Tunisia terror attack victims remembered with new memorial unveiled by Prince Harry
Prince Harry was today in Birmingham to officially open a memorial to the victims of two terror attacks in Tunisia.
His Royal Highness, The Duke of Sussex, was visiting Cannon Hill Park for a ceremony honouring the victims of the attacks which took place in 2015.
Suzy Evans lost her son Joel Richards, brother Adrian Evans and father Patrick Evans, all from the Black Country, in the beach attack near Sousse in 2015.
Only Suzy's youngest son Owen, who was 16 at the time, survived the attack in June 2015.
Mother-of-three Suzanne Davey, aged 42, originally from West Bromwich, was also killed alongside her partner Scott Chalkley.
Others killed included former Birmingham City FC player Dennis Thwaites, 70, and his wife Elaine. 69.
Thirty British tourists were killed in the beach attack which left 38 people dead.
Three months earlier, Sally Jane Adey, 57, from Caynton near Shifnal, who was solicitor working around Wolverhampton, Bridgnorth, Telford, and Birmingham, was among 23 people, including 18 foreign tourists, killed during an attack on the Bardo museum in Tunis.
Seven people involved in the two terror attacks in Tunisia which killed 60 people, including 31 British tourists, have been jailed for life.
The memorial has been designed by George King Architects and overlooks the park’s boating lake.
The centre piece of the memorial is a sculpture titled ‘Infinite Wave’ made up of 31 individual streams, each one representing each of the British victims.
Coverage from today's ceremony
It was selected due to its central location, as well as the balance between “seclusion and tranquillity” and “being a place of public prominence”, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) previously said.
The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, did not joined the Duke in Birmingham today.
The couple are expecting the arrive of their first child in April.
As part of his visit to Birmingham, the Duke of Sussex is also visiting The Scar Free Foundation Centre for Conflict Wound Research at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
The centre aims to minimise the psychological and physical impact of scarring among armed forces personnel and civilians wounded in terrorist attacks.
The Royal Foundation gave funding to the CASEVAC Club, which helped to set up the centre and aims to provide wounded personnel with a close-knit, supportive community and assist in the advancement of treatments.
The CASEVAC Club, which was set up in 2017 with initial seed funding from The Royal Foundation, is an organisation set up by and for armed forces personnel wounded in recent conflicts.
