Basra Memorial Name Plaques

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Reference WMO/253084

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National Memorial Arboretum

Riverside Zone

Croxall Road

Alrewas

DE13 7AR

England

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Wall
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Iraq (2003-2009)
About the memorial: A red granite wall with brass plaques attached for each soldier's death. Each plaque shows the regimental crest at its top. The original memorial wall from the Headquarters of the Multi-National Division (South-East) in Basra, Iraq. The wall is made of brick and polished red-brown granite and has a central panel flanked by two angled wings. Each section of the wall is supported by pillars of the same stone. On the inner face of the central panel is a white marble tablet with a commemoration. On each facing wing are individual commemorative brass plaques, 179 in total, for the 178 service personnel and one MOD civilian who lost their lives in Iraq. Each plaque bears the individual's regimental insignia, name, rank, date of and age at death. The memorial also lists the names of members of Coalition Forces who were under UK Command and who lost their lives during the conflict. On the back of the central panel is a further inscription describing the history of the memorial below a circular engraving of the Operation TELIC Campaign Medal. Close to the wall is a metal information plaque which provides information about the individual commemorative plaques. Behind the wall is an avenue of Willow trees each for an individual who died.
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[Central facing panel tablet]: HONOURABLE AGE DOES NOT/ DEPEND ON LENGTH OF DAYS, NOR/ IS THE NUMBER OF YEARS A TRUE/ MEASURE OF LIFE/ WISDOM 4:8/ IN MEMORY OF BRITISH PERSONNEL WHO HAVE DIED ON OPERATION TELIC/ AND THOSE COALITION PERSONNEL KILLED IN SOUTHERN IRAQ/ [Central rear panel]: THE BASRA MEMORIAL WALL/ [TELIC Campaign Medal]/ THIS MEMORIAL WAS REBUILT USING THE BRICKS AND SLABS/ FROM THE ORIGINAL WALL BUILT BY BRITISH SERVICE PERSONNEL IN BASRA IN 2006/ WHICH WAS DISMANTLED AND RETURNED AT THE END OF COMBAT OPERATIONS IN 2009/ [Information Plaque]: THE BASRA MEMORIAL WALL PLAQUES/ THESE BRASS PLAQUES ARE THE ORIGINALS FROM THE BASRA MEMORIAL WALL,/ WHICH STOOD OUTSIDE THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE MULTI-NATIONAL DIVISION/ SOUTH-EAST IN BASRA, IRAQ. THEY WILL BE CLEANED TWICE A YEAR BUT/ IN BETWEEN THEY WILL BE ALLOWED TO WEATHER NATURALLY. THIS WILL ALLOW THE/ DETAILS ON THESE ORIGINAL PLAQUES TO LAST FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE FOR THE/ BENEFIT OF FUTURE GENERATIONS.

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