A Poppy
A Poppy

Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Arreton : John Keating Haire -

Location

At Arreton, on Footpath A9, approx 1/2 mile from School Lane, Arreton, Isle of Wight
 
IWM War Memorials Archive Record

The Memorial is not listed in the War Memorials Archive Records.
 
Description

A granite memorial stone to a Battle of Britain pilot who was shot down nearby.

The plaque was commissioned by The Battle of Britain Historical Society. It was unveiled by the Deputy Lieutenant Mr Nick Oulton DL, on the 12th September 2019.
Memorial





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Inscription


IN MEMORY OF
SERGEANT PILOT
JOHN KEATINGE HAIRE
OF 145 SQUADRON
WHO LOST HIS LIFE
NEAR THIS SPOT
ON
6 NOVEMBER 1940
IN HURRICANE V6627

HE WAS 20 YEARS OLD
ONE OF CHURCHILL'S 'FEW'

MEMORIAL DEDICATED ON
12 SEPTEMBER 2019
BY THE
BATTLE OF BRITAIN
HISTORICAL SOCIETY

 
Further Information


Born 25th November 1920. Son of Sidney and Nora Haire of Belfast.

CWGC record ...


 
Sergeant Haire is also commemorated on the Battle of Britain Memorial unveiled in 2005 on the Embankment, London.
 
Sergeant Haire is also commemorated on the Battle of Britain Memorial at Capel-le-Ferne, Kent.
 
Biography on the Battle of Britain London Monument website
 


 
 

 
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