Memorial

Pembrokeshire Constabulary WW2

Source: Copyright Dyfed Powys Police

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Current Location

Haverfordwest Castle (Museum), Castle Street, Haverfordwest, Preseli Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, SA61 2EF, Wales

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 87111
Description: Nowy-headed rectangular landscape plaque, with raised border and the Constabulary crest top-centre. The inscription is in raised letters. (The plaque was originally erected on an external wall of the Constabulary HQ building at Haverfordwest Castle, which was later vacated by the Police. The plaque remained on the same site - which became the Haverfordwest Museum, but was taken inside the building, where it is now on display with a shelf beneath, alongside the Constabulary's WW1 plaque - see WMR 82291).
Inscription: THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THIS COUNTY'S POLICE/ DESIRE TO RECORD THEIR SENSE OF THE HONOUR DUE/ TO THEIR COMRADE WHOSE NAME IS INSCRIBED/ BELOW, WHO LOST HIS LIFE WHILST SERVING AS/ A NAVAL OFFICER ON H.M.S. BLACKWOOD DURING/ THE INVASION OF FRANCE ON THE 15TH JUNE 1944/ P.C. 82. ALBERT GORDON LAUGHARNE, B.A./ (1ST CLASS HONOURS)/ ER ANRHYDEDD A GOGONIANT I DDUW. (Final line translates as "For Honour and the glory of God").

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Police rank and collar number, full name, qualification, military unit, date and manner of death
Order of names: as stated on memorial

Maintenance History: The plaque originally hung on an exterior wall of the former Constabulary HQ on the same site, but was subsequently taken inside.

Plaque

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good

Backboard

Made from: Wood

Condition: Good

West Wales War Memorials Project website has biographical data re Sub-Lieutenant Albert Gordon Laugharne and his War service: wwwmp.co.uk/pembrokeshire-memorials/pembrokeshire-constabulary-war-memorial/