FLEET AIR ARM MEMORIAL

The memorial stands on the north bank of the Embankment opposite the London Eye and takes is in the form of Daedalus as an allegory (Victory) memorial in the City of Westminster, Charng cross, Greater London. It was designed and sculpted by James Butler, the architects were Trehearne and Norman. It was unveiled 1 June 200 by H.R.H. Prince of Wales, K.G. and commemorates First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Korean War (1950-1953), Falklands Conflict (1982), Gulf War (1990-1991). It shows the figure of an aviator in the guise of Daedalus, arms rasied and bearing outstretched wings standing on a plinth with incised inscriptions on either side and on the base. There is a gilded dedication, motto, and Fleet Air Arm wings on the plinth. The memorial cost £350,000.

Photographs Copyright © Richard Aumonier 2005

TO THE EVERLASTING MEMORY OF ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN FROM
THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AND THE MANY
ALLIED NATIONS WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES WHILST SERVING
IN THE ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE AND THE FLEET AIR ARM
HE RODE UPON A CHERUB AND DID FLY: YEA HE DID FLY UPON THE WINGS OF THE WIND.

FLEET AIR ARM

BELGIAN COAST 1914-18 SUEZ-
-CANAL 1915 DARDANELLES 19-
15-16 MESOPOTAMIA 1915-17
JUTLAND 1916 ATLANTIC 19-
-39-45 ENGLISH CHANNEL 19-
-39-45 NORTH SEA 1939-45
RIVER PLATE 1939 MEDITERR-
-ANEAN 1940-45 NORWAY 19-
-40-44-45 NARVIK 1940 DUN-
-KIRK 1940 CALABRIA 1940 LI-
-BYA 1940-42 TARANTO 1940
SPARTIVENTO 1940 MALTA-
-CONVOYS 1941-42 ARCTIC 19-
-41-45 MATAPAN 1941

CRETE 1941 'BISMARCK' 1941
DIEGO SUAREZ 1942 NORTH-
-AFRICA 1942-43 SICILY 1943
SALERNO 1943 AEGEAN 1944
NORMANDY 1944 SABANG 19-
-44 SOUTH FRANCE 1944 BU-
-RMA 1944-45 PALEMBANG 19-
-45 MALAYA 1945 OKINAWA-
-1945 JAPAN 1945 KOREA 1950-
-53 FALKLAND ISLANDS 1982
KUWAIT 1991

Last updated 22 December, 2020