Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Stone of remembrance
- District
- Thurrock
- Town
- Grays
- County
- Essex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 81345
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Current location
outside the Magistrates Courts
beside the Main Memorial
Junction of Orsett Road
High Street and London Road
Grays
Thurrock
Essex
RM17 5DD
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 61420 78044
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Bronze plaque on rough-hewn granite stone, bearing a white depiction of the Badge of the Burma Star Association, a silhouette of Burma and the Badge of Combined Operations . White inscription.
- Inscription
- THIS PLAQUE IS TO HONOUR / THOSE WHO SERVED IN BURMA /DURIGN TEH SECOND WORLD WAR / 1941 TO 1945/ "WHEN YOU GO HOME, TELL THEM OF US AND SAY / FOR YOUR TOMORROW WE GAVE OUR TODAY" / (KOHIMA EPITAPH) / UNVEILED BY THE MAYOR OF THURROCK / COUNCILLOR JULIAN NORRIS, AUGUST 2000
- 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
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Stone of remembrance
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
- 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
- Burma Star Association (Grays, Essex)
- WMO ID: 267761
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 01-11-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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