Northern Echo 16/12/1920: reported that the memorial ("in the form of a mural plate encased in an oak frame") had been unveiled by Chief Constable W. G. Morant at the Constabulary's HQ the previous day. During the ceremony, the Chief Constable was quoted as having stated that: "no fewer than 421 members of the Constabulary had joined the Forces, and 52 were either killed in action or died of wounds; 88 were wounded; five were taken prisoners, and 12 gained commissions. All the others attained non-commissioned rank. In addition 40 gained decorations for meritorious conduct. Mr Morant congratulated the Constabulary on such a brilliant war record, and extended sympathy to the relatives of the fallen".

Biographical details of the Constabulary's casualties (including two who were omitted from the memorial, Matthew Middleton and Thomas Euen Nesham) are recorded in the book entitled "Blue Line to Trench Line", by John Grainger.

Details of the memorial are recorded on the North East War Memorials Project: http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=6287