Editing Hugh Dowding (section)

==Honours and tributes==
[[File:Statue of Air Chief Marshall Lord Downing.jpg|left|thumb|upright|[[Baron Dowding|Lord Dowding]] statue, St Clement Danes, the [[Strand, London]]]]
[[File:Dowding Memorial, Calverley Gardens - geograph.org.uk - 1057378.jpg|thumb|upright|Memorial at [[Royal Tunbridge Wells]]]]
A statue of Dowding stands outside [[St Clement Danes]] church on the [[Strand, London]]. The inscription reads:<br/>{{blockquote|Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding was commander-in-chief of Fighter Command, Royal Air Force, from its formation in 1936 until November 1940. He was thus responsible for the preparation for and the conduct of the Battle of Britain. With remarkable foresight, he ensured the equipment of his command with monoplane fighters, the Hurricane and the Spitfire. He was among the first to appreciate the vital importance of R.D.F. (radar) and an effective command and control system for his squadrons. They were ready when war came. In the preliminary stages of that war, he thoroughly trained his minimal forces and conserved them against strong political pressure to disperse and misuse them. His wise and prudent judgement and leadership helped to ensure victory against overwhelming odds and thus prevented the loss of the Battle of Britain and probably the whole war. To him, the people of Britain and of the Free World owe largely the way of life and the liberties they enjoy today.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://openplaques.org/plaques/9880|title=Lord Dowding|publisher=Open Plaques|access-date=19 August 2014}}</ref>}}

Other monuments to Dowding can be found in Station Park in [[Moffat]], the town of his birth,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-11264053|title=Battle of Britain hero Hugh Dowding honoured in Moffat|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=12 September 2010|access-date=19 August 2014}}</ref> and in Calverley Gardens in Tunbridge Wells where he died.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thefew.info/Dowding-Churchill-Dark-Battle-Britain.html|title=Scottish granite memorial to Lord Dowding in Calverley Park, Tunbridge Wells, Kent|access-date=19 August 2014}}</ref> The [[Royal Air Forces Association|RAF Association]] in conjunction with the [[RAF Benevolent Fund]], purchased his birthplace, the former St Ninian's School, Moffat;<ref name="spectator">{{cite magazine |url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/21st-november-1987/35/dowding-house |title=Dowding House |magazine=[[The Spectator]] |date=21 November 1987 |pages=35 |access-date=26 January 2014}}</ref> the building was renamed Dowding House and restored to provide sheltered housing for former members of the Royal Air Force or their dependents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rafa.org.uk/What-we-do/Homes-from-home/Independent-Living/Sheltered-Housing|title=RAFA Sheltered Housing|publisher=RAFA|access-date=19 January 2015|archive-date=20 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120135905/http://www.rafa.org.uk/What-we-do/Homes-from-home/Independent-Living/Sheltered-Housing|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Dowding Centre at the School of Aerospace Battle Management (formerly the School of Fighter Control) at [[RAF Boulmer]] is named after Dowding.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.raffca.org.uk/sfc11calcutta.html|title=Controllers Training Unit Calcutta|publisher=The Association of Royal Air Force Fighter Control Officers|access-date=19 August 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714220811/http://www.raffca.org.uk/sfc11calcutta.html|archive-date=14 July 2014}}</ref>

A green ceramic commemorative plaque was unveiled at his former residence (1951–1967) in Darnley Drive, Southborough on 6 May 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-17956373|title=Sir Hugh Dowding plaque: Battle of Britain mastermind honoured|publisher=BBC|date=6 May 2012|access-date=19 August 2014}}</ref>

Dowding Place, [[Stanmore]], the site of former [[RAF Stanmore Park]] is named after him.

The 1946-built [[Southern Railway (UK)|Southern Railway]] Battle of Britain pacific (4-6-2) locomotive 21C152 was named ''Lord Dowding'' in his honour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://svsfilm.com/nineelms/dowding.htm|title=34052 – 'Lord Dowding'|publisher=Nine Elms|access-date=19 August 2014}}</ref>
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