Poised for fight, its wings valsed, and its head directed across the sunlit waters' of the Thames towards France, a great golden eagle—believed to be the largest in the world—surmounts the memorial London has erected to the members of the Air Forces of the Empire who made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War.
A fitting tribute indeed to the men who took wing to save the Empire from her foes, the great eagle stands for all to see at the top of a plyonth of Portland stone, fifty-five feet high, symbolic of strength and vigour
during the wai of the power of our Air Forces Sir Reginald Blomfield designed the memorial, and the bronze eagle and globe were modelled by Mr. Read Dick.
The recent unveiling ceremony was brief and simple.
The Prince of Wales, unveiling the monument, said: This monument, erected by the Royal Air Force Memorial Fund, that I am about to unveil will stand as a lasting tribute in the hoare of this great city to the memory of all ranks of the Royal Naval Air Service, the Royal Flying Corps, and the Royal Air Force and other Air Forces from all paris of the Empire, who, braving hitherto unknown dangers in"a new element of warfare, died to give us the final victory.
"Their exploits and undoubted courage Have established a tradition for the new Service which our cloud armies of the future, whether in peace or war, will, feel sure, follow with' devoted pride.
"The nation on whose behalf I ar asked to accept this memorial, and tthe public to whom I am to dedicate it, will ever faithfully remember the gallant lives and the great deeds which it commemorates."
The memorial was dedicated by the Rev. H. D. L. Vicner, chaplain of the Royal Air Force. widows to be their guests. The widowers entertained the widows with a banquet and a ball. When the time came for departure many of the widows burst into tears. Then the secret leaked out that many of them had plighted their troth. The widowers have now been invited by the widows to visit Neudorf, and the meeting 16 expected to be marked by a fw ther batch of engagements..
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