Celebrated by members of Northumbria Branch, The Royal Soceity of St George at:-
THE ST GEORGE HOTEL,
(formerly the Officers' Mess, RAF Middleton St George, during WWII)
Durham Tees Valley Airport, Darlington County Durham DL2 1RH
on Thursday 16th September 2010
A short history: In 1941 the
hotel was a WWII RAF bomber base, RAF Middleton-St-George. After the
War it was an RAF Training Station
and later became Durham Tees Valley airport as it is today.
Photograph, courtesy of a member of the Hotel staff, of members, wives and friends of Northumbria Branch, The Royal Society of St George, taken after lunch outside The St George Hotel, at the Memorial Stone to all those who paid the ultimate price while flying from RAF Middleton St George during WWII.
(l-r): Mr & Mrs Ives, Col. (retd) Alex
Johnson MBE, DL, Mr Ken Robinson,
Mr
Brian
Straughan,
Mrs Jean
Robinson,
Mr Alex
Nelson,
Ms
Pauline
Morris,
Mr Bill Holden, Mrs Ursula Jobson, Mrs Nancy Holden, Mr Norman Wood,
Mrs Margaret Wood, Mr Colin Bond, Mrs Maureen Bond, Ms Angela Malcolm,
Mrs
Audrey Ridsdale, Mr Jack Straughan Sr, Wing Cdr (retd) Dr Derek Hall,
Capt. (retd) Dennis Ridsdale, Mrs Linda Webster, Dr Richard Webster
and Mr Kevin
Jobson.
