Memorial

Shrewsbury Borough Police WW1

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In a stairwell, staff-only area, Shrewsbury Police Station, Clive Road, Monkmoor, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury And Atcham, Shropshire, SY2 5RW, England

SJ 51104 13437

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Type of Memorial: Roll of honour or book of remembrance
WMR Reference Number: 98939
Description: Roll of Honour, commemorating twenty police officers who served in WW1, three of whom died.
Inscription: (NAMES)/ THIS RECORD WAS MADE BY THEIR OLD COMRADES OF THE SHREWSBURY BOROUGH POLICE IN TOKEN OF THE APPRECIATION OF THE PATRIOTISM AND SERVICES RENDERED TO THEIR KING AND COUNTRY, JULY 1919 (exact line-breaks not yet known)

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 20
Served: 17
Died: 3
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, military unit, ,manner of death (if applicable), civilian occupation
Order of names: Alphabetical by surname

Roll of honour

Made from: Unknown

Condition: Unknown

'Correspondence: Policemen in the War', Shrewsbury Chronicle, 23 July 1920, p. 8.