Memorial

Stoke on Trent Police and Newcastle under Lyme Police WW1

Stoke on Trent Police and Newcastle Under Lyme Borough Police WW1 memorial

Source: Copyright Staffordshire Police

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Current Location

Staffordshire Police Headquarters, Weston Road, Stafford, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST18 0YY, England

SJ 94723 24096

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 92629
Description: Nowy-headed plaque on a wooden backboard. The plaque has the Staffordshire Knot at top-centre and a single line black border. The inscription is in black lettering.
Inscription: POLICE OFFICERS/ WHO DIED DURING THE 1914-1918 WAR/ STOKE ON TRENT POLICE/(12 NAMES)/ NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME BOROUGH POLICE/ (2 NAMES)

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 14
Died: 14
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, military unit, nature of death, date of death
Order of names: Grouped by the specific Police force in which they had formerly worked, then listed alphabetically by surname

Maker(s): Peter Dudley, Display Contractors and Suppliers of Blithbury, Manufacturer

Unveiled

11 November 2011

Dedicated

11 November 2011

Right Reverend Geoffrey Annas, Bishop of Stafford

Plaque

Made from: Metal

Condition: Good

Backboard

Made from: Wood

Condition: Good

"Their Duty Done: Staffordshire Police Officers Who Died in the Two World Wars and Those Who Lost Their Lives as a Result of Criminal Action", by former Inspector David Baldwin, published 2017. (The introduction pages of this book explain how the memorial came to be commissioned, along with three other associated Memorial plaques, in 2011. The thoroughly researched book contains a detailed biography of the 55 men named on those four memorials).