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Title
Burma Campaign War Memorial
Date
1991
Medium
bronze & sandstone
Measurements
H 50 x W 60 x D (?) cm;
Plinth: H 90 x W 60 x D 30 cm
Accession number
NE1_SD_S004
Acquisition method
commissioned by Tyneside and District Burma Star Association
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Newcastle City Council
Custodian
Newcastle City Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
18th August 1991
Access
at all times
Inscription description
panel to right of soldier's head: When you go home / tell them of us and say / for your tomorrow / We gave our today; pedestal: IN HONOURED MEMORY / OF ALL THOSE / FROM THE NORTH EAST / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE BURMA CAMPAIGNS / 1941 1945; plaque fixed to pedestal: THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY THE TYNESIDE AND / DISTRICT BRANCH OF THE BURMA STAR ASSOCIATION / AND UNVEILED ON SUNDAY 18 AUGUST 1991.
