War Memorial Park Beverley

This memorial park contains several memorials:

- A memorial commemorating the residents of Beverley who were killed or missing in World War I (452 names) and World War II (128 names). It also commemorates residents who fell in the Korean War, the Falklands War, in Northern Ireland and in the war in Afghanistan.

- A memorial commemorating the men of 640 Squadron who were killed or missing in the Second World War.

- A memorial commemorates RAF Leconfield (1915 - 2015). This Air Station was first used by the Royal Flying Corps. Later it became an RAF base. The last use was by the Search And Rescue helicopters. On top of the memorial is a blade of the tail rotor of a Westland Sea King that served with 202 squadron at Leconfield.

- A memorial commemorates the 151 crewmembers of the HMS Beverley who were killed when she was sunk on 11 April 1943.

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Arjan Vrieze