DFC Croix de Guerre


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Reference WMO/293563

Address:

The Cloughs

Pennine Way

Kinder Scout

above Edale Head

S33 7ZJ

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Outside - hilltop/field/countryside
Description: Other
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: A stainless steel cross with an incised inscription in upright capital block lettering. The memorial is adjacent to debris from the aircraft. The pin location shown is indicative only. The exact location is about 2km northwest of Upper Booth in the Hope Valley. In remote inhospitable moorland on the southwestern flank of Kinder Plateau, between Jacob's Ladder and Pym Chair, about 200m south of the un-named footpath between Noe Stool, Pym Chair and Crowdon Tower, at National Grid Reference SK 08903 86696. This location is remote and intending visitors must be suitably experienced and equipped for challenging terrain.
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IN/ REMEMBRANCE/ OF/ WING COMMANDER/ DICKIE SPEARE/ ONE/ SIX/ FIVE/ ONE/ HCU

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