Britain's sightseeing?

Question

Near London, UK there is a memorial of missing, presumed dead crews of RAF lost during ww2. does anyone here know the exact name and location? there are the names of crew members listed. the memorial is a solitary standing building in the country, not the "RAF memorial" near hoses of parliament in London!.
another question: in the CIty, London there's a memorial of a big fire in 1666. it's a column with a golden statue or symbol on the top. do you know the name of the memorial?

Answer 1

Air Forces Memorial Runneymede, which commemorates the men and women of the Allied Air Forces who died during the Second World War and records the names of the 20,456 airmen who have no known grave. From the top of the tower visitors can see long views over Windsor, the surrounding counties and, somehow appropriately, aircraft taking off and landing at Heathrow. The memorial was designed by Edward Maufe, architect of Guildford Cathedral.

Answer to second question

The Monument to the Great Fire of London, more commonly known as The Monument, is a 61-metre (202-foot) tall stone Roman doric column in the City of London, near to the northern end of London Bridge. It is located at the junction of Monument Street and Fish Street Hill, 61 metres from where the Great Fire of London started in 1666.

It consists of a large fluted Doric column built of Portland stone topped with a gilded urn of fire, and was designed by Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke. The west side of the base of the Monument displays an emblematical sculpture, by Caius Gabriel Cibber, in alto and bas relief, of the destruction of the City; with King Charles II, and his brother, James, the Duke of York (later James II) surrounded by Liberty, Architecture, and Science, giving directions for its restoration. Its 61-metre height marks the monument's distance to the site of Thomas Farynor, the king's baker's shop in Pudding Lane, where the fire began. At the time of construction (between 1671 and 1677) it was the tallest freestanding stone column in the world.

The viewing platformIt is possible to reach the top of the monument by climbing up the narrow winding staircase of 311 steps. A cage (see picture) was added in the mid-19th century at the top of the Monument to prevent people jumping off, after six people had committed suicide between 1788 and 1842.

Three sides of the base of the monument carry inscriptions in Latin. The one on the south side describes actions taken by Charles II following the fire. The one on the east describes how the monument was started and brought to perfection, and under which mayors. The one on the north describes how the fire started, how much damage it caused, and how the fire was extinguished. In 1681 the words "but Popish frenzy, which wrought such horrors, is not yet quenched" were added to the end of the inscription. (The west side is described above.) The inscription on the east generally blames Roman Catholics for the fire, and this prompted Alexander Pope to say, of the area that it is where,

Where London’s column, pointing at the skies,
Like a tall bully, lifts the head and lies." -- Moral Essays. Epistle iii. Line 339 (1733-1734).
The words were eventually chiselled out in 1831.

Wren and Hooke built the Monument to double as a scientific instrument. It has a central shaft meant for use as a zenith telescope and for use in gravity and pendulum experiments that connects to an underground laboratory for observers to work (accessible from the present-day ticket booth). A hinged lid in the urn covers the opening to the shaft. The steps in the shaft of the tower are all apparently exactly 6 inches high, allowing them to be used for accurate barometric pressure studies. Monument tube station is named after the monument.

Another monument, the Golden Boy of Pye Corner marks the point near Smithfield where the fire stopped.

Answer 2

I'm not sure about which memorial you are looking for, but there is a website you might try. It's about a memorial in England relating to the RAF. They have a Roll of Honour for the Battle of Britain recognizing overseas pilots according to nationality. The website is:
http://www.travelbritain.com/England/battleofbritain/indes.html

As far as the Great Fire of London memorial: It's called "The Monument". You can take the tube to the Monument station, which is right across the street. It is erected near the spot where the fire started in 1666 on Pudding Lane. You may climb the over 300 steps to a viewing platform if you like.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

The answer to your first question is the "Runnymede Memorial", and to the second "The Monument". Google either for details or images.