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Burma War Memorial


This memorial stands in the grounds of the Church of St Thomas the Martyr, by St Mary's Place in Newcastle. The bronze sculpture is by Nicholas Whitmore, commissioned by the Tyneside and District Burma Star Association. The memorial was erected in 1991 to commemorate those from the North East who gave their lives in the Burma Campaigns 1941 - 1945 in the Second World War.

Barras Bridge Local List War Memorials Historic Buildings and Monuments in Newcastle 1991
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- "The Burma campaign was a series of battles fought in the British colony of Burma. It was part of the South-East Asian theatre of World War II and primarily involved …
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