Airmen's Cross at Junction of A344 and A360 Winterbourne Stoke, England
Listed Building Data
Airmen's Cross at Junction of A344 and A360 has been designated a Grade II listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1242829
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II
- Date Listed
- 5 May 1995
- Name
- AIRMEN'S CROSS AT JUNCTION OF A344 AND A360
- Location
- AIRMEN'S CROSS AT JUNCTION OF A344 AND A360
- Parish
- Winterbourne Stoke
- District
- Wiltshire
- Grid Reference
- SU 09827 42880
- Easting
- 409827.0000
- Northing
- 142880.0000
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
The following building shall be added:-
WINTERBOURNE STOKE
SU04SE Airmen's Cross, at junction of A344 and A360 1382-/4/10005 II
Memorial. 1912. Granite. Relief-carved cross set into wheel-head with very short shaft and stepped plinth. Inscription reads: "TO THE MEMORY OF CAPTAIN LORAINE AND STAFF-SERGEANT WILSON WHO WHILST FLYING ON DUTY MET WITH A FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR THIS SPOT ON JULY 5TH 1912". Loraine and Wilson were based at Larkhill with the newly-formed Royal Flying Corps; a very rare and historically significant memorial to two pioneer aviators.
Listing NGR: SU0982742880
