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    Memorial

    Cheshire Constabulary: Eddisbury Division WW1

    Cheshire Constabulary: Eddisbury Division WW1

    Source: Copyright Will Brown

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    Current Location

    In the stairwell, between the 1st and 2nd floors (i.e. a non-public area), Northwich Police Station, Chester Way, Northwich, Vale Royal, Cheshire, CW9 5QJ, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SJ 66047 73928

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    18186
    Description
    Nowy-headed board with the Cheshire Constabulary crest at top-centre. The inscription is in black lettering apart from the details of the man who died, which are in red lettering.
    Inscription
    CHESHIRE CONSTABULARY / RECORD OF MEN WHO SERVED IN / H.M. FORCES DURING THE WAR 1914 - 1918 / EDDISBURY DIVISION / KILLED IN ACTION / (1 NAME) / WOUNDED / (2 NAMES) / ALSO SERVED / (7 NAMES)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    10
    Served
    9
    Died
    1
    Information shown
    Police rank, initial, surname, Military rank and unit, whether died or wounded
    Order of names
    Grouped by whether died, wounded or served, then alphabetically
    Sponsor Type
    other
    Sponsored By
    Standing Joint Committee
    Maintenance History
    Oakmere Police Station was the Eddisbury Division HQ until October 1939, at which time that Division was absorbed into Runcorn Division. As Oakmere Police Station remained open, the date on which the Eddisbury Division War Memorial was relocated from there to its current site in Northwich Police Station is unknown.

    Ceremonies

    Placed

    1920

    Previous Location(s)

    • Oakmere Police Station, Chester Road, Delamere and Oakmere, Chester, Cheshire, CW8 2ZS, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SJ 56545 68743

    Year of move

    1987

    Reason for move

    Closure of Oakmere Police Station ( which had been the Eddisbury Division HQ until October 1939, when it was absorbed into Runcorn Division).

    Custodian
    Cheshire Constabulary

    Components

    Board

    Height: 760mm

    Width: 530mm


    Made from: Wood - Oak


    Condition: Good


    • "To the Best of our Skill and Knowledge; A Short History of the Cheshire Constabulary 1857-1957", compiled by R.W. James. Page 36 states that "In 1920 the Standing Joint Committee authorised the expenditure of £100 to be spent on specially designed wooden plaques recording particulars of service in H.M. Forces of members of each division to be erected at the respective Divisional Headquarters". http://www.museumofpolicingincheshire.org.uk/Features/Texts/Best of our skills.pdf
    • This Eddisbury Division memorial is recorded by the War Memorials Trust, see https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/273006/
    • Cheshire Constabulary "Book of Remembrance; Remembering Cheshire Police Officers who served and gave their lives in World War I and World War II", by Will Brown of the Museum of Policing in Cheshire, November 2018. (This booklet includes the details of former Eddisbury Division casualty PC15 Richard Ashley, who died on 18/4/1914 serving in the 1st Battalion Cheshire Regiment, and who is named on Eddisbury Division memorial).
    • Chester Chronicle 21/11/1914 (page 5) reported the death of former Constable Richard Ashley, stating that he had joined Cheshire Constabulary in April 1914, had been stationed at Oakmere before rejoining the Cheshire Regiment at the outbreak of the War, and had died at No 15 Field Ambulance, from gunshot wounds sustained in action. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000342/19141121/138/0005