THE 10 SQUADRON MEMORIAL
Imperial War Museum Register of Memorials - http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.31016/fromUkniwmSearch/1
The Memorial was designed by Norman Applleton
REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY
A Service is held each year at the 10 Sqn Memorial, Melbourne, Yorks YO42 4SS
A short 15 - 20 minute service by the Memorial is usually followed by coffee and bickies on the nearby farm.
We are grateful to Mr John Rowbottom, owner of Melrose Farm, for his continued support of the 10 Squadron Association, for his care and maintenance of the Memorial and for allowing us to hold our Annual Remembrance Service here.
An Order of Service pamphlet will be available at Melbourne for those attending the Remembrance Sunday Service but it might be prudent to download and print part of the copy which is in the link below. (You need only print the pages 1 - 4 (2 x sheets) which are specifically pertinent to the Remembrance Sunday Service.)
Remembrance Sunday 'Order of Service' Booklet
Directions to the memorial situated at the entrance to Melrose Farm, Melbourne, North Yorks. YO42 4SS are given below:-
Note : If coming from York on Remembrance Sunday, the B1228 road is closed in Elvington between 1100 – 1200 hrs for the Elvington Village Remembrance Day service and parade. Through traffic is not allowed through Elvington to Sutton on Derwent and Melbourne.
FOLLOW THIS ROUTE INSTEAD (below)
From the A64 York ring road take the exit for the A1079 signed for Beverley & Hull. At 9.3 miles from the A64, opposite Barmby Moor Industrial Estate, take a right turn at the new roundabout, signed to Melbourne & Allerthorpe. (Road sign points to Pocklington Gliding Club to the left.) There is a Service Area here where toilet facilities are available.
Pass through Allerthorpe village, passing the Plough Inn, on the right side of a left-hand bend and take no exits from this lane until reaching Melbourne village from the east.
Turn left (south) into Campey Lane and after 1 mile turn left at the next T-junction. - The sign post below is at the junction where you turn left and it shows Seaton Ross 2 miles and Mkt Weighton 9 miles.
Travelling east towards Seaton Ross, the Memorial is on the right after 1 mile adjacent to a large sign marked Melrose Farm. Adequate parking is available up the side tarmac, farm lane by the Memorial. Total journey distance from leaving the A1079 at Barmby Moor roundabout is 5.4 miles.
Please plan to arrive at about 10:30hrs so that the 2 Mins Silence at 11:00 hrs may be observed on time.
NOTE: If coming up the M1 from the south via Sheffield, the most direct route is via the M1 - M18, passing abeam Doncaster, to the M62 Eastbound. Follow signs for HULL and leave M62 at Junction 37 for HOWDEN (12 miles from the Memorial). Follow B1228 north until turning due east to Melrose Farm, passing the signpost pictured above on your right side when you're getting close and about 1 mile south of Melbourne village. (The junction off the B1228 to turn east straight to the Memorial is under the 'g' in East Cottingwith on the map below.)
HISTORY OF 10 SQUADRON - BOOK
'From BROOKLANDS to BRIZE'
(A Centennial History of No 10 Squadron)
by Ian Macmillan with Dick King
344 pages in a glossy, hard-backed volume, detailing Squadron records, personal anecdotes and memories, photographs and information about the Squadron and its Association.
For your copy email: 10sqnass@gmail.com
Normal price is £25 (+ £5 p&p) to UK addresses
Sales of the book are open to all. Although the book has an ISBN number, it is not available on general sale in bookshops. Regrettably we have now ceased to have it made available via Amazon, for administrative reasons.
Payment may be made by UK cheque, Internet BACs method or Postal Order and IBAN details will be supplied for overseas customers.
Front & Rear Cover images of the 344 page book which measures 21 x 26 cms
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For further information and for a Card Application which may be made on-line, visit: www.defencediscountservice.co.uk or by telephone 01509 - 233446
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Note: Please do not contact the Association if you have any questions about the above: ask the Defence Discount Service direct.
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