- Type of Memorial
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- WMR Reference Number
- 47945
- Description
- Blue leather-bound Book of Remembrance, housed within a glazed oak cabinet. The title page depicts the Metropolitan Police badge in burnished platinum, blue and crimson, followed by the dedication. The facing page has a wreath of blue oak leaves and London Pride; the ribbons and words "The Glorious Dead" are in gold and the words above and below the wreath are an extract from the oath made by each Constable on joining the Force. The pages within the Book list the names of the officers who died on military service or as the result of enemy action, and the Division to which each Officer was attached; they also include drawings of London landmarks. The final page of the Book has a drawing of the Cenotaph in Whitehall, surrounded by a laurel wreath studded with gold. (The decorations and miniatures are by Dorothy Hutton, and the laying and burnishing of the gold and platinum was done by Vera Law. The dark blue binding is by Sydney Cockerell. The case which holds the Book of Remembrance is in English brown oak, designed by Edward Barnsley).
- Inscription
- (Oak case): 1914 - 1918 METROPOLITAN POLICE 1939 - 1945
(Book 1st page): METROPOLITAN / POLICE / ROLL OF HONOUR / 1914 - 1918 / AND / 1939 - 1945
(Book 2nd page): TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN PROUD REMEMBRANCE / OF / MEMBERS OF THE / METROPOLITAN POLICE / METROPOLITAN / SPECIAL CONSTABULARY / AND METROPOLITAN / POLICE WAR RESERVE / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES / ON ACTIVE SERVICE / OR BY ENEMY ACTION / THIS BOOK IS HUMBLY / DEDICATED
(Ensuing pages): (names)