With so many casualties occurring during the Second World War, there are now a wealth of memorials across the country. Those listed in the trails are included here with the relevant trail link. I have also given map references which should take you to the location. Further details of the memorials and their locations can be found on the Interactive Map.
Click on the trail number under each picture to go to the relevant trail.
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| RFC/ RAF Allhallows Trail 44 (photo by Mitch Peeke) |
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| RAF Andrews Field (Station 485) Trail 33 (TL 70198 24567) |
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| RAF Andrews Field (Station 485) Trail 33 (TL 70139 25553) |
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| RAF Attlebridge (Station 120) Trail 7 (TG 09739 14614) |
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| RAF Bircham Newton Trail 20 (TF 79223 34068) |
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| RAF Bodney (Station 141) Trail 8 (TL 85138 98900) |
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| RAF Bottesford (Station 481) St. Mary the Virgin Church Trail 52 (SK 80730 39126) |
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| RAF Bradwell Bay (Photo Eric Simonelli) |
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| RAF Bungay (Station 125) Trail 14 (TL 18863 86817) |
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| RAF Bury St Edmunds (Rougham) Trail 16 (TL 89220 64141) |
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| RAF Castle Camps Trail 45 (TL 63727 42942) |
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| RAF Charterhall Trail 41 (NT 75484 46712) |
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| RAF Chedburgh Trail 49 (TL 78908 57619) |
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| RAF Debach (Station 152) Trail 39 (TM 23077 54042) |
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| RAF Debden Trail 46 (TL 56506 34362) |
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| RAF Deenethorpe (Station 128) Trail 6 (SP 95979 89562) |
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| RAF Deopham Green (Station 142) Trail 27 (TM 02712 98800) |
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| RAF Docking Trail 20 (TF 77609 39129) |
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| RAF Downham Market Trail 7 (TF 63137 034353) |
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| Ely Cathedral Memorial Window (part of) Trail 11 (TL 54124 80279) |
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| RAF Foulsham Trail 22 (TG 03226 24983) |
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| RAF Fowlmere Trail 32 (TL 41457 44965) |
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| New memorial RAF Fowlmere Trail 32 |
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| RAF Glatton (Conington / Station 130) Trail 6 (TL 18863 86817) |
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| RAF Glatton (Conington / Station 130) Church Trail 6 (TL 18033 85930) |
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| RAF Grafton Underwood (Station 106) Trail 6 (SP 91851 80850) |
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| RAF Grafton Underwood (Station 106) Trail 6 (Church SP 92198 80227) |
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| RAF Gransden Lodge Trail 31 (TL 27700 55507) |
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| RAF Gransden Lodge (St Bartholomew’s Church) Trail 31 (TL 27092 55612) |
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| RAF Graveley Trail 29 (TL 23955 64888) |
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| RAF Gravesend Trail 44 (Thong Lane, Gravesend, Photo: Mitch Peeke) |
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| RAF Great Dunmow (Little Easton) Trail 33 (TL59554 21411) |
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| RAF Great Dunmow (Little Easton Church) St. Mary the Virgin Trail 33 (TL 60456 23508 ) |
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| RAF Hardwick (Station 104) Trail 12 (TM 26215 90505) |
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| RAF Hawkinge (Airfield) Trail 18 (TR 20842 39777) |
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| RAF Hawkinge (Cemetery) Trail 18 (British and German Graves – TR 20977 40094) |
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| RAF Hethel (Station 114) Trail 38 (TG 16247 00747) |
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| RAF Hethel 389th BG (All Saints Church, Hethel) Trail 38 (TG 17115 00385) |
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| RAF Hethel (All Saints Church, Carleton Rode) Trail 38 (TM 11496 92516) |
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| RAF Holme on Spalding Moor Trail 40 (SE 83165 35645) |
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| RAF Hunsdon Trail 25 (TL 42814 14329) |
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| RAF Kimbolton (Station 117) Trail 6 (TL 10441 69475) |
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| RAF King’s Cliffe (Station 367) Trail 6 (TL 02305 98112) |
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| RAF King’s Cliffe (Glenn Miller Memorial) Trail 6 (TL 03857 97401) |
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| RAF Langham Trail 23 (TF 99561 41795) |
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| RAF Lasham (Carved from Cornish stone and dedicated in 2006 it is located at the Avenue entrance to the site. Photo John Leete) |
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| RAF Lashenden (Headcorn) Trail 18 (TQ 85188 42694) |
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| RAF Little Snoring Trail 22 (TF 95157 32878) |
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| RAF Little Snoring (Church) Trail 22 (TF 95317 32565) |
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| RAF Little Walden (Station 165) Trail 46 (TL 54623 41538) |
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| RAF Martlesham Heath Trail 48 (TM 24828 45011) |
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| RAF Matching (Station 166) Trail 33 (TL 55871 11460) |
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| RAF Matlask Trail 34 (TG 15073 34669) |
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| RAF Mendlesham (Station 156) Trail 15 (TL 18863 86817) |
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| RAF Mepal (airfield site) Trail 11 (TL 45222 79331) |
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| RAF Mepal (Village Sign) Trail 11 (TL 44116 80917) |
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| RAF Mepal (Village Memorial) Trail 11 (TL 44345 80823) |
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| RAF Metheringham Trail 1 (TF 10664 60776) |
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| RAF Methwold Trail 8 (TL 73661 94720) |
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| RAF Milfield Trail 47 (NT 94023 33674) |
