Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Allegory (eg: Victory)
- District
- City Of Westminster
- Town
- Charing Cross
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- DAVID PRICE (Architect)
FRANK FOSTER (Sculptor) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 16th October 1990
Attended by: HRH THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 11348
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Current location
Victoria Embankment Gardens
Richmond Terrace
Charing Cross
City Of Westminster
Greater London
SW1A 2JL
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 30302 79932
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- STONE TALL COLUMN WITH BRONZE BURMESE GUARDIAN TEMPLE CREATURE (CHINDIT) ON TOP/CARVED ON STONE ARE LISTS OF UNITS INVOLVED IN THE GROUP BLUE ENAMEL CREST OF THE CHINDITS ASSOCIATION ON FRONT FACE
- Inscription
- THE BOLDEST MEASURES/ ARE THE SAFEST IN MEMORY OF ALL WHO FOUGHT ON THE/ FIRST AND SECOND EXPEDITIONS INTO/ NORTH BURMA 1943 AND 1944/ WITH THE CHINDIT SPECIAL FORCE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,forename,manner of death,age of death,decorations
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Portland - Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Plinth
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Maj Gen O C Wingate DSO and the Chindits
- WMO ID: 112243
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 15-09-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Corporate
- Reference
- FOR YOUR TOMORROW: BRITISH SECOND WORLD WAR MEMORIALS by BOORMAN, DEREK 60 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:SESSIONS 1995 YORK
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