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Milton Ernest Hall is a large grade I listed country house in the village of Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire, England. 〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title= Name: MILTON ERNEST HALL List entry Number: 1310881 ) 〕 It now serves as a Nursing Home. It was built in 1853–1858 for Benjamin Helps Starey on the site of a decaying earlier house by church architect William Butterfield. Constructed in limestone in a Gothic Revival style, the main block is L-shaped with projecting gables and a high, steep roof containing several dormer windows. The property passed then through several hands before being sold in 1906 to Lord Ampthill. 〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 title= Milton Ernest Hall ) 〕 During the First World War the hall became the home of two of the sons of King George V. 〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 title= RAF Milton Ernest Hall ) 〕 After the war it was restored to the Starey family. During the Second World War the hall was used as a base for Special Operations Executive, a small grass landing strip being laid in the grounds. In 1944 it became the United States Eighth Air Force's support command headquarters.〔(Twinwood Airfield : ''Milton Ernest Hall'' ) Retrieved 14 March 2010〕 A plaque at the Hall honours the members of the United States Eighth Air Force (including Major Glenn Miller who were stationed there. The plaque reads: IN MEMORY OF ALL THE PERSONNEL WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR II AT MILTON ERNEST HALL HEADQUARTERS USAAF EIGHTH AIR FORCE SERVICE COMMAND STATION 608 1943-1946, ALSO MAJOR GLENN MILLER & THE BAND OF THE ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE WHO WERE STATIONED HERE FROM JULY TO DECEMBER 1944. In 1984 the hall was converted to a Nursing Home. In the fields adjoining is a grade II listed brick and tile hexagonal pigeon-house. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Milton Ernest Hall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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