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A square phosphor bronze inscription plaque placed onto a brick and flint plinth. To the right of the plaque is a bust of a serviceman. Additional plaque placed on the wall behind the memorial. A carved bust of a 14th army soldier is depicted to the right of the plaque with a Japanese soldier's face depicted behind his left shoulder. Two graves are depicted behind his right shoulder. Badges of the Royal Navy, Merchant Navy and RAF placed above the plaque.

Title

Burma Star Association Memorial

Date

1982

Medium

stone, flint, brick & bronze

Accession number

CT2_TR_S039

Acquisition method

commissioned by the Burma Star Association, Canterbury and District Branch

Work type

War memorial

Owner

Canterbury City Council

Custodian

Canterbury City Council

Work status

extant

Access

at all times

Inscription description

plaque: "WHEN YOU GO HOME / TELL THEM OF US, AND SAY, / FOR YOUR TO-MORROW, / WE GAVE OUR TODAY." / KOHIMA EPITAPH. / ERECTED BY MEMBERS OF THE / CANTERBURY AND DISTRICT BRANCH / BURMA STAR ASSOCIATION IN / MEMORY OF COMRADES WHO / FELL DURING THE BURMA CAMPAIGN / 1941 - 1945 ; PLAQUE: THE SECOND WORLD WAR BATTLES OF KOHIMA AND IMPHAL IN THE / BURMA CAMPAIGN WERE VICTORIES AS DECISIVE AS ALAMEIN IN THE / WESTERN DESERT. / THESE TWO TOWNS IN NORTH-EAST INDIA WERE BESEIGED BY THE / JAPANESE FROM APRIL TO JUNE 1944. / IN BITTER FIGHTING, THE BRITISH 14TH ARMY HELD BOTH TOWNS, / RECEIVING THEIR SUPPLIES BY AIR. IT WAS THE FIRST MAJOR DEFEAT / OF THE JAPANESE ARMY IN THE FIELD. / THEY RETREATED BACK THOUGH BURMA. BY MAY 1945 THE ALLIES / HAD RECAPTURED RANGOON. / THREE YEARS OF OCCUPATION WERE OVER. / THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY THE CANTERBURY AND DISTRICT / BRANCH OF THE BURMA STAR ASSOCIATION.

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Westgate Gardens, Canterbury

CT2 8BQ

Located on a wall on the west side of Westgate Gardens.

Artist or maker

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