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BNTVA Memorials
2. Billingham
Garden of Remembrance, Billingham, Stockton On Tees, Cleveland, England
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3. Birmingham
The ex-BNTVA secretary, Shelia Gray, had a lot to do with the memorial in Billingham. Her late husband, Frank, died in 1992 from cancer. He had served at Operation Hurricane 1952. The pair were founding members of the BNTVA in the early 80s. Shelia passed away in 2009.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ 11065676@N00/6308586247
https://www.iwm.org.uk/ memorials/item/memorial/65869
The plaque is black granite with gilt lettering, saying;
BRITISH NUCLEAR TESTS VETERANS ASSOCIATION
NE ENGLAND
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF TEST VETERANS WHO HAVE DIED SINCE THE BRITISH TESTS AT MONTE BELLO, EMUFIELDS, MARALINGA MALDEN ISLAND, CHRISTMAS ISLAND
1952 – 1962
“NOT FORGOTTEN”
St Thomas’ Peace Garden, Bath Row, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2EF
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The memorial is a black plaque with gold text situated in the St Thomas’ Peace Gardens, installed 1994, It now resides in the remains of St Thomas’ Church, which was a neoclassical style and was originally built as an act of remembrance following the Battle of Waterloo.
The church suffered a direct hit during the Birmingham Blitz on 11th December 1940 leaving only the tower and portico. The site was landscaped for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 and later turned into a Peace garden in 1995.
The plaque is black granite with gilt lettering, saying;
BRITISH NUCLEAR TESTS VETERANS ASSOCIATION Dedicated to the memory of test veterans who have died since the British test’s at MONTE BELLO, EMUFIELDS, MARALINGA MALDEN ISLAND, CHRISTMAS ISLAND
“ALL WE SEEK IS JUSTICE” 17TH September 1994