KAHT Chairman Leslie Palmer writes…
    Many of you have long supported our Trust's aspirations to assure lasting memorials to the Kingston-based Sopwith/Hawker aircraft industry. The Trust has funded the now familiar commemorative plaque inside the entrance to the Y.M.C.A. Hawker Centre and also the full-size static replica Sopwith racing Tabloid floatplane presented to Brooklands Museum in November 2013 for permanent public display there.

Our final project is a life-size bronze bust of Sir Tom Sopwith. This has been accepted for permanent display at the Kingston Library and Museum entrance beside a bust of Sir Sydney Camm sculpted by Ambrose Barber. Free of charge Ambrose has now completed a small portrait study of Sir Thomas with helpful guidance from the Sopwith family and has commenced work on the clay life-size version which we aim to have cast in bronze this summer. However, to pay for unanticipated outlays on the Tabloid (due to certain components promised free-of-charge not becoming available), some funds allocated for the sculpture casting were depleted to enable completion of the Tabloid. As a result we are seeking to raise £1,750 in order to cast and complete the Sopwith bust.