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Title
Chindit Memorial
Date
1990 or before
Medium
bronze, Portland stone & pink granite
Measurements
H 101 x W (?) x D (?) cm;
Plinth: H 325 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
SW1A_TJ_S018
Acquisition method
funded by Chindits Old Comrades Association
Work type
War memorial
Custodian
English Heritage
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
16 October 1990
Access
time restrictions apply
Access note
park opening times apply
Inscription description
side panel: THE FOLLOWING TOOK PART IN / THE CHINDIT CAMPAIGNS 1943 -1944 / 45 RECONNAISSANCE REGIMENT RAC / ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY / CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS / ROYAL CORPS OF SIGNALS / 2BN THE QUEENS ROYAL REGIMENT (WEST SURREY) / 2BN THE KINGS OWN ROYAL REGIMENT (LIVERPOOL) / 13BN THE KINGS REGIMENT (LIVERPOOL) / 1BN THE BEDFORDSHIRE & HERTFORDSHIRE REGIMENT / 2BN THE LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT / 7BN THE LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT / 1BN THE LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS / 1BN THE CAMERONIANS (SCOTTISH RIFLES) / 2BN THE DUKE OF WELLINGTONS REGIMENT (WEST RIDING) / 4BN THE BORDER REGIMENT / 1BN THE SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT / 2BN THE BLACK WATCH (ROYAL HIGHLAND REGIMENT) / 1BN THE ESSEX REGIMENT 2BN THE YOURK & LANCASTER REGIMENT / 142 COMMANDO COMPANY / ROYAL ARMY CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT; side panel: THE FOLLOWING TOOK PART IN / THE CHINDIT CAMPAIGNS 1943 -1944 / ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS / ROYA; ARMY MEDICAL CORPS / ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE COPRS / CORPS OF ROYAL ELECTRICAL & MECHANICAL ENGINEERS / CORPS OF MILITARY POLICE / ROYAL ARMY VETERINARY CORPS / INDIAN ENGINEERS SAPPERS AND MINERS / ROYAL INDIAN ARMY SERVICE CORPS / INDIAN MEDICAL SERVICE / 3BN 2ND KING EDWARD VII’S OWN GURKHA RIFLES (THE SIRMOOR RIFLES) / 3BN 9TH PRINCE OF WALES’S OWN GURKHA RIFLES / 3BN 6TH GURKHA RIFLES / 3BN 9TH GURKNA RIFLES / 4BN 9TH GURKHA RIFLES / 2BN THE BURMA RIFLES / HONG KONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE FORCE / 6BN NIGERIA REGIMENT / 7BN NIGERIA REGIMENT / 12BN NIGERIA REGIMENT / BURMA INTELLIGENCE CORPS / RCAF RAAF RNZAF; front of memorial: THE CHINDIT BADGE / PORTRAYING A CHINTHE. A MYTHICAL / BEAST. GUARDIAN OF BURMESE TEMPLES / FROM WHICH WAS DERIVED THE NAME / CHINDITS AND THEIR MOTTO BEING / THE BOLDEST MEASURES ARE THE SAFEST / IN MEMORY OF ALL WHO FOUGHT ON THE FIRST AND SECOND EXPEDITIONS INTO NORTH BURMA 1943 AND 1944 / WITH THE CHINDIT SPECIAL FORCES. / FORMED TRAINED AND COMMANDED BY MAJOR ORDE CHARLES WINGATE DSO. / CHINDITS CAME FROM THE ARMED FORCES / OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, BURMA, HONG KONG, INDIA, NEPAL, WEST AFRICA AND THE UNITED STAES OF AMERICA / AIR SUPPLY AND DIRECT OPERATIONAL SUPPORT WAS GIVEN BY THE ROYAL AIR FORCE AND 1ST AIR COMMANDO GROUP / UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AND THE 10TH UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE / VICTORY WAS HASTENED BY THE CHINDITS DARING EXPLOITS BEHIND ENEMY LINES / HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE VI / GRACIOUSLY AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS TO MAJOR FRANK GERALD BLAKER MC / HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY / ATTACHED 3BN 9TH GURKHA RIFLES / CAPTAIN MICHAEL ALLMAND / INDIAN ARMOURED CORPS / ATTACHED 3 BN 6TH GURKHA RIFLES / LIEUTENANT GEORGE ALBERT CAIRNS / SOMERSET LIGHT INFANTRY / ATTACHED 1BN THE SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT / RIFLEMAN TULBAHADUR PUN / 3BVN 6TH GURKHA RIFLES; on rear of memorial: IN MEMORY OF / MAJOR GENERAL / ORDE CHARLES WINGATE, DSO / 1903 – 1944 / COMMANDER OF THE CHINDITS / KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE / IN BURMA 24TH MARCH 1944 / A MAN OF GENIUS WHO MIGHT WELL HAVE BECOME A MAN OF DESTINY WINSTON CHURCHILL / AN IMPORTANT INFLUENCE IN THE CREATION OF THE ISRAEL DEFENCE FORCE AND THE FOUNDATION OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL; on front steps up to plinth: THIS MEMORIAL WAS UNVEILED BY HRH DUKE OF EDINBURGH KG KT 16 OCTOBER 1990