Burma Railway Memorial

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The Burma Railway Memorial

The Burma Railway Memorial is a memorial near

Second World War
.

The memorial was designed by Chris Roche of 11.04 Architects,

rails, mounted on a white circular plinth. The slab bears an inscription, and is also inscribed with an image of an emaciated Far East prisoner of war (FEPOW) drawn by the artist Ronald Searle, who was himself forced to work on the Burma Railway.[2][3][4][5][6]

The memorial was unveiled on 21 September 2012 by

Burma Campaign during the Second World War.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Curtains up on 1104's Camden PoW memorial", Architects Journal, 1 October 2012
  2. ^ British Civilian And Military FEPOWs, War Memorials Register, Imperial War Museums
  3. ^ "PoW MEMORIAL: Moving ceremony that paid tribute to the brave men who suffered terribly, and who never came back", Camden New Journal, 27 September 2012, "PoW MEMORIAL: Moving ceremony that paid tribute to the brave men who suffered terribly, and who never came back | Camden New Journal". Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Tribute to Japanese prisoners of war" Archived 23 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine, ITV News
  5. ^ "Green light for 11.04 Architects' Camden war memorial", Building Design online, 21 March 2011
  6. ^ "PoW MEMORIAL: Ceremony was 'the best and worst of days' for Highbury man, who spent years in a forced labour camp", Islington Tribune, 28 September 2012, "PoW MEMORIAL: Ceremony was 'the best and worst of days' for Highbury man, who spent years in a forced labour camp | Islington Tribune". Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  7. ^ Monument: Prisoner of War memorial, London Remembers

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