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    Memorial

    Cambridge Borough Police WW1

    Cambridge Borough Police WW1 Memorial

    Source: Copyright Cambridgeshire Police

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    Current Location

    By the Custody Suite, Cambridge Police Station, 39, Parkside, The Kite, Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 1JG, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TL 45677 58244

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    Type of Memorial
    Roll of honour or book of remembrance
    WMR Reference Number
    87000
    Description
    Nowy-headed oak panel, headed by the painted Borough coat of arms in colour, listing officers from the Cambridge Borough Police who enlisted for military service in World War 1.
    Inscription
    CAMBRIDGE BOROUGH POLICE/ ROLL OF HONOUR./ MEMBERS WHO JOINED H.M. FORCES/ DURING THE EUROPEAN WAR 1914 - 1918./ VOLUNTEERS REGIMENT OR CORPS PROMOTIONS CASUALTIES/ (NAMES)/ PRESENTED BY LT COL B.W. BEALES, MAYOR OF CAMBRIDGE 1916-1917
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    43
    Served
    39
    Died
    4
    Information shown
    Police rank, surname, forename, military unit, rank, decorations, whether died or survived.
    Order of names
    Grouped by Police rank, then alphabetical by surname
    Maker(s)
    • Messrs Rattee & Kett, Carpenter

    Sponsored By
    The memorial was initially erected in October 1917, recording the name of the 38 officers who had by then enlisted/died. (Though unverified. it is likely that the names were at that stage listed temporarily on paper, fixed to the board). As the War progressed, a further 5 names of enlistees were added. After the War, the full list of 43 names and their military units etc were painted on the board.
    Maintenance History
    The memorial was first erected in 1917, at which time it bore the names of the 38 officers who had so far enlisted (believed to have been recorded on a sheet of paper at that stage, to enable any necessary amendments re death or enlistment). By the end of the War 43 names were listed upon it.

    Ceremonies

    Presented

    8/10/1917

    The Mayor of Cambridge ceremonially presented the memorial to the Police.

    Previous Location(s)

  • It was erected in the porch of the Police Station, Cambridge Police Station, Hobson House, 42 St Andrews Street, Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 3AR, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TL 45251 58180

    Year of move

    1960s?

    Reason for move

    In the late 1960s a new Police Station was built at Parkside, at which time the former Station in St Andrew's Street was vacated. Whether the memorial had remained in place on the original site until that time is unknown; it may have been removed sooner.

  • Custodian
    Cambridgeshire Police

    Components

    Board

    Made from: Wood - Oak


    Condition: Good


    • Cambridge Independent Press 12/10/1917 (page 6): reported the erection of the Roll of Honour board, which at that time listed 38 names (4 of whom had died), commenting that a further name was due to be added re a recent enlistment. (By the end of the War, the memorial bore 43 names). https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000418/19171012/044/0006