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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Blackburn
- Town
- Blackburn
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Presented
Date: 10 February 1921
Attended by: E. Hamer Esquire, J.P., presented the Roll of Honour at a ceremony presided over by chief Constable of Lancashire, H.P.P. Lane
- Presented
- Lost
- Lost
- WM Reference
- 54881
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- Previous locations
- County Police Station
King Street
Blackburn
Blackburn
Lancashire
BB2
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 679 278
Denomination: Undefined
- County Police Station
- Description
- A board having an inscription at its centre, surrounded by photographs of the 22 officers from the Blackburn Lower Division who served in WW1.
- Inscription
- Members of The Lancashire County Constabulary (Blackburn Lower Division)/ Who Served During The Great War/ 1914-1918. /Presented By E. Hamer Esq. J.P. /Alum Scar Pleasington/ (names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bailey, Richard
Blenkinship, W
Connor, C
Cooke, Sidney C
Dennis, Reginald William Arthur
Garnet, John
Greaves, T H
Hall, Harold
Harding, Daniel
Haworth, T R
See details for all 22 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 23
Served and returned: 22
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forenames or initials, surname, occupation
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Photograph/s
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Board
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
- Reference
- Darwen News 16 February 1921
- Blackburn Times 12 February 1921
- Blackburn Weekly Telegraph 12 February 1921
- The memorial is mentioned on the following website, which indicates that the Police Station in which it hung was on King Street, Blackburn. cottontown.org/Wars/War Memorials-All Wars/Pages/Blackburn/Work-places.aspx#02
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