Burma War Memorial – Nick Whitmore (1991)

Part of sculpture:

WHEN YOU GO HOME/ TELL THEM OF US AND SAY/ FOR YOUR TOMORROW/ WE GAVE OUR TODAY/

Carved into stone plinth:

IN HONOURED MEMORY/ OF ALL THOSE/ FROM THE NORTH EAST/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE BURMA CAMPAIGNS/ 1941 1945/

Inscribed on metal plaque:

THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY THE TYNESIDE AND/ DISTRICT BRANCH OF THE BURMA STAR ASSOCIATION/ AND UNVEILED ON SUNDAY 18 AUGUST 1991

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