Brampton Park Memorial - Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, UK. - World War II Memorials / Monuments on Waymarking.com

The memorial is situated in a small garden near a footpath entrance from Granville Avenue into Brampton Park.

The memorial is black stone on a plinth engraved with gold lettering that reads as follows;
'IN REMEMBRANCE
OF CIVILIANS
KILLED IN THE
BOMBING OF
STOKE-ON-TRENT
AND
NEWCASTLE BOROUGH
DURING THE
1939 - 1945 CONFLICT
LET US
REMEMBER THEM'

"War dead memorial
A memorial has been unveiled to civilians from the Potteries who died during the Second World War. Our video reporter Tim Parker was at the special service in Brampton Park in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
On a windy autumn day in a quiet corner of Brampton Park in Newcastle, a small group gathered to unveil a modest black memorial. The small monument commemorates the 78 people who died as a result of bombings in Newcastle and Stoke-on-Trent in World War II.
Compared to other areas of the country, the Potteries escaped lightly from wartime bombing. Strategic industries in the area are thought to have been targets on several occasions but it was often nearby housing that was hit.
The Mayor of Newcastle Cllr Bill Sinnott and the Lord Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent Cllr Jean Edwards joined the short service led by Rev Arthur Crebur in remembering the civilians who died over 60 years ago. But the ceremony really belonged to the relatives of those killed. And the event brought back many memories of those terrible nights in the early 1940s.
Newcastle resident, Peter Cotton, who served with No.42 Commando Unit of the Marines on HMS Bulwark after the war, has worked with school friend John Bagley to organise the memorial and keep alive the memories of those who died..." SOURCE: (visit link)
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Property Permission: Public Access instructions: Access to the park from Granville Avenue and Brampton Road Location of waymark: Brampton Park Road. Brampton Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme,, Staffordshire England, UK Commemoration: Civilians from Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle Borough who were killed in the 1939-45 War Date of Dedication: Not listed Access times: Not listed Website for Waymark: Not listed

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