Creswell, Staffordshire

Creswell is a small village on the north-western edge of Stafford, the county town of Staffordshire, England situated on elevated ground above the wide floodplain and extensive marshes of the River Sow.

'[2] A Neolithic polished stone axehead was found in a garden in Creswell in 1960, and about a quarter of a mile to the north-west are the ruins of an ancient chapel, or meeting house.

[2] On 4 July 1944 a United States Army Air Forces P-51 Mustang aircraft crashed into a Creswell Home Farm wheatfield, killing the pilot, Captain John Pershing Perrin.

[4] On 4 July 2007, the 63rd anniversary of Perrin's death, a monolithic stone memorial was erected at the crash site to commemorate him.

[5][6] A joint Anglo-American dedication service was held that day with representatives of the Perrin family, the U.S. Air Force, the American Embassy, and local officials attending.