page_title: St Andrew's Church, Tangmere
section_title: Tangmere war graves
hierarchical_section_title: St Andrew's Church, Tangmere / Tangmere war graves
caption_attribution_description: German (front right) and Commonwealth airmen's war graves at St Andrew's Church, Tangmere, West Sussex, England. The larger stone, front left, is a memmorial to airmen of both sides lost at sea.
context_page_description: St Andrew's Church is a Church of England church, located in Tangmere, West Sussex. It lies within the Diocese of Chichester.
context_section_description: From 1917, a field directly adjacent to the church was the basis for a Royal Flying Corps base, extended into a Royal Air Force aerodrome. In 1939, in preparation for World War II, the airfield was enlarged to defend the south coast against the Luftwaffe. The base remained open until 1966.
  Its close proximity to the RAF base meant that service personnel killed on or near the base were regularly buried within the church's graveyard. There are thirty nine Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 War, all airmen, one of whom is unidentified. There are thirteen Luftwaffe burials here, one of whom is unidentified. The majority of these airmen were killed during the Battle of Britain. Today, all of these graves are tended to by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, with the Commonwealth war graves grouped in three rows on the western side of the church, and beside them the German graves.
  Also within the churchyard is the grave of Air Commodore Edward "Teddy" Mortlock Donaldson CB CBE DSO AFC* LoM (1912–1992). An RAF World War II Ace, he was the holder of the Flight airspeed record, set in a Gloster Meteor in 1946 which took off and landed from RAF Tangmere.
  
  The new window in the St. Andrew's Church is dedicated to the memory of all men and women who gave their lives in service to their country.
caption: German (front right) and Commonwealth airmen's war graves at St Andrew's Church. The larger stone (front left) is a memorial to airmen of both sides lost at sea.
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