Memorial
Shropshire Constabulary - WW1
Current Location
Shrewsbury Police Station, Clive Road (Monkmoor), Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury And Atcham, Shropshire, SY2 5RW, England
OS Grid Reference
SJ 51088 13455
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 14004
- Description
- An oak board surmounted by the Shropshire Constabulary crest and the word 'Victory'.
- Inscription
- VICTORY/ (NAMES)/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE OFFICERS OF THE/ SHROPSHIRE CONSTABULARY/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 9
- Died
- 9
- Information shown
- Initials, surname, additional
- Custodian
- West Mercia Police
Components
- Board
Made from: Wood - Oak
Condition: Unknown
- 'Shropshire Constabulary: War Memorial Unveiled at Shrewsbury', Shrewsbury Chronicle, 6 August 1920, p. 4.
- Birmingham Daily Gazette, 5/8/1920, page 3, reported the unveiling: "POLICE WAR MEMORIAL. AN UNVEILING CEREMONY AT SHREWSBURY. A memorial tablet to officers and men of Shropshire County Constabulary who fell in the Great War was unveiled at headquarters, Shrewsbury, yesterday by Archdeacon Maude, who was supported by Lord Harleck Sir Offley Wakeman, and Major Bocke, chief constable, The names inscribed included that of the late chief constable. Captain G. L. Derriman, of the Grenadier Guards, who, although seriously wounded in the South African war, insisted upon going to the front when his own regiment had been badly cut up". https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000669/19200805/070/0003#