Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Barrow In Furness
Town
Barrow-in-Furness
County
Cumbria
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 18 December 1919
    Attended by: Chief Constable J Berry performed the unveiling
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
4102

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Current location

In the atrium
Police Station
Andrew's Way
Barrow-in-Furness
Barrow In Furness
Cumbria
LA14 2UE
England

OS Grid Ref: SD 18978 70472
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • Corner of Duke Street and Market Street
    Police Station
    Duke Street
    Barrow In Furness
    Barrow In Furness
    Cumbria
    LA14 1HP
    England

    OS Grid Ref: SD 19881 69053
    Denomination: Undefined
  • In the Recreation Room
    Central Police Station
    Cornwallis Street
    Barrow In Furness
    Barrow In Furness
    Cumbria
    England

    OS Grid Ref: Undefined
    Denomination: Undefined
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Description
Nowy-headed brass plaque on an oak backboard, with the Barrow in Furness Coat of Arms and motto (Semper Sursum) at the top of the plaque.
Inscription
BARROW IN FURNESS BOROUGH POLICE/ TO THE IMPERISHABLE MEMORY OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS/ FORCE WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING AND/ COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-1919./ (names in 2 columns)/ HERE ALSO ARE SET FORTH THE NAMES OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE FORCE WHO RESPONDED/ TO THE CALL AND SERVED THEIR KING AND COUNTRY THROUGH THE GREAT WAR AND WHO/ BY GOD’S GRACE WERE SPARED TO RETURN TO THEIR HONOURABLE CALLING./ (names in 3 columns)/ ERECTED BY THEIR BROTHER OFFICERS. UNVEILED DECEMBER 18TH 1919.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Ashburner, Daniel
Chaplin, Charles Sidney
Clarke, Cyril Gabriel
Dennison, Robert William
Dickenson, Joseph William
Dickman, Thomas
Foley, Francis
Fothergill, William Colley
Garnett, Edward
Goodchild, Frederick
See details for all 25 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 25
    Served and returned: 19
    Died: 6
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Forenames, surname
    Order of information: Grouped by whether died or survived, then in no discernible order (neither alphabetical by surname nor chronological by date of death)
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: depth 5mm, height 610mm, width 765mm
    Materials: Brass
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood - Oak
Listing information
Condition
History
Following the relocation of Barrow Police Station to Andrew's Way, the memorial was temporarily placed in storage (where it became separated from its backboard). Once a suitable site for it was decided, the oak backboard was replaced and the memorial was hung in the atrium, where it is now on display. (Barrow in Furness Borough Police was a separate Police Force from 1861 to 1967, when it was amalgamated into Lancashire Police; the district was subsequently transferred in 1974 to Cumbria Police, who are now custodians of the memorial. It is known that officers from Barrow in Furness Borough Police served in the Armed Forces in WW2, among them being PC Albert James Lewin, who joined the Military Police in 1939 as a Private and rose to Lieutenant Colonel, as reported in the Lancashire Evening Post on 4/10/1945. It is entirely feasible that Barrow in Furness Police erected a memorial re their officers who served/died in WW2, but none has so far been traced).
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Cumbria Police
Reference
  • Lancashire Evening Post 19/12/1919 (page 3) reported: "BARROW CONSTABLES WHO FOUGHT IN THE WAR. The members of the Barrow police force at the Town Hall, last night, entertained their comrades who had fought during the war. Councillor Mclntee, vice-chairman of the Watch Committee, presided. Twenty-five members of the force served in the war, and of these six were killed. The Chief Constable unveiled a brass memorial, which will be placed in the police station recreation room". www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000711/19191219/103/0003
  • The War Memorials Trust's record of this memorial is WMO 228507, see www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/228507/
  • Lancashire Evening Post 20/12/1919 (page 3) reported: "BARROW POLICE WAR MEMORIAL The Barrow borough police force memorial brass, which was unveiled by Mr. J. Berry, Chief Constable, at the Barow [sic] Town Hall, on Thursday night, is to be fixed in the police recreation room at the central station". www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000711/19191220/097/0003

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