Terror victims remembered by park memorial

A memorial to the British victims of the 2015 Tunisia terror attacks has been officially dedicated by Prince Harry.

Devoted grandmother Lisa Burbidge, of Whickham, Gateshead, was killed in an attack on the 10th anniversary of her husband’s death.

Ms Burbidge was among 38 people killed on June 26 by extremist Seifeddine Rezgui, who opened fire at the five-star Riu Imperial Marhaba Hotel in the Tunisian resort of Sousse.

The memorial is dedicated to those killed in two separate attacks on the Bardo Museum in Tunis on March 18, and the Sousse beach resort killings.

Prince Harry attended the ceremony at Birmingham’s Cannon Hill Park, alongside the families of the victims, yesterday.

Speaking to an audience of about 200 people while holding a single white rose, he said: “In memory of all those who lost their lives.

“And to the families whose lives were changed forever by these events. I would like to pay my deepest respects to you and officially dedicate this memorial to your loved ones.”

The Duke of Sussex then laid the flower at the memorial’s centrepiece.

Islamic State claimed at the time that it was behind the attack by Tunisian student Rezgui.

Sally Adey, a 57-year-old solicitor from Caynton near Shifnal, Shropshire, was the sole British victim of the deadly museum attack, which left 22 dead.

Seven people were sentenced to life in prison in Tunisia, in February, The Duke of Sussex speaking during a visit to Cannon Hill Park

in connection attacks.

The park site was selected in consultation with the families due to its central location, its “seclusion and tranquillity” and as “being a place of with both

public prominence”, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) said previously.

The memorial has been designed by George King Architects and overlooks the park’s boating lake.