SD4210 : HMS Ringtail Memorial Plaque
taken 9 years ago, near to Burscough, Lancashire, England
In Commemoration of the Royal Naval Personnel who served at HMS Ringtail Royal Naval Air Station Burscough which was operational on this site between the 1st of September 1943 and the 18th of June 1946 for radar training and as a base for squadrons disembarked or working up for shipboard operations during World War II.
Supported and funded by Burscough Parish Council
RNAS Burscough/HMS Ringtail Link
was a busy military establishment commissioned in 1943. When the station closed for flying in 1946 the Royal Navy kept the aerodrome under the status of care and maintenance and used part of it for an engine holding and repair unit.
The memorial (United Kingdom National Inventory of War Memorial ref 54993) was unveiled at the side of the Tollgate Road/Pippin Street Roundabout in October 2004.
An Armistice day ceremony is held at the monument on the 11th of November each year. It was moved to its present location, a Memorial Garden outside Booths café, during expansion of the Ringtail Retail Park when it was deemed that the memorial's original site was no longer safe for the public to gather around. It was re-dedicated in October 2014.
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- Grid Square
- SD4210, 31 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- David Dixon (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Friday, 12 February, 2016 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Saturday, 13 February, 2016
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
SD 427 104 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:35.2552N 2:51.9427W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: SD 427 104
- View Direction
- Northwest (about 315 degrees)
