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war time sacrifice?
Airmen's Chapel at Lincoln Cathedral
Did you Know?
Eight brothers who went to war, but only three returned.
A window commemorating the Beechey Boys at Friesthorpe Church was installed in 2016.
In 1918, their mother Amy Beechey was presented to George V. She was a reluctant heroine. “It was no sacrifice, Ma’am,” she told Queen Mary “I did not give them willingly.”
The International Bomber Command Centre at Lincoln commemorates the nearly 58,000 men and women from 62 nations who lost their lives supporting Bomber Command in World War II. The 31m tall spire is in direct sight of Lincoln Cathedral which provided an important landmark for crews both leaving and returning from missions. There is an Airmen’s Chapel in the cathedral.
