Permanent historical factsheet

Battle of Britain

Great Britain · Warfare / Military. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1940–1970Date range
2Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1940

Trafford Leigh-Mallory1940

London · Warfare / Military

Appointed Commander of 12 Group during the Battle of Britain

1970

Hugh Dowding Bentley PrioryFebruary 1970

Westminster Abbey · Warfare / Military

At a memorial service at Westminster Abbey, his ashes were laid to rest below the Battle of Britain Memorial Window in the Royal Air Force chapel

Names involved

Hugh Dowding Bentley PrioryTrafford Leigh-Mallory

Provenance

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