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FEPOW Memorial Garden - Whickham

FEPOW Memorial Garden - names board

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St Nicholas with Christ Church, Ellison Road, Dunston, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE11 9UN, England

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NZ 22657 61616

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Garden
WMR Reference Number: 42185
Description: MEMORIAL GARDEN. BRICK PAVED WITH SIX BENCHES, ROSES, FLOWERS AND TREES. MEMORIAL BOARD MOUNTED ON WALL BEARS INSCRIPTION. INDIVIDUAL PLAQUES ARE ALSO MOUNTED ON THE WALL, ONE FOR EACH OF THOSE COMRADES WHO HAVE DIED SINCE THE WAR ENDED. TOP CORNERS OF THE BOARD BEAR THE BADGE OF THE FEPOW ASSOCIATION, SHOWING THE RISING SUN WITH A CROSS BETWEEN THE RAYS AND A RAILWAY ENGINE.
Inscription: NORTH EAST FAR EAST/ PRISONERS OF WAR ASSOCIATION./ WE DEDICATE THIS GARDEN TO THE MEMORY OF OUR/ COMRADES WHO DID NOT RETURN FROM CAPTIVITY, AND/ TO THOSE WHO RETURNED BUT HAVE GONE BEFORE US./ "WE SHALL ALWAYS REMEMBER,/ EVERY DAY, EVERY MONTH, AND NOT JUST IN NOVEMBER."/ DEDICATED ON 13TH AUGUST 1995/ TO COMMEMORATE TO 50TH ANNIVERSARY/ OF VICTORY IN JAPAN. IN MEMORY OF FAR EAST PRISONERS OF WAR./ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM AND THEIR SERVICE TO OTHERS.

Commemoration

War: Second World War (1939-1945): Far East Prisoners of War
Number Commemorated: 68
Served: 66
Died: 2
Information shown: Initial, surname, year died,regiment
Order of names: no apparent order

History

Sponsor Type: private
Sponsored By: North East Far East Prisoners of War Association.

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Dedicated

13th August 1995

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Previous Location(s)

DUNSTAN HILL HOSPITAL, Whickham, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE16 4SH, England

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