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WELCOME
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Welcome to the website of the Friends of St George's RAF Chapel of Remembrance, Biggin Hill. This Chapel is steeped in history and was built as a memorial to the aircrew who died flying from the Biggin Hill Sector in World Warll. The Chapel is not a museum, but a Museum has been built adjacent to it. The whole site is owned by the London Borough of Bromley and is under the control of the Biggin Hill Memorial Museum Trust.
It is a living Chapel, with worship each week of Church of England services at
9.30 am on Sundays. Everyone is welcome.
The Friends of St George's Chapel is an independent body which supports the Chapel and the Garden of Remembrance .
If you have a query, about the Chapel or Garden of Remembrance,
contact by email : [email protected]
For Museum matters see the website : http://bigginhillmuseum.com/
Become a Friend of St George's Chapel for £15 a year for a family
See menu above 'Membership of the Friends' where you can join the Friends or
simply give a donation if you wish.
You can ring 01959 575197 and leave your details. We will contact you.
When you become a member of the Friends, You will receive newsletters each year with information of special services and events.
Your subscription helps to maintain the Remembrance Garden, the Gate Guardians and supports the Chapel as a living place of worship and a memorial to those who died flying from the Biggin Hill Sector in World War ll.
We extend a warm welcome to all those who would like to attend services in the Chapel;it is a place of public worship and open to all, you do not have to have any connection to the RAF.
Sir Winston S Churchill:
'My personal association with Biggin Hill during the Battle of Britain lives in my mind. As a nation we have short memories and it is well that Memorials such as this should bring to our remembrance the cost of victory in the days when one of our fighter pilots had to be worth ten. They died without seeing the reward of their efforts; we live to hold their reward inviolate and unfading".
"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few"
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The garden at Biggin Hill airport should not be confused with the Garden at the Chapel
which been in place for many years at
The Strongest Link, RAF Biggin Hill.
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The Remembrance Garden sitting alongside St George's RAF Chapel of Remembrance, has always been open for visitors. Royal Air Force Station Biggin Hill has always been known, as and as its motto "The Strongest Link". This came from the fact that although bombed extremely severely in World War ll, the station and its personnel did not give up and break the chain of stations encircling and protecting London.
The statue at the airport garden is indeed stunning and well worth a visit BUT, a half mile down the road is the place that is The Strongest Link; you will know you have arrived when you pass through the gate pillars with their blue plaques that declare this place as The Strongest Link, and walk or drive between the two Gate Guardians. Come and read some of the personal stories that have been shared over the years by those who served at
Royal Air Force Biggin Hill, The Strongest Link.
The statue at the airport garden is indeed stunning and well worth a visit BUT, a half mile down the road is the place that is The Strongest Link; you will know you have arrived when you pass through the gate pillars with their blue plaques that declare this place as The Strongest Link, and walk or drive between the two Gate Guardians. Come and read some of the personal stories that have been shared over the years by those who served at
Royal Air Force Biggin Hill, The Strongest Link.
The Friends of St George's Chapel support the Biggin Hill Museum
The committee of the group known as the Friends of St George's Chapel state that the Friends of St George's Chapel is not, nor ever has been, affiliated to any group or association that acts against the Biggin Hill Memorial Museum.
It does not condone any abusive behaviour or action perpetrated against the building, the trustees involved, or towards the associated general public, by any person or persons.
It is our hope to continue the present productive working relationship with the Trust so that the Chapel continues to be a place of worship and memorial and the cemetery that is the Garden of Remembrance, is well tended and provides a place of quiet contemplation for those with family ashes interred there.
The Trust has met with the Chair, Paul Grant, to forward these aims.
The current Committee is
Paul Grant Chairman, Margaret Wilmot Secretary, David Wilmot Treasurer,
Wendy Hill, Katie Edwards-Hill Publicity/Advertising, Joyce Pomfret Web Administrator
