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|name=Air Forces Memorial, Runnymede |body=Commonwealth War Graves Commission |image=Air Forces Memorial Runnymede.jpg |caption=Showing portico entrance, look-out wing and astral crown surmounting the central chapel. |commemorates=Commonwealth Air Forces dead of World War II with no known grave |use_dates= |coordinates={{coord|51.4378|-0.5650|region:GB_scale:2000|display=inline,title}} |nearest_town=Egham Surrey England |designer=Edward Maufe |inscription= |established= |unveiled=17 October 1953 by HM Queen Elizabeth II |total= |unknowns= |commemorated=Over 20,000 Commonwealth Air Forces personnel including those with acting RAF, AuxAF or WAAF rank such as SOE operatives |by_country= |by_war= |source= }} The Air Forces Memorial, or Runnymede Memorial, in Englefield Green, near Egham, Surrey, England is a memorial dedicated to some 20,456 men and women from air forces of the British Empire who were lost in air and other operations during World War II.[1] Those recorded have no known grave anywhere in the world, and many were lost without trace. The name of each of these airmen and airwomen is engraved into the stone walls of the memorial, according to country and squadron. DesignThe memorial was designed by Sir Edward Maufe with sculpture by Vernon Hill. The engraved glass and painted ceilings were designed by John Hutton, and the poem engraved on the gallery window was written by Paul H Scott. It was the first post-World War II building to be listed for architectural merit.[2] The roof of the memorial looks over the River Thames and Runnymede Meadow, where the Magna Carta was sealed by King John in 1215. Most of north, west, and central London can be seen to the right from the viewpoint; such monuments as the London Eye and the arch of Wembley Stadium are visible on clear days. Windsor Castle and the surrounding area can be seen to the left. LocationThe memorial is on Coopers Hill Lane, Englefield Green, next to the former Runnymede campus of Brunel University and Kingswood Hall of Royal Holloway, University of London since 1965 when it was converted from a convent. For location map, showing its proximity to other Runnymede memorials, see Runnymede. StatusIt is a Grade II* listed building and was completed in 1953. People memorialised
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References1. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/monuments-of-the-first-and-second-world-wars/ |title=Monuments of the First and Second World Wars|first=Jacqueline|last=Hucker |accessdate=2018-02-11 |work= Canadian Encyclopedia}} 2. ^Runnymede Memorial. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 23 August 2012. 3. ^{{cwgc|id=1529953|name=Blatchford, Howard Peter|access-date=18 May 2015}} 4. ^{{cwgc|id=231535|name=Crook, David Moore|access-date=18 May 2015|fewer-links=yes}} 5. ^{{cwgc|id=232337|name=Donahue, Arthur Gerald|access-date=18 May 2015|fewer-links=yes}} 6. ^{{cwgc|id=232567|name=Dundas, John Charles|access-date=18 May 2015|fewer-links=yes}} 7. ^{{cwgc|id=1270044|name=Finucane, Brendan Eamonn Fergus|access-date=18 May 2015|fewer-links=yes}} 8. ^{{cwgc|id=1800418|name=Hood, Hilary Richard Lionel|access-date=18 May 2015|fewer-links=yes}} 9. ^{{cwgc|id=1802112|name=Johnson, Amy V.|access-date=18 May 2015|fewer-links=yes}} 10. ^{{cwgc|id=1800882|name=Inayat-Khan, Noor (Nora)|access-date=18 May 2015|fewer-links=yes}} 11. ^{{cwgc|id=1078835|name=Lock, Eric Stanley|access-date=18 May 2015|fewer-links=yes}} 12. ^{{cwgc|id=1079554|name=McKnight, William Lidstone|access-date=18 May 2015|fewer-links=yes}} 13. ^{{cwgc|id=1077600|name=Nettleton, John Dering|access-date=18 May 2015|fewer-links=yes}} 14. ^{{cwgc|id=2940555|name=Romilly, Esmond Mark David|access-date=18 May 2015|fewer-links=yes}} 15. ^{{cwgc|id=1808585|name=Teden, Derek Edmund|access-date=18 May 2015|fewer-links=yes}} 16. ^{{cwgc|id=1809280|name=Vasatko, Alois|access-date=18 May 2015|fewer-links=yes}} 17. ^{{cwgc|id=|name=Warnes, Geoffrey Berrington|access-date=24 August 2018|fewer-links=yes}} External links{{Commons category|Air Forces Memorial}}
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