Birch Memorial Jalan Dewan (Post Office Road), Ipoh, Perak
The Birch Memorial is a monument in Ipoh, Perak. It was not built to commemorate JWW Birch, the first British Resident to Perak who was assassinated by Dato' Maharaja Lela (read also Pasir Salak and Ngah Ibrahim Fort). I have earlier incorrectly mentioned that it was erected in honour of E.W. Birch. Instead it was E.W. Birch, who was the son of the late JWW Birch, and who also became the British Resident of Perak from 1905-1909, who spearheaded the project to build the clocktower monument to remember his father. This is the popular administrator who helped dueled the economy of Kinta and Penang, and to whom Birch House in Penang was named. The monument was erected by the people of Ipoh who pooled together the funds amounting to $25,000.
The Birch Memorial was completed in 1909. It consists of a clocktower, with one mother bell weighing 10 cwt, and four smaller bells weighing together 10 cwt. On the four corners of the belfry are sculptured figures representing the "Virtues of the British Administration" - Loyalty, with sword and shield, Justice, blind and carrying a sword and a pair of scales, Patience, unarmed, and Fortitude, bearing a spear. Further down the tower are illustrated panels showing 44 famous figures of the world.
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