Memorial details

Memorial type
Garden
District
Lichfield
Town
Alrewas
County
Staffordshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Dedicated
    Date: 15 August 2001
    Attended by: Undefined
  • Unveiled
    Date: August 2012
    Attended by: Japanese Ambassador to the UK, Mr Keiichi Hayashi
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
51066

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Current location

Memorial is no. 319 in Green Zone at the rear of the Armed Forces Memorial.
NATIONAL MEMORIAL ARBORETUM
Croxall Road
Alrewas
Lichfield
Staffordshire
DE13 7AR
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 18544 14398
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
A garden with five British and five Japanese maples. Within the garden there are two separate memorials as well as personal commemorative plaques. The Hiroshima Stone is a conical structure of bricks set on a slate circular base with an inscription engraved on the base. The cone is topped by a small square brick taken from paving outside the Hiroshima City Hall. A stone tablet, inscribed with information about the Hiroshima Stone, is affixed to a stone slab and laid on the ground nearby. The Reconciliation Stone is an irregular shaped upright rough-cast stone with a smoothed rectangular section inset on the front face. This is engraved with the capitalised words in gold lettering "The Reconciliation Stone". A rectangular board is affixed to two wooden posts in front of the stone with an explanation of its origins and purpose.
Inscription
[Hiroshima Stone tablet]: THE RAISING OF THIS MEMORIAL/ BY THE INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP AND RECONCILIATION TRUST/ IS THE INITIATIVE OF ITS FOUNDER,/ PHILIP MALINS MBE MC, BURMA AND DUNKIRK CAMPAIGN VETERAN/ AND PEACETIME CONCILIATOR (1919-2012)./ IT IS DONE WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE MIDLAND JAPANESE ASSOCIATION/ AND THE EAST MIDLANDS JAPANESE ASSOCIATION/ [Hiroshima Stone base]: THE HIROSHIMA STONE - THIS MEMORIAL, THE TOPMOST STONE OF WHICH IS [...] WHO DIED AND SUFFERED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR. IT GIVES THANKS THAT THE WORLD HAS SINCE [...] [Reconciliation Stone]: THE RECONCILIATION STONE [Reconciliation Stone board]: THE RECONCILIATION/ STONE/ DEDICATED/ 15TH AUGUST 2001/ FIRST ANNIVERSARY IN THE THIRD MILLENIUM/ OF JAPAN MAKING PEACE AND ENDING THE SECOND WORLD WAR./ MORE THAN 25 MILLION MILITARY PERSONNEL AND 30 MILLION CIVILIANS/ DIED IN THIS WAR/ WITH MILLIONS MORE WOUNDED AND DESTROYED IN HEALTH./ AROUND THE STONE ARE TREES PLANTED BY VETERANS OF THAT CONFLICT,/ FORMER ENEMIES WHO BECAME GREAT FRIENDS./ THEY HOPE IT WILL REMAIN FOREVER THE LAST WORLD WAR/ AND THAT PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN NATIONS/ WILL BE THE REWARD FOR ALL THE SACRIFICE.
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Board
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
  • Stone of remembrance
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Stone of remembrance
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone, Slate
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Tree
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood - Maple
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public
Details: Reconciliation Stone: unknown Hiroshima Stone: International Friendship & Reconciliation Trust

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