Battle of Britain Monument, London
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The Battle of Britain Monument on Victoria Embankment in London
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A walk past the Battle of Britain monument in London. Sited in view of Parliament on Embankment and opposite the London Eye.
A sculpture by Paul Day.
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NEVER IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN CONFLICT WAS SO MUCH OWED BY SO MANY TO SO FEW - Winston Churchill.
Battle of Britain Monument, London. Designed by Paul Day.
The Battle of Britain Monument in London is a sculpture on the Victoria Embankment, overlooking the River Thames, which commemorates the individuals who took part in the Battle of Britain during the Second World War.
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The Battle of Britain Monument in London is a sculpture on the Victoria Embankment, overlooking the River Thames, which commemorates the British military personnel who took part in the Battle of Britain during the Second World War.
It was unveiled on 18 September 2005, the 65th anniversary of the Battle, by Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, in the presence of many of the surviving airmen known collectively as The Few, following the Royal Air Force Service of Thanksgiving and Rededication on Battle of Britain Sunday.
This service is an annual event, the first of which took place in 1943 at St Paul's Cathedral and since has taken place in Westminster Abbey.
The monument was conceived by Bill Bond, founder of the Battle of Britain Historical Society, who was later awarded an MBE for his services to heritage. He was solely responsible for negotiating with the City of Westminster to secure the site of the monument, as well as appointing Donald Insall Associates as architects. He also formed the fundraising committee after raising over £250,000 through an appeal. The budget was £1.74 million which was funded in the main by private donations. Bill Bond appointed Lord Tebbit as chairman of the fundraising committee.
The monument utilises a panelled granite structure 25 m (82 ft) long which was originally designed as a smoke outlet for underground trains when they were powered by steam engines. A walkway was cut obliquely through the middle of the structure, and is lined with panels of high relief sculpture in bronze depicting scenes from the Battle of Britain.
The centrepiece is an approximately life sized sculpture of airmen scrambling for their aircraft during the battle. The outside of the monument is lined with bronze plaques listing 2,936 airmen and ground crew from 14 countries who took part in the battle on the Allied side.
The sculptor of the monument is Paul Day. The statue was cast by Morris Singer, which is the oldest established fine art foundry in the world and has cast many prominent statues and sculptures in London and around the world, including the lions and fountains in Trafalgar Square.
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Memorial to mark 65 years since Battle of Britain is unveiled
1. Various shots of Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall arriving at Victoria Embankment
2. Monument to commemorate Battle of Britain under covers
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Prince Charles, Heir to British throne
During the battle almost 550 pilots were killed defending this island and nearly half of all those who flew in the Battle of Britain were dead by the end of the war. But by late 1940 it had become clear that incredibly the Royal Airforce had overcome quite overwhelming odds, making the invasion of Britain impossible.
4. Various shots of veterans
5. Crowd listening
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Prince Charles, Heir to the British throne
We shall never forget that if the few had failed in their mighty struggle, the consequences for this nation would have been quite unthinkable. The unremitting bravery of those pilots is etched deeply into the consciousness of this country and will ensure their special place in history.
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8. Prince Charles unveils monument
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10. Prayer being said by monuments
11. Pan along monument to Charles and Camilla
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Britain's Prince Charles has unveiled a monument commemorating the 65th anniversary of the Battle of Britain in which British pilots denied Nazi Germany air superiority over Britain.
The epic conflict between the Royal Air Force and the Luftwaffe, which lasted four months in 1940, thwarted Hitler's plans to invade Britain and was
one of the major engagements of the World War II.
In June 1940, there seemed little or no chance that the Luftwaffe could be stopped, Prince Charles said at a ceremony in central London on Sunday. By late 1940, it had become clear that, incredibly, the RAF had overcome quite overwhelming odds, making the invasion of Britain impossible.
If the few had failed in their mighty struggle, the consequences for this nation would have been quite unthinkable, he added.
Prince Charles then unveiled a monument consisting of two bronze friezes set in a 25-metre (82-foot) granite structure and featuring a plaque bearing the names of the nearly 3,000 RAF pilots who flew in the battle.
