Burma Star , Bournemouth Water Company

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Reference WMO/73801

Address:

South West Water

Francis Avenue

Poole

BH11 8NB

England

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Stone of remembrance
Materials:
  • Stone Portland stone
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Francis Avenue is on the boundary of Poole and Bournemouth. It is off the Mountbatten roundabout.
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PLAQUE ONE - To the everlasting memory of those who fell in the Burma Campaign 1939-1945. When you go home tell them of us and say, For your tomorrow we gave our Today. This memorial was erected by Air Vice Marshall Sir Bernard Chacksfield, IKBE, CB, CENG, FRAES on the snd of May 1978 in the presence of the Mayor of Poole Councillor Elwyn Davies and the Mayoress, the Chairman and Directors of the Company, Members of the Burma Star Association and Pensioners of the Company and many friends. PLAQUE 2 - This stone was rededicated and unveiled by Mr Tony Cooke, Managing Director of Bournemouth and West Hampshire Water PLC on the 8th of July 1995 inj the presence of members of the Dorset branch.

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