Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Manchester
- Town
- Manchester
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), Second World War - civilians
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 13222
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Current location
At the Public Enquiry Counter
City Centre Police Station
Town Hall Extension
Lloyd Street/Mount Street junction
Manchester
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M2 5LE
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 83840 98041
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Main Foyer of South Street Entrance
Greater Manchester Police Headquarters
Bootle Street
Manchester
Manchester
Greater Manchester
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 830 980
Denomination: Undefined
- Main Foyer of South Street Entrance
- Description
- Oak frame enclosing three bronze plaques. Above the centre plaque is a wooden pediment, in which a Manchester City Police badge is enclosed in a small frame. The inscriptions on the frame are incised; The inscriptions on the panels arein raised lettering.
- Inscription
- (On frame): MANCHESTER CITY POLICE/ 1939 ROLL OF HONOUR 1945 (Left panel): KILLED WHILE SERVING IN H.M. FORCES / (Names) (Centre panel): IN/ HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THE/ MEMBERS OF THIS FORCE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR/ "WHAT WE KEEP IN MEMORY/ IS OURS, UNCHANGED FOREVER" (Right panel): (Names, continued from left panel)/ KILLED BY ENEMY ACTION/ WHILST SERVING IN THE FORCE/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Albiston, K.
Andrew, T. G.
Anlezark, C
Bagot, H. H.
Ball, R. F.
Barlow, G.
Beer, D. W.
Bewsher, E. W.
Brown, E. L.
Brown, T. H.
See details for all 34 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 30
Served and returned: 0
Died: 30
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Military rank, initials, surname, military unit
Order of information: Grouped by military unit - Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 4
Served and returned: 0
Died: 4
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Police rank, initials, surname, employer
Order of information: Grouped by whether Regular or Special Constable
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaques
Measurements: height c650mm, width c500mm
Materials: Bronze - Frame
Measurements: height c850mm, width c1700mm
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Plaques
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- MANCHESTER CITY POLICE - WW2
- WMO ID: 110566
- Condition: Good [last updated on 18-06-2020]
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- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Greater Manchester Police
- Reference
- The War Memorials Trust record of this memorial can be found at www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/110566/
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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