Memorial

Metropolitan Police: Special Branch WW2

Metropolitan Police, Special Branch WW2

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Current Location

Hendon Police College (Peel Centre), Aerodrome Road, Colindale, Barnet, Greater London, NW9 5JE, England

TQ 21845 89891

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 96791
Description: A rectangular board, with an incised cross at top-centre, flanked on each side by a spray of laurel leaves. The inscription is in gold-painted lettering, beneath which are three incised truncated crosses.
Inscription: TO THE MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS/ OF THE SPECIAL BRANCH WHO LOST/ THEIR LIVES DURING THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR/ ROYAL NAVY/ (1 name)/ ROYAL AIR FORCE/ (13 names)/ ON POLICE SERVICE/ (3 names)

Maintenance History: The Metropolitan Police main HQ vacated the Norman Shaw North Building in 1967 and moved to 8-10 Broadway, Victoria; the HQ was subsequently moved again in November 2016 to the Curtis Green Building on the Victoria Embankment. IWM is unaware of whether the Special Branch WW2 memorial was moved to the Hendon Police College in 1967, or if it was instead moved to 8-10 Broadway that year and subsequently moved from there to Hendon in 2016.

New Scotland Yard (Norman Shaw North Building), The Embankment, Westminster (Millbank), City Of Westminster, Greater London, SW1A 2TT, England