Memorial details

Memorial type
Roll of honour or book of remembrance
District
Carlisle
Town
Carlisle
County
Cumbria
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Ireland (1801-1923)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 9 April 1920
    Attended by: Alderman F P Dixon (Chairman of the Carlisle Watch Committee) unveiled the memorial. The cited book gives the unveiling date of 4 March 1920, but press reports state it was unveiled 9 April 1920.
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
3068

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Current location

Cumbria Museum of Military Life
Alma Block
Carlisle Castle
Carlisle
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA3 8UR
England

OS Grid Ref: NY 39689 56370
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • Carlisle Central Police Station
    West Walls
    Carlisle
    Carlisle
    Cumbria
    England

    OS Grid Ref: Undefined
    Denomination: Undefined
  • Carlisle Central Police Station
    Rickergate
    Carlisle
    Carlisle
    Cumbria
    England

    OS Grid Ref: Undefined
    Denomination: Undefined
  • Police Museum
    Cumbria Police Headquarters
    Carleton Hall
    Penrith
    Eden
    Cumbria
    CA10 2FA
    England

    OS Grid Ref: NY 52308 29052
    Denomination: Undefined
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Description
Illuminated parchment framed in oak. The Roll of Honour includes the Scottish Thistle and English Rose, also the Allied flags. At the top of the Roll of Honour is the City crest; at the foot is a shield bearing a representation of the lion rampant. (The memorial was originally flanked by photographs of the 4 casualties, but this is no longer the case).
Inscription
CARLISLE CITY POLICE/ ROLL OF HONOUR/ BE JUST AND FEAR NOT/ (names)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Addison, Joseph
Anderson, Irving
Blenkinship, Albert
Brown, Robert
Cochrane, David
Cranston, Charles K
Dalzell, James
Davidson, William
Dawson, John
Gate, Henry
See details for all 44 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 43
    Served and returned: 40
    Died: 3
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Police Force and rank, Regiment, surname, forename, manner of death , decorations
    Order of information: Grouped by Police rank, then alphabetical by surname
  • Ireland (1801-1923)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Police Force and rank, Regiment, surname, forename, manner of death , decorations
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Frame
    Measurements: height 1000mm, width 650mm
    Materials: Wood - Oak
  • Roll of honour
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Parchment
  • Photograph/s
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Paper
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Corporate
Responsibility
Cumbria Museum of Military Life
Reference
  • Carlisle Journal 11 March 1919 page 2d
  • The War Memorials Trust's record of this memorial can be found at www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/272452/
  • Book- 'Watching over Carlisle-140 years of Carlisle City Police Force 1827-1967' by Bob Lowther (2011), pages 118-125
  • Lancashire Evening Post Saturday 10/4/1920 reported on page 3: 'CARLISLE POLICE ROLL OF HONOUR. Last night, at the City Police Office, Carlisle, Alderman F. P. Dixon, Chairman of the Carlisle Watch Committee, unveiled a Roll of Honour containing the names of members of the Force who served in H.M. Forces during the war; also two panels containing the photographs of four members, three of whom were killed in action, and one died on service'. www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000711/19200410/094/0003
  • Carlisle Journal 9 April 1920 (page 7) reported the memorial was unveiled 9th April 1920.
  • Carlisle Journal 8 April 1919 page 6a

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