Barras Bridge, Burma Campaigns War Memorial

HER Number

5208

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Barras Bridge, Burma Campaigns War Memorial

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Commemorative

Site Type: Broad

Commemorative Monument

Site Type: Specific

War Memorial

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Small bronze low relief bust of a soldier in jungle battle dress mounted on a low masonry pillar set on a single step plinth of masonry paving with a granite kerb. Dedicated to those from the North East who gave their lives in the Burma Campaigns 1941-45.

Easting

424920

Northing

564920

Grid Reference

NZ424920564920

Sources

<< HER 5208 >> T. Coulter & R. Ogilvy, in association with City Design, 2002, Monuments, War Memorials, Drinking Fountains - Condition & Recommendatations, p 40-41; Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 140; North East War Memorials Project www.newmp.org.uk NUT053