Memorial Details
Memorial
Tree FEPOWs 1939-45 Hospital
Reference
D31.04
Place
DUNSTAN HILL
Original Location
Dunston Hill Hospital, Gateshead. Outside the Chapel.
Present Location
Hospital (closed)
Which war
1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Planted 11th August 1985 by Lt.Col. J.M. Webb, D.L.
Memorial Description
A flowering tree with metal plaque at its base.
Inscription
and the Sacrifice of Comrades
who died as Prisoners of War of the Japanese
1942-1945
and during "Forty Years of Peace".
Newcastle and District
Ex Far East Prisoners of War Assoc.
This tree was planted by Lt. Col. J.M Webb, D.L.
11th August 1985.
Names
None
Who commissioned
Newcastle and District Ex Far East Prisoners of War Assoc.
Present condition
This garden was demolished when new extensions were added. The garden was recreated elsewhere. See D31.02. The chapel was closed and the site developed with housing.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photo of former chapel now closed: J. Brown
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Ethel and Neville Armstrong, Whickham & District L.H.S.; Janet Brown
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