Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Birmingham
- Town
- Birmingham
- County
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), Malayan Emergency (1948-1960), Indonesian Confrontation (1963-1966), 20th Century Wars (1900-1999)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 60145
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Current location
Within the colonnade on the north side of the garden
Birmingham Peace Garden
St Thomas' Churchyard
Bath Row/ Granville Street/ Washington Street
Birmingham
Birmingham
West Midlands
B1 1JX
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 06485 86183
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Cast rectangular black-enamelled bronze plaque with enamelled badge at the top and a raised border. Raised dedication below with coloured enamelled maps of Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Brunei and Borneo along the bottom.
- Inscription
- THE BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT BRANCH/ NATIONAL MALAYA AND BORNEO/ VETERANS ASSOCIATION/ THIS MEMORIAL PLAQUE IS DEDICATED/ WITH PRIDE, RESPECT AND GRATITUDE TO THE/ MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH COLONIAL/ AND COMMONWEALTH ARMED FORCES AND CIVILIANS/ WHO IN THE LINE OF DUTY AND FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE./ THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 -1945/ THE JAVA-SUMATRA INSURRECTION 1945 -1946/ THE MALAYA EMERGENCY 1948 -1960/ THE BRUNEI INSURRECTION 1962 -1963/ THE BORNEO INDONESIAN CONFRONTATION 1963 -1966/ THEREAFTER/ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"/ YOU WHO NEVER CAME HOME ARE NOT FORGOTTEN/ WE REMEMBER YOU/ THAILAND MALAYSIA SINGAPORE SUMATRA JAVA BRUNEI BORNEO/ LEST WE FORGET . ANDAI-NYA KITA TERLUPA
- 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 - Malayan Emergency (1948-1960)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Indonesian Confrontation (1963-1966)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - 20th Century Wars (1900-1999)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Plaque
- 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
- Birmingham Branch National Malaya And Borneo Veterans Association
- WMO ID: 236546
- Condition: Good [last updated on 08-09-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Other
- Responsibility
- Birmingham City Council
- Reference
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