Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Bolton
- Town
- Bolton
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 11th February 1921
Attended by: The Mayoress unveiled the memorial; others present were local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 43692
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Current location
At Enquiry Counter
Bolton Central Police Station
Scholey Street
Bolton
Bolton
Greater Manchester
BL2 1HD
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 72397 08277
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Bolton Town Centre Police Station
Le Mans Crescent
Bolton
Bolton
Greater Manchester
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 710 080
Denomination: Undefined - In the Borough Police Court
Bolton Town Hall
Victoria Square
Bolton
Bolton
Greater Manchester
BL1 1RU
OS Grid Ref: SD 71610 09157
Denomination: Undefined - Show More (1)
- Bolton Town Centre Police Station
- Description
- Brass plaque within a copper frame. The plaque has incised black lettering. The frame has the Bolton Police crest at top-centre, a Lancashire rose at each corner, and the words "Lest we Forget" in repousse letters at bottom centre.
- Inscription
- IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING/ MEMBERS OF THE BOLTON BOROUGH POLICE FORCE/ WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/ "THEIR NAME SHALL LIVE FOR EVER AND THEIR GLORY/ SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT."/ ERECTED BY THE WATCH COMMITTEE AND THE MEMBERS OF THE BOLTON BOROUGH POLICE FORCE, 1920./ LEST WE FORGET
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Blackshaw, Arthur
Brandwood, Arthur
Clegg, Jacob
Holloway, James
Mckenzie, John
Nield, Charles Henry
Pinch, Bertie
Walmsley, Robert
Wells, Walter
See details for all 9 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 9
Served and returned: 0
Died: 9
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Police rank, forenames, surname, regiment
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Frame
Measurements: depth 2MM, height 670MM, width 830MM
Materials: Copper
- Plaque
- 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
- History
- 2009: Relocated when Police Station moved to Sholey Street.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Lancashire Evening Post 12/2/1921 (page 3) reported that: "The Mayoress of Bolton unveiled in the Bolton Borough Police Court a tablet erected to the memory of members of the borough force who fell in service". www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000711/19210212/112/0003
- The War Memorials Trust record of this plaque cane be found at www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/179653/
- Bolton Journal 11/2/1921 (page 6) and 18/2/1921 (page 10)
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