# The Battle of Britain Memorial: The National Memorial to the Few\. Dedicated to the heroic and selfless deeds of the men who won the Battle of Britain, 10 July to 31 October\.

> The National Memorial to the Few\. Dedicated to the heroic and selfless deeds of the men who won the Battle of Britain, 10 July to 31 October\. Including The Memorial, The Wall, The Wing, Replica Spitfire and Hurricane, The Scramble Experience, plus much more\.

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## Pages
- [Room and Venue Hire](https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/plan-your-visit/room-and-venue-hire/): Here at the Battle of Britain Memorial we have great facilities, with everything you need for a board meeting, away day, sales conference or presentation\.
- [Business, Groups and Schools](https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/plan-your-visit/business-groups-and-schools/): From school trips and guided tours to conferences, meetings and coach visits, the site combines powerful history, interactive learning and stunning surroundings to create memorable experiences for visitors of all ages\.
- [Home](https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/)
- [Plan your Visit](https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/plan-your-visit/)
- [The Wall](https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/explore/the-wall/): The Wall lists all aircrew known to have flown at least one sortie with an accredited squadron or unit of the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain in 1940\. Names are in alphabetical order, without rank or decoration, reflecting the shared contribution of all the Few to the RAF’s victory\.

## Posts
- [Bonnets \& Wings: Vintage Vehicles at the Battle of Britain Memorial ](https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/bonnets-wings-vintage-vehicles-will-roll-into-the-battle-of-britain-memorial-this-september/): Save the date: Sunday 6 September is our Bonnets \& Wings vintage car show\.
- [Summer fun for less \- Reduced family tickets available now](https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/summer-fun-for-less-reduced-family-tickets-available-now/): Looking for an affordable family day out this summer? Thanks to a temporary Government scheme, reduced admission prices are available on selected tickets at the Battle of Britain Memorial\.
- [Thank you for the storage\!](https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/thank-you-for-the-storage/): Donations come in various shapes and sizes – but our most recent and very gratefully received one, arrived on a rather large lorry\!
- [Auction closes soon: Bid on a Le Boat Holiday and support the Memorial](https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/auction-closes-soon-bid-on-a-le-boat-holiday-and-support-the-memorial/): Time is running out to bid for a fantastic five\-night UK or Ireland boating holiday while supporting the Battle of Britain Memorial Trust\. 
- [Centre stage again\!](https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/centre-stage-again/): Second world war enthusiasts and popular broadcasters James Holland and Al Murray visited the clifftop Memorial at Capel\-le\-Ferne to record one of their unique and much\-loved podcasts\.

## Book Reviews
- [From Biplane to Spitfire \- The Life of Air Chief Marshal Sir Geoffrey Salmond, KCB, KCMG, DSO](https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/book-review/from-biplane-to-spitfire-the-life-of-air-chief-marshal-sir-geoffrey-salmond-kcb-kcmg-dso/): The Salmond brothers were major forces in the Royal Flying Corps and the early days of the RAF\. John Maitland \("Jack"\), the younger of the pair, is the better remembered\.
- [Sydney Camm](https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/book-review/sydney-camm/): Sir Sydney Camm was a brilliant engineer who had no formal technical training after leaving school\.
- [Air Transport Auxiliary at War](https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/book-review/air-transport-auxiliary-at-war/): The Air Transport Auxiliary \(ATA\) played a major role in the Second World War in ensuring that the frontline aircrew had aircraft to fly against the enemy\.
- [The Millionaires’ Squadron](https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/book-review/the-millionaires-squadron/): Tom Moulson's story of the exploits of No 601 \(County of London\) Squadron came out in 1964 as The Flying Sword, a reference to the squadron's badge\.
- [Scramble\!](https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/book-review/scramble/)

## Databases
- [The Unusual Case of Charlie Peace](https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/database/the-unusual-case-of-charlie-peace/): Among military awards, the Battle of Britain Clasp on the 1939\-1945 Star was a rarity\. Many of the veterans of Fighter Command who wore the Clasp did so with great pride\. Such was the status it conferred that there were plenty of sightings of the Clasp on chests where it should not have been\.
- [A School Remembers](https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/database/a-school-remembers/): In October 2022, a Leicestershire County Council green plaque was unveiled on the Waggon and Horses pub in Ibstock in the county’s former coal mining district\. Green plaques recognise notable people and places and nominations are voted on by local people\.
- [Two Pilots Who Died with 610](https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/database/two-pilots-who-died-with-610/): W H C “Bill” Warner and Charles Bacon both died with No 610 \(County of Chester\) Squadron in the Battle of Britain, though their deaths came in very different circumstances\.
- [Two Air Gunners Who Died with Bomber Command](https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/database/two-air-gunners-who-died-with-bomber-command/): A significant number of Battle of Britain aircrew flew with Bomber Command later in the war\. Sadly two of the air gunners were lost on the same operation to Hamburg on the night of 29/30 June 1941\. Both are buried in Becklingen War Cemetery\.
- [Links to the VC](https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/database/links-to-the-vc/): Most readers of this blog will know that Fighter Command’s only VC was awarded to Flight Lieutenant James Nicolson of No 249 Squadron\. “Nick” Nicolson’s fellow pilots in the engagement over the outskirts of Southampton on 16 August 1940, for which the VC was awarded, were Squadron Leader King and the unrelated Pilot Officer King who lost his life\.

## Stories
- [Sergeant Rufus Arthur Ward](https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/stories/sergeant-rufus-arthur-ward/)
- [Petty Officer William Eric John Stockwell](https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/stories/petty-officer-william-eric-john-stockwellpetty-officer-william-eric-john-stockwell/): Stockwell qualified for the Battle of Britain Clasp because he flew Sea Gladiators with No 804 Naval Air Squadron when it was based at Hatston, north west of Kirkwall, Orkney, tasked with dockyard defence\. He had previously served with 804 on HMS Glorious\.
- [Pilot Officer Martyn Aurel King](https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/stories/pilot-officer-martyn-aurel-king/): Pilot Officer Martyn Aurel King’s brief operational career ended on 16 August 1940\. He was shot down and baled out over Southampton during the action that earned Flight Lieutenant “Nick” Nicolson the Victoria Cross\. King’s parachute, however, collapsed during the descent and he was killed on landing\.
- [Pilot Officer Henryk Szczesny](https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/stories/pilot-officer-henryk-szczesny/): Henryk Szczesny was an officer and a pilot in the Polish Air Force of the 1930s\. He was 29 when his country was invaded by the Germans in 1939\. During the subsequent fighting he was credited with destroying two German aircraft, probably destroying a third and damaging a fourth\. He was wounded and taken to Romania, where he managed to board a Greek ship which took him to Malta\. He travelled on to France and then England, where he was commissioned in the RAFVR in February 1940\.
- [Sergeant Kenneth Christopher Holland](https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/stories/sergeant-kenneth-christopher-holland/): Born in Sydney, New South Wales in 1920, Kenneth Holland eventually came to England\. He lived at Camelford in Cornwall and joined the RAFVR in June 1939\. He was called up on the outbreak of war and, on 1 August 1940, became operational as a Spitfire pilot with No 152 Squadron at Warmwell, Dorset\. During September Sergeant Holland shot down one Ju 88 and shared in the destruction of another\.

## Timelines
- [5th August 1940](https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/timeline/5theaugust-1940/)
- [11th August 1940](https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/timeline/11th-august-1940/)
- [13th August 1940](https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/timeline/13th-august-1940/)
- [16th July 1940](https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/timeline/16th-july-1940/)
- [17th July 1940](https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/timeline/17th-july-1940/)

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