Caythorpe
Location:
St. Vincent’s Church, Church Lane,
Caythorpe - close to the A607 Lincoln/
Grantham road
Rarely can a village
church have become such
a shrine to the airborne
forces - from two World
Wars through Rwanda
and The Falklands
to the modern
conflicts of Iraq and
Afghanistan.
Nestled amidst
bustling wartime
airfields
and under
Lincolnshire
skies once
echoing
to the
sound
The Last Battle Order posted on the
church door at Oosterbeck, Arnhem
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of allied aircraft, St Vincent’s
Church in Caythorpe
commemorates the district’s
aviation heritage with a
poignant range of memorial
plaques, artefacts, displays,
two stunning stained glass
windows and the Arnhem Aisle.
That mission was ‘Operation
Market Garden’ and the
connections between the
soldiers and the village have
been commemorated on
‘Arnhem Sunday’ on the first
Sunday every September.
The strong bond with
Caythorpe is recognised and
supported by the Parachute
Signals Squadron and its Old
Comrades’ Association, and
supported by present members
of 216 Signal Squadron when
operational commitments allow.
The Squadron commissioned
a specially woven carpet
incorporating the Badges of the