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 Burma Star Memorial - Crewe, Cheshire East, UK.
N 53° 05.748 W 002° 28.085
30U E 535617 N 5883059
A Burma Star Memorial located in Queens Park on Victoria Avenue in Crewe.
Waymark Code: WM13DVE
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/18/2020
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The Burma Star Memorial in memory of those who died in the Burma Campaign 1941-1945 is located on Burma Star Island in Queens Park. The central lake islands were re-landscaped in 1968 as a memorial to those who fought in Burma in the Second World War. The plaque is mounted on a stone memorial and is inscribed as follows; The badge of the Burma Star Association is mounted above the text.
"BURMA STAR ISLAND
THIS ISLAND GARDEN WAS DEDICATED
ON 26TH. MAY. 1968. BY THE
RT.REV.G.A.ELLISON.D.D.
LORD BISHOP OF CHESTER
TO THE MEMORY OF ALL MEMBERS OF
THE ALLIED FORCES IN THE SOUTH EAST
ASIA COMMAND WHO DIED IN THE
BURMA CAMPAIGN
1941 - 1954
THE ISLAND, JOINTLY SPONSORED BY THE CREWE
AND DISTRICT BRANCH OF THE BURMA STAR
ASSOCIATION AND THE CREWE BOROUGH COUNCIL
WAS HANDED OVER TO THE WORSHIPFUL THE
MAYOR, ALDERMAN WILFRED TALBOT.J.P., AND
THE BOROUGH COUNCIL BY THE BRANCH PRESIDENT
OF THE ASSOCIATION, GEORGE F.CLARKSON ESQ.
IN THE PRESENCE OF THE OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVES
OF MANY OF THE ALLIED NATIONS
KOHIMA EPITAPH
WHEN YOU GO HOME
TELL THEM OF US AND SAY
FOR THIER TOMORROW
WE GAVE OUR TODAY
ALDERMAN MRS.B.VAUGHAN
CHAIRMAN, PARKS AND CEMETERY COMMITTEE
A.BROOK ESQ.TOWN CLERK
C.FARMER ESQ. PARKS AND CEMETERY SUPERINTENDENT" ( visit link) ( visit link) ( visit link) Queens Park is an historic Victorian Grade II* listed public park. The park was designed by Edward Kemp and laid out by railway engineer Francis Webb and Richard Moon who was the Mayor of Crewe in 1888. It was dedicated in 1887 and opened to the public in 1888. ( visit link) The park is open from :8am daily. Closing: March - 5.30pm / April 7.30pm / May 8pm / June - August 8.30pm / September 7.30pm / October 7pm / 2nd w/e October 5.30pm / November– February 4.30pm ( visit link)
Date of Dedication: 05/26/1968
Property Permission: Public
Website for Waymark: [Web Link]
Location of waymark:
Queens Park, Victoria Avenue, Crewe, Cheshire East, UK.
Commemoration: Members of the Allied Forces who died in the Burma Campaign during World War II 1941 - 1945
Access instructions: Not listed
Access times: Not listed
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