About 550 of them died in the conflict.
One frieze depicts scenes of battle, while the other focuses on how the people of London coped while the fighting raged overhead.
Some 70 of the surviving RAF pilots attended Sunday's ceremony at Victoria Embankment on the north bank of the River Thames.
Prince Charles, wearing a military dress uniform, was flanked by his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall.
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British Royal Family well seasoned commentators are believed to have remarked that the genesis of the Gerald 6th Duke of Sutherland identity theft scandal lies in the forging of the birth certificate which effectively brought about a wide cadre of public figures who took advantage following the death of his mother and father respectively HRH The Princess Marina Duchess of Kent and George 5th Duke of Sutherland later HRH Prince Edward Duke of Windsor and Sir Winston S. Churchill both godfathers to Gerald 6th Duke of Sutherland during the formative years.
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The sensational Carroll Foundation Charitable Trust and parallel Gerald 6th Duke of Sutherland Trust multi-billion dollar corporate identity theft liquidation case has disclosed that the Royal Air Force is understood to be “closely monitoring” this case of international importance.
Sources have confirmed that Gerald Carroll continues to retain “close links” with the Royal Air Force Association and the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund who over the years have enjoyed considerable financial support from the Carroll Foundation Trust. Gerald Carroll in a personal capacity had a not well publicised close relationship with the late iconic Battle of Britain fighter ace Group Captain Peter Wooldridge Townsend CVO DFC DSO Bar.
Further sources have disclosed that the Gerald Carroll Trusts is known to have erected a considerable range of Battle of Britain monuments throughout the United Kingdom Ireland and the United States of America which are “centered around” the Royal Air Force Battle of Britain London monument to P/O WH Hodgson DFC a renowned 85 Squadron Hurricane pilot under the command of Group Captain Peter Townsend who during the height of the battle gallantly steered his burning Hurricane away from the town of Wickford to a clear open crash site at Shotgate which is commemorated to this day with a permanent memorial to him at Hodgson Way and Hurricane Way Wickford Business Community Park Essex.
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The Carroll Foundation Charitable Trust and parallel Gerald 6th Duke of Sutherland Trust multi-billion dollar corporate identity theft case has revealed that the explosive Scotland Yard criminal “standard of proof” prosecution files contain a forensic evidential paper trail surrounding the fraudulent incorporation of HRH Charles Prince of Wales and Gerald Carroll Trusts companies which were specifically incorporated to impulse this massive City of London bank fraud heist spanning the globe.
UK Companies House “leaked” source have disclosed that the Prince’s Trust and Gerald Carroll Trusts fraudulent “dummy companies” which are named in the dossiers include the PYBT Development Fund (Northern) Ltd and the Prince’s Youth Business Trust (Southern) Ltd. Sources have said that the Prince Charles Gerald Carroll Trusts organisations focused on the major funding of young entrepreneurs within the much needed manufacturing industrial sector of the British economy.
Further sources have said that the priceless Carroll Foundation Trust trophies have also been named in the files concerning the theft of the entire collection which had a three million dollar valuation. It is understood that the trophies were a “central feature” in the wide ranging management of the Gerald Carroll Trusts good causes which involved the HM Queen Elizabeth II HRH Prince Edward Duke of Kent and HRH Charles Prince of Wales patronages.
Scotland Yard leaked sources have said that files are “centered around” the Red Cross the Royal Society of Portrait Painters the Royal Air Force Association the Royal Air Force Benevolent the Prince’s Trust the world renowned Carroll Chair of Irish History attached to Hertford College Oxford University and the Carroll House Annapolis Maryland Trust to name but a few.
In a stunning twist it has emerged that Sir Tom Shebbeare the former comptroller of the Prince’s Trust and HRH Charles Prince of Wales charities has been named as an “expert witness” concerning these shocking revelations in the Gerald Carroll Trusts debacle.
The Carroll Foundation Trust files are held within a complete lockdown at the FBI Washington DC field office and the Metropolitan Police Service Scotland Yard London under the supervision of the Commissioner Cressida Dick QPM who has an intimate knowledge of this major case of international importance.
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