THE 10 SQUADRON MEMORIAL
Imperial War Museum Register of Memorials - http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.31016/fromUkniwmSearch/1
The Memorial was designed by Norman Appleton (1926 - 2022)
REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY 
A Service is held each year at the 10 Sqn Memorial, Melbourne, Yorks YO42 4SS
A short 15 - 20 minute service by the Memorial is usually followed by coffee and bickies on the nearby farm.
We are grateful to Mr John Rowbottom, owner of Melrose Farm, for his continued support of the 10 Squadron Association, for his care and maintenance of the Memorial and for allowing us to hold our Annual Remembrance Service here.
A few Order of Service pamphlets will be available at Melbourne for those attending the Remembrance Sunday Service but it might be prudent to download and print part of the copy from the pdf link below. (You need only print the pages 3 to 5 (3 x sheets) which are specifically pertinent to the Remembrance Sunday Service.)
Remembrance Sunday 'Order of Service' Booklet - 2024 version
Directions to the memorial situated at the entrance to Melrose Farm, Melbourne, North Yorks. YO42 4SS are given below:-
Note : If coming from York on Remembrance Sunday, the B1228 road is closed in Elvington between 1100 – 1200 hrs for the Elvington Village Remembrance Day service and parade. Through traffic is not allowed through Elvington to Sutton on Derwent and Melbourne.
FOLLOW THIS ROUTE INSTEAD ------
From the A64 York ring road take the exit for the A1079 signed for Beverley & Hull. At 9.3 miles from the A64, opposite Barmby Moor Industrial Estate, take a right turn at the roundabout, signed to Melbourne & Allerthorpe. (Road sign points to Pocklington Gliding Club to the left.) There is a Service Area here where toilet facilities are available.
Pass through Allerthorpe village, passing the Plough Inn, seen on the right side of a sharp left-hand bend and take no exits from this lane until reaching Melbourne village from the east.
Turn left (south) into Campey Lane and after 1 mile turn left at the next T- junction. The sign post below is at this junction where you should turn left and it shows Seaton Ross 2 miles and Mkt Weighton 9 miles.
Travelling east towards Seaton Ross, the Memorial is on the right after 1 mile, adjacent to a large sign marked Melrose Farm. Adequate parking is available up the side tarmac, farm lane by the Memorial. Total journey distance from leaving the A1079 at Barmby Moor roundabout is 5.4 miles.
Please plan to arrive at about 10:30hrs so that the 2 Mins Silence at 11:00 hrs may be observed on time.
wef Nov 2024 - SUNDAY LUNCHES are available again at The Plough Inn at Allerthorpe
Telephone The Plough on: 01904 – 463326 to secure a place for the Remembrance Sunday Lunch, not forgetting to add that you are a member of the 10 Sqn Association. We suggest that places there are not requested for dining until after 13:00 hrs on Remembrance Sunday. Settle up your own bills before leaving too.
NOTE: If coming up the M1 from the south via Sheffield, the most direct route is via the M1 - M18, passing abeam Doncaster, to the M62 Eastbound. Follow signs for HULL and leave M62 at Junction 37 for HOWDEN (12 miles from the Memorial). Follow B1228 north until turning due east to Melrose Farm, passing the signpost pictured above on your right side when you're getting close and about 1 mile south of Melbourne village. (The junction off the B1228 to turn east straight to the Memorial is under the 'g' in East Cottingwith on the map below.)
HISTORY OF 10 SQUADRON - BOOK
'From BROOKLANDS to BRIZE'
(A Centennial History of No 10 Squadron)
by Ian Macmillan with Dick King
344 pages in a glossy, hard-backed volume, detailing Squadron records, personal anecdotes and memories, photographs and information about the Squadron and its Association.
For your copy email: 10sqnass@gmail.com
Normal price is £25 (+ £5 p&p) to UK addresses
Sales of the book are open to all. Although the book has an ISBN number, it is not available on general sale in bookshops. Regrettably we have now ceased to have it made available via Amazon, for administrative reasons.
Payment may be made by UK cheque, Internet BACs method or Postal Order and IBAN details will be supplied for overseas customers.
Front & Rear Cover images of the 344 page book which measures 21 x 26 cms
MEMBERSHIP ENQUIRIES
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SOCIAL MEDIA - TWITTER & FACEBOOK
There are now Twitter and Facebook accounts which reflect the trend towards social media covering some aspects of 10 Squadron and the Association.
These are totally separate from the Association website and both are managed by non-ex-RAF members.
Any posts on these accounts by subscribers do not reflect any official views nor those held by the Association Committee. The posting of photographs there may also be subject to copyright issues which are outside the Association’s control. Classified information should never be posted on social media as this will incur security issues also outside the remit of the Association. A word of caution in using these aspects of social media is to be encouraged.
Nevertheless we welcome this move into the social media world and are grateful to those who are helping spread the word. Assistance in helping administer these facilities would be appreciated by those involved. Visit the sites to learn more.
For Twitter see: https://twitter.com/10Association
This may be viewed by all but non-subscribers to Twitter will be unable to interact.
For Facebook see: www.facebook.com/10SqnAssociation
Facebook subscribers are invited to ‘follow’ and ‘ like’ the page to enable a wider distribution.
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WHAT'S NEW ?
To enable our viewers to see what the Latest Additions are to the website, without having to scroll through all the various menus, a list of the latest additions will be posted here for a few months. Be advised that content addition to our Archives section is a continuous process and latest additions are not listed here but are coloured blue in the archives themselves.
Articles that are added to the Crewroom may not be posted here since that menu is one of continual addition.
LOGBOOK
All aircrew are required to complete a personal log book which lists details of their flights.
These are the RAF Form 414 – Pilots Flying Log Book, and the RAF Form 1767 – Aircrew Flying Log Book for other aircrew categories.
It is unusual, particularly after WW2 on a large-crewed aircraft, to find the whole crew listed for a particular flight. Usually it is only the captain's name recorded in the "crew" column on the page.
Regrettably there is limited space available in the 'Spare' column on a log book’s page, and hence, often due to the modesty of the individual, it is rare to find specific reference to incidents that occurred during a particular flight.
For example, we learn from an RFC communiqué, that on 26 October 1915, in combat, an injured 10 Squadron Observer somehow managed to move from the front cockpit of his spinning BE2c into the back in order to take control from his incapacitated pilot. He landed the aircraft and they both survived! It would be interesting to find their log book entries for that particular flight!
This section portrays some of the 10 Sqn History annals which may not have been recorded in Squadron members’ personal log books. It also contains articles that just don't seem to fit in anywhere else.
