Memorial Service 2025

About the Event

The Royal British Legion and Greenham Common Control Tower join together to hold a Memorial Service for U.S. Servicemen at 12:00 noon.

This annual service honours the lives lost in two tragic incidents at Greenham Common during December 1944. On 12 December 1944, a Horsa glider crashed at Greenham Common, resulting in the deaths of 31 troops and two pilots. Just three days later, on 15 December 1944, two B-17 Flying Fortresses returning from a raid over Germany collided in poor weather above Greenham. Of the 18 airmen on board, only two survived.

We gather to remember their bravery and sacrifice