The verse is attributed to John Maxwell Edmonds (1875-1958), and is thought to have been inspired by the epitaph written by Simonides to honour the Greeks who fell at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480BC." SOURCE: (
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The Battle of Kohima"One of the greatest battles of the Second World War, the Battle of Kohima was the turning point of the Japanese offensive into India in 1944.
It claimed the lives of thousands of men on both sides, and was fought around the town of Kohima in Nagaland between April 1944 and June 1944.
By the time the battles were done, more than 4,000 British soldiers had died, together with 7,000 Japanese forces.
Many of the latter died from starvation, disease, or took their own lives.
The war cemetery in Kohima for the 1,420 Allied dead lies on the slopes of Garrison Hill, and is regularly visited by people." SOURCE: (
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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" (
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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. (
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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 (
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