Memorial

Memorial Park 150mm Japanese Gun

Mark Newton 27 July 2016

Source: Copyright Mark Newton 27 July 2016

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Current Location

Near Romsey bowling club, IN THE MEMORIAL PARK, Romsey, Test Valley, Hampshire, SO51 8HY, England

SU 34864 20939

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Type of Memorial: Trophy / Relic
WMR Reference Number: 21502
Description: 150mm Japanese gun with dedicatory plaque beneath it.
Inscription: New plaque: THIS WORLD WAR II 150MM JAPANESE FIELD GUN/ WAS PRESENTED TO THE TOWNSPEOPLE OF ROMSEY IN 1946/ BY/ REAR ADMIRAL, THE VISCOUNT MOUNTBATTEN OF BURMA, GCVO, KCB, DSO, LLD, DCL,/ SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER - SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMAND./ IN RECOGNITION OF THE TOWNSPEOPLE'S SERVICE/ BOTH MILITARY AND CIVIL IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ "WHEN YOU GO HOME,/ TELL THEM OF US AND SAY/ FOR YOUR TOMORROW/ WE GAVE OUR TODAY"./ THIS PLAQUE WAS PRESENTED BY/ THE ROMSEY BRANCH, THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION/ FOLLOWING REFURBISHMENT OF THE GUN BY/ TEST VALLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL IN 2001. Original plaque: 150MM JAPANESE GUN / CAPTURED BY THE XIV ARMY IN BURMA 1945 / AND PRESENTED TO THE TOWN OF ROMSEY BY ITS HIGH STEWARD / LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN / ACT. ADMIRAL, HON LT GENERAL AND AIR MARSHAL / SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER SOUTH EAST ASIA / ON THE OCCASION OF HIS BECOMING THE FIRST FREEMAN OF THE BOROUGH / 29TH JUNE 1946.

Maintenance History: 1998: AT RISK TO THE ELEMENTS AND ALSO DUE TO VANDALISM AND GRAFITI 2001: Gun refurbished

Presented

26th June 1946

Lord Louis Mountbatten, The Mayor of the day

Plaque

Made from: Stainless Steel

Condition: Lost

Gun

Made from: Metal

Condition: Good