Memorial

Far East Prisoners Of War Memorial Building

Mark Newton 22.09.2017

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Current Location

Memorial is in Orange Zone, to left of visitor car park. One of the main features of the Arboretum, numbered location 5., National Memorial Arboretum, Croxall Road, Alrewas, Lichfield, Staffordshire, DE13 7AR, England

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SK1816214645

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Other structure
WMR Reference Number: 61414
Description: Timber hut with gabled roof and wooden porch surround. Hut contains an exhibition about the prisoners held by the Japanese during the Second World War. A visual projection sequence shows the name and rank of the 55,000 British Servicemen taken prisoner in South East Asia. In front of the hut is a stone with a bronze plaque depicting a layer of Changi Prison in relief, together with an inscription. The prison held military and civilian prisoners of the Japanese. The stone that the plaque is attached to came from the original prison wall. Cross: TWO STEPPED BASE SURMOUNTED BY WOODEN CROSS. INSCRIPTION CARVED ONTO THE FRONT FACE OF THE CROSS AND ON A BRASS PLAQUE PLACED ON THE FRONT OF THE BASE.
Inscription: Changi Prison Stone Plaque: CHANGI PRISON/ SINGAPORE/ THIS BLOCK OF STONE WAS/ SHIPPED TO ENGLAND FROM THE/ NOW DEMOLISHED "CHANGI PRISON" WALL./ IT WAS OBTAINED FOR 'COFEPOW' WITH THE AID/ OF THE SINGAPORE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER AND/ NOW STANDS IN 'REMEMBRANCE' AS PART OF THE :-/ 'FEPOW MEMORIAL PROJECT'./ A.S. HAROLD,/ COFEPOW, AUGUST 2005 CROSS: FEPOW/ 1941 1945/ REMEMBER PLAQUE: ERECTED BY/ THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF THE FAR EAST PRISONERS OF WAR/ 15TH FEBRUARY 2002 THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL OF SINGAPORE/ AND REMEMBERING ALL OTHERS TAKEN CAPTIVE 1941 - 1945/ MADE AND PRESENTED TO CO FEPOW BY CYRIL AND YVONNE SHORTEN Cross:

Commemoration

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 55000
Information shown: Surname, rank, forename
Additional Information: Names are projected as part of the FEPOW Building exhibition as opposed to a static list.

History

Costs: £450,000

Ceremonies

Opened

15th August 2005

Air Marshal Sir John Baird KBE

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Far East Prisoners Of War Memorial Building

Current Location

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

History

Ceremonies

Conservation

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Far East Prisoners Of War Memorial Building

Current Location

OS Grid Reference

Names listed on this memorial

Contribute to the War Memorials Register

Memorial Details

Commemoration

History

Ceremonies

Conservation

Components

Further Information