An imposing memorial to the late Gen. Orde Wingate, who as commander of British and Jewish forces in Palestine during the pre-war Arab rebellion endeared himself to the Jewish community, will be reared on Mt. Carmel over-looking the fortress of Athlit. Gen. Wingate was killed in India in 1943 in a plane crash while commanding special Allied units operating behind enemy lines.
The memorial will take the form of a Youth Aliyah hostel and is being built with subscriptions from British Jews who have already raised more than 50,000 pounds ($140,000) for it. The hostel will be located near the Nir Etzion settlement which has a number of former residents of the Etzion settlement which was destroyed by the Arabs in the fighting in 1948. The hostel will be Orthodox. It will bear the name Yemin Orde.
At ceremonies marking the laying of the cornerstone of the memorial, speakers sulogized Gen. Wingate and his firm friendship for the Jewish people. Among those present were Mrs. Lorna Wingate, his widow, officials of the British Legation, members of the British Youth Aliyah Committee and outstanding Israel personalities. Mrs. Wingate replied to the tributes to her husband.
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