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Title
Commemorative Plaque to the Fourteenth Army (1942–1945)
Date
2003–2008
Medium
bronze
Measurements
H (?) x W 74 x D (?) cm
Accession number
BS1_PF_S020
Work type
Panel
Owner
Bristol City Council
Custodian
Bristol City Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
7th September 2008
Access
at all times
Inscription description
inscription around the rim: FOURTEENTH ARMY* FIELD MARSHAL “BILL” SLIM 1891–1970 *KOHIMA EPITAPH “WHEN YOU GO HOME,TELL THEM OF US AND SAY – FOR YOUR TOMORROW WE GAVE OUR TODAY"; explanatory plaque on the bronze relief: THE FOURTEENTH ARMY 1942–45 / THIS PLAQUE COMMEMORATES THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE FOURTEENTH ARMY, 1942–1945, LED BY BRISTOL-BORN FIELDMARSHAL SIR WILLIAM (“UNCLE BILL”) SLIM, THE IST VISCOUNT SLIM OF BISHOPSTON AND JARAMULLA, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, CBE, DSO, MC, (1891–1970), KNOWN AS “THE FORGOTTEN”, THEY DEFEATED THE JAPANESE INVASION OF INDIA IN 1944 AND LIBERATED BURMA IN 1945. THIS WAS BRITAIN’S LARGEST AND MOST DIVERSE ARMY COMPRISING MANY NATIONALITIES AND FAITHS, THEY FOUGHT FOR THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM. THIS PLAQUE WAS COMMISSIONED AND SUPPORTED BY THE BURMA PLAQUE COMMEMORATIVE APPEAL COMMITTEE, THE CULTURAL PALACE, RAY KING AND THE BURMA STAR ASSOCIATION, FRIENDSHIP GLOBAL, TOCH, GURKHA VETERANS FOUNDATION, SIKH RESOURCE CENTRE, THE JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATION, VETERANS DONATIONS, BRISTOL CITY COUNCIL, THE BRISTOL COMMONWEALTH SOCIETY AND LIVING EASTON.
