Memorial

Changi Lych Gate

227 Changi Lych Gate

Source: Copyright Jenny Turner

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Memorial is no. 227. In Orange Zone, near FEPOW building, National Memorial Arboretum, Croxall Road, Alrewas, Lichfield, Staffordshire, DE13 7AR, England

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SK 1815714652

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Gate
WMR Reference Number: 61655
Description: Lych Gate from Changi Jail, Singapore. Noticeboard with explanatory text set in metal display case.
Inscription: Plaque: HISTORY OF THE LYCHGATE/ FROM CHANGI PRISON, SINGAPORE/ DECEMBER 1942 - BUILT BY 18TH DIVISION RES. MIXTURE OF TA AND NATIONAL SERVICE/ MEN./ ARCHITECT & DESIGNER - CAPT. C.D. PICKERSGILL/ DRAWINGS - SAPPER DOUGLAS LAWRENCE AND GEOFFREY MUNTON, 560TH FIELD COY. RE./ CONSTRUCTION UNDER SUPERVISION OF - CPL. J. WISKER 288TH FIELD COY. RE;/ BOB DUKE (DIED 8/02/03) 287TH FIELD COY. RE; HARRY RALPH 288TH FIELD. COY. RE;/ J.C.WIGGONS AND WILLIAM MAJORAM./ WOOD CARVING - SAPPER M.N. MERCER 560TH COY. RE./ LETTERING - SGT. ROBERT RINGER 287TH FIELD COY. RE./ ON COMPLETION - THE LYCHGATE WAS SITUATED AT THE ENTRANCE TO CHANGI CAMP BURIAL/SITE WHERE IT REMAINED UNTIL THE RE-OCCUPATION OF SINGAPORE. THE GRAVES WERE THEN/ MOVED FROM THE SITE TO KRANJI WAR CEMETERY AND THE LYCHGATE DISMANTLED AND/ STORED./ DECEMBER 1952 - THE LYCHGATE WS ERECTED AT THE ENTRANCE TO ST. GEORGE'S/ GARRISON CHURCH, TANGLIN BARRACKS, SINGAPORE. DEDICATED AND BLESSED BY THE/ CHAPLAIN GENERAL OF THE FORCES REV. R. YALE, THE GARRISON CHAPLIN [sic] THE REV./ F.W.H. WHITE AND THE PREACHER REV. G.M.R. BENNETT WHO HIMSELF HAD BEEN A POW./ THE LYCHGATE REMAINED THERE UNTIL...../ APRIL 1971 - WHEN IT WAS AGAIN DISMANTLED DURNG THE RUNDOWN AND WITHDRAWAL OF/ THE BRITISH GARRISON AND SHIPPED TO ENGLAND THEN TAKEN TO BASSINGBOURN BARRACKS/ NEAR CAMBRIDGE./ DECEMBER 1972 - THE GATE WAS RE-ASSEMBLED AT BASSINGBOURN AND THE FIRST/ LYCHGATE REUNION HELD ON DECEMBER 16TH WHEN A LARGE NUMBER OF FEPOW'S/ ATTENDED. NOVEMBER 2003 - THE RESTORED LYCHGATE WAS RE-ERECTED AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE FAR/ EAST PRISONERS OF WAR GROVE IN THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL ARBORETUM BY THE 39 ENG REGT./ QUOTE FROM DON FEW BEM - CAMBRIDGE YASUME CLUB/ "TO ME THE LYCHGATE IS TYPICAL OF A FEPOW. THEY HAVE BOTH BEEN STRIPPED AND BASHED ON/ MORE THAN ONE OCCASION, SHIPPED BACK TO ENGLAND AND STILL GOING STRONG. I HOPE THAT IN ITS/ NEW AND FINAL RESTING PLACE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE FEPOW PLOT EVERY VISITOR WILL WALK UNDER/ AND READ THE WONDERFUL INSCRIPTIONS DONE IN OLD ENGLISH SOME 60 YEARS AGO."

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War: Second World War (1939-1945)

History

Maker(s): CAPTAIN CECIL PICKERSGILL, Designer

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