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| Mosquito Memorial – de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre Trail 5 (TL 19523 02737) |
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| RAF Narborough (Narborough Aerodrome) Trail 7 (TF 74664 10512) |
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| RAF Newmarket Heath Trail 55 (TL 62339 62522) |
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| RAF North Creake Trail 23 (TF 90477 38138) |
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| RAF North Creake Trail 23 (TF 90536 38588) |
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| RAF North Pickenham (Station 143) Trail 9 (TF 86133 06651) |
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| RAF North Weald Trail 25 (TL 49028 03797) |
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| RAF Old Buckenham (Station 144) Trail 13 (TM 07265 93128) |
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| RAF Oulton Trail 34 (TG 15337 27801) |
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| RAF Polebrook (Station 110) Trail 19 (TL 10007 86803) |
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| RAF Rackheath (Station 145) Trail 58 (TG 28297 13976) |
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| RAF Sawbridgeworth Trail 25 (TL 47058 17165) |
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| RAF Scampton Trail 30 (SK 96671 79107) |
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| RFC Seahouses (Trail 47) (NU 21917 32093) |
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| RAF Sedgeford Trail 20 TF 72889 37013 |
| RAF Shipdham – Awaiting image. |
| RAF Shipdham (Station 115) Trail 10 (TF 97921 07803 – approx) |
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| RAF Snetterton Heath (Station 138) Trail 27 (TM 00836 89690) |
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| RAF Spanhoe Lodge (Station 493) Trail 6 (SP 93625 96255) |
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| RAF Steeple Morden Trail 32 (TL 30023 42447) |
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| RAF Steeple Morden (Litlington Church) Trail 32 (TL 30988 42747) |
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| RAF Stradishall Trail 49 (TL 71692 51882) |
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| RAF Sutton Bridge Trail 3 (TF 48256 20982) |
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| RAF Swannington Trail 36 (TG 15120 20888) |
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| RAF Tibenham (Station 124) Trail 13 (TM 14868 89026) |
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| RAF Tuddenham Trail 16 (TL 73698 71551) |
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| RFC Tydd St Mary Trail 37 (TF 45067 17998) |
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| RAF Warboys Trail 17 (TL 30302 79944) |
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| RAF Watton (Entrance) (Station 376 / 505) Trail 9 (TF 93605 00784) |
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| RAF Watton (Entrance) (Station 376 / 505) Trail 9 (TF 93563 00786) |
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| RAF Watton (RABBS) (Station 376 / 505) Trail 9 (TF 93462 00183) |
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| RAF West Malling Trail 4 (TQ 67433 55367) |
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| RAF West Raynham Trail 21 (TF 84612 25123) |
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| RAF West Raynham (Weasenham St. Peter) Trail 22 (TF 87387 25272) |
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| RAF Wendling (Station 118) Trail 10 (TF 91367 14958) |
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| RAF Witchford Trail 11 (TL 51922 78925) |
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| RAF Woodhall Spa – (Dambusters) Trail 1 (TF 19285 63052) |
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| RAF Woodhall Spa (617 Squadron) Trail 1 (TF 19285 63052) |
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| RAF Woodhall Spa (Thorpe Camp) Trail 1 (TF 21695 59728) |
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| RAF Woodhall Spa Trail 1 (TF 21611 59674) |
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| RAF Wratting Common Trail 50 (TL 63354 50858) |
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| Windermere (Cockshott Point) Trail 59 (SD 39716 96510) |
Aviation Trails 
My short novel ‘American Cemetery’, the title was of which was based upon the signpost directing the traveller towards Duxford: was my own small salute to the 33,000 young American men who flew from these islands in defence of freedom, and never returned.
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There certainly was a lot of people to whom we owe a debt of gratitude. It’s nice that so may do pay some respect to them. Thank you for the link, I shall take a look.
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Remembering the fallen and the ultimate sacrifice that they paid to our countries should never be forgotten. Thank you for such a moving and meaningful post.
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Thank you for the kind comments. I strongly believe the fallen should never be forgotten. They paid a huge sacrifice and it’s the least they deserve.
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The memorials erected at the various stations tell a story, but being related to specific units, they don’t truly tell the story of sacrifice, the losses.
The magnitude of these losses, for me, is exemplified by the Roll of Honour (http://www.stpauls-roh.org.uk/cgi-local/asdsrch.pl#images) in the American Memorial Chapel at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. “The great American cemetery at Cambridge, like the American cemetery at Brockwood of the earlier war, marks the last resting place of many who gave their lives, but the majority of the dead, particularly among those who fought in air battles over Europe, have no known grave.” http://www.stpaulsusa.org/Pages/AmericanConnection.aspx.
They do there, in the Roll of Honour in the American Memorial Chapel at St. Paul’s. Every American visiting London should visit St. Paul’s and pay homage to these brave men..
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My sentiments exactly. Most individual memorials do tell the story of an individual airfield, but they do not give an overall picture of the huge losses suffered throughout the Second World War. Places like Saint Pauls Cathedral, and Madingley Cemetery at Cambridge, give a much better picture of those losses, particularly the missing in action wall at Madingley. Standing by the wall, as I was recently, and the huge list of names that seems endless, really brings home the extent and loss that these people suffered. Thanks for the links you sent, I will take a look and perhaps a visit to Saint Pauls is in order, sooner rather than later. Thanks for coming by as always.
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