Memorial Details
Memorial
Monument Burma 1941-43 St.Thomas' Churchyard
Reference
NUT053
Place
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Map ref
NZ 249649
Original Location
St. Thomas the Martyr Churchyard. Barras Bridge, St. Mary’s Place (facing St.Mary’s Place)
Which war
Burma Campaign, 1941-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled Sunday, August 18th 1991
Memorial Description
Memorial comprised of a pedestal 180cm high x 66 cm wide x 44 cm deep on which is the inscription in Roman letters. Above this is a bronze head and shoulders 66cm high x 45 cm wide in half relief of a man wearing the Burma soldier's slouch hat. The Star of Burma appears in the top left hand corner. To the right of the head is the Kohima poem.
Materials used
Stone pedestal, bronze sculpture.
Inscription
tell them of us and say
for your tomorrow
we gave our today
In honoured memoryof all those
from the North East
who gave their lives
In the Burma Campaigns
1941 1945
This memorial was erected by the Tyneside and
District Branch of the Burma Star Association
and unveiled on Sunday 18 August 1991
Names
None
Who commissioned
Burma Star Association, Tyneside and District Branch
Cost
£5,000 (Newcastle City Council Survey says £2,500 inc. erection)
How money was raised
Public subscription
Present condition
Good
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Nick Whitmore, foundry manager of Newcastle Polytechnic Dept. of Visual & Performing Arts.
Ownership and maintenance
Newcastle City Council
Notes
1. This was raised in the North East for the benefit of relatives who find it difficult to get to the Far East memorials.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: J. Brown
Journal August 1991 reports unveiling.
Catalogue of Sculpture and Public memorials in Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle City Council Sept. 1992
Evening Chronicle 30/10/1995 reports a call for an oak tree to be planted for victims of war in the Far East.
Source of quotation:
“When you go home, tell them . . .” : On the war memorial at Kohima, Burma.
Journal August 1991 reports unveiling.
Catalogue of Sculpture and Public memorials in Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle City Council Sept. 1992
Evening Chronicle 30/10/1995 reports a call for an oak tree to be planted for victims of war in the Far East.
Source of quotation:
“When you go home, tell them . . .” : On the war memorial at Kohima, Burma.
Research acknowledgements
P. Thirkell; J. Brown; David Heslop (Tyne-Wear County Archaeologist); Tony Harding
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