Memorial
Leeds City Police WW1 bed (LOST)
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- Type of Memorial
- Endowed bed
- WMR Reference Number
- 89263
- Description
- Endowed hospital bed, with a brass memorial plaque fixed to its head, commemorating the loss of 29 members of Leeds City Police who had died in World War 1.
- Inscription
- (The precise wording of the commemorative brass plaque is unknown, but the endowment of the hospital bed to which it was attached was in memory of the 29 members of Leeds City Police who died in World War 1).
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Information shown
- No identity details of the casualties are likely to have been included
- Costs
- £1000
- Sponsor Type
- corporate
- Sponsored By
- Leeds City Police raised £1000, through voluntary subscriptions of £900 plus a grant of £100 from the Police Cricket Club, to endow the bed
- Maintenance History
- Since the endowed bed was installed in 1923, Leeds General Infirmary has undergone major transformation. At some point during those intervening years, the bed and its commemorative plaque have been lost.
Ceremonies
Presented
02 November 1923
The Lord Mayor of Leeds (Alderman Frank Fountain) presented the cheque for £1000 to Mr T.L. Taylor (Chairman of the Board of Leeds General Infirmary)
Dedicated
02 November 1923
The Vicar of Leeds performed the dedication of the bed/brass plaque
Components
- Bed
Made from: Metal
Condition: Lost
- Plaque
Made from: Brass
Condition: Lost
- Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer: 1) On 1/11/1923 (page 11) announced the forthcoming presentation ceremony that was to be held the following day. It mentioned that the bed/plaque would be placed in Ward 21 of Leeds General Infirmary. 2) On 3/11/1923 (page 8) reported the ceremony that had taken place the previous day in the Victoria Hall of Leeds Town Hall, during which the cheque for £1000 to endow a hospital bed was presented to the Chairman of the Board of Leeds General Infirmary, together with the brass plaque that was to be attached to the bedhead. The report mentioned that 277 members of Leeds City Police had served in the Army or Navy during the War, and that the endowment of the bed was the way in which that Police force had chosen to perpetuate the memory of their 29 former colleagues who had consequently died in that War.
- Hull Daily Mail 3/11/1923 (page 3) likewise reported the ceremony that took place at Leeds Town Hall, mentioning that all bar three of the surviving enlistees had rejoined Leeds City Police since the end of the War.