RAF Bentley Priory was a non-flying Royal Air Force station near Stanmore in the London Borough of Harrow. It was famous as the headquarters of Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain and the Second World War. The RAF Bentley Priory site includes a Grade II* listed Officers' Mess and Italian Gardens. These, together with the park are designated a Registered Garden Grade II.

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  • RAF Bentley Priory was a non-flying Royal Air Force station near Stanmore in the London Borough of Harrow. It was famous as the headquarters of Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain and the Second World War. The RAF Bentley Priory site includes a Grade II* listed Officers' Mess and Italian Gardens. These, together with the park are designated a Registered Garden Grade II. Originally built in 1766, Bentley Priory was significantly extended in 1788, by Sir John Soane, for the First Marquis of Abercorn. The priory was the final home of the Dowager Queen Adelaide, queen consort of William IV, before her death there in 1849. It subsequently served as a hotel and girls' school before being acquired by the Royal Air Force in 1926. The Royal Air Force station role ceased on 30 May 2008, following the relocation of units to their new accommodation at RAF Northolt and the site will be used for private accommodation and the Officers' Mess will become a Battle of Britain museum.
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  • Battle of Britain July - October 1940
    € 1942 - 1945
    Cold War 1946 - 1991
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  • 1766 (Converted for RAF use in 1936)
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  • Officers' Mess at RAF Bentley Priory, rear view from the Italian Gardens
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  • Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding
    *25 November 1940 - Air Marshal Sir Sholto Douglas *28 November 1942 - Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory *15 November 1943 - Air Marshal Sir Roderic Hill *14 May 1945 - Air Marshal Sir James Robb *17 November 1947 - Air Marshal Sir William Elliott *19 April 1949 - Air Marshal Sir Basil Embry *7 April 1953 - Air Marshal Sir Dermot Boyle *1 January 1956 - Air Marshal Sir Hubert Patch *8 August 1956 - Air Marshal Sir Thomas Pike *30 July 1959 - Air Marshal Sir Hector McGregor *18 May 1962 - Air Marshal Sir Douglas Morris *3 March 1966 - Air Marshal Sir Frederick Rosier
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  • Now planned for private ownership and conversion to luxury apartments, with the significant public rooms preserved as a permanent museum dedicated to the Battle of Britain
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  • Disestablished Military Headquarters (Non Flying)
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  • 1936 - 2008
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  • RAF Bentley Priory was a non-flying Royal Air Force station near Stanmore in the London Borough of Harrow. It was famous as the headquarters of Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain and the Second World War. The RAF Bentley Priory site includes a Grade II* listed Officers' Mess and Italian Gardens. These, together with the park are designated a Registered Garden Grade II.
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