Stained glass of the Magi Staplehurst Kent
Feast of The #Epiphany Adoration of the Magi in
#Staplehurst, #Kent. By Owen Jennings, 1952. #StainedGlass
Photo John Vigar
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A white wooden cross with a poppy wreath around its shaft, in a hedge next to a country lane - Grave Lane, near Staplehurst, Kent. There is a noticeboard next to it bearing a sheet of information. Pilot Officer John Kenneth Grahame 'Curly' Clifton died there on 1 September 1940, when his Hurricane crashed after being hit by fire from a Dornier. It was the day after his first and only (I think) aerial victory. He was 21. The plaque on the cross is from a fragment of his Hurricane's fuselage. For more information (including photographs of Pilot Officer Clifton and the unveiling of the memorial in 2009), visit: https://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/Clifton.htm https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/62087
A memorial cross in a graveyard, with the inscription: 'IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF PILOT OFFICER JOHN KENNETH GRAHAME CLIFTON, R.A.F., KILLED IN ACTION 1st SEPTEMBER 1940, AGED 21 PER ARDUA AD ASTRA ALSO OF HIS MOTHER, SUSIE DORTOTHY ANDERSON CLIFTON, DIED 18TH MARCH 1941, AGED 54 TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE'. It is in St. John's Churchyard, Staplegrove, Taunton, Somerset.
A cross in a graveyard, with a church in the background and blue skies beyond.
Nine years ago today I walked from Rochester to Sissinghurst, en route for Hastings. I happened upon a touching #BattleofBritain crash site, near #Staplehurst: P/O Clifton died there on 1 Sept 1940. I visited his grave, near Taunton, a couple of years later. RIP 'Curly' Clifton. (See Alt text.)
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English Oak Trees 🌳 in Kent in England
October 25
#Sissinghurst
#Frittenden
#Staplehurst
#Autumn
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✅ CLEARED: Trains are no longer affected following the earlier trespasser at #Staplehurst
🕑 If you were delayed by 15 minutes or more, please claim delay repay: spkl.io/63329A33hx
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⚠️ Update: Trains are now on the move again in the #Staplehurst area with some minor delays following a trespasser earlier today.
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⚠️ Due to a trespasser in the #Staplehurst trains between #Ashford and #PaddockWood area may be delayed or altered.
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OTD in 1865 a train derails at Staplehurst, Kent with Charles Dickens on board.
‘He was injured, but many passengers were killed or seriously hurt. Dickens worked alongside the rescuers for many hours.’
Artist: John Kenney
(c) Wills & Hepworth Ltd.
#LadybirdBooks #OTD #9June #Dickens #Staplehurst
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