Aberdeen City Police WW1 bronze plaque

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Memorial details

Memorial type

Board / Plaque / Tablet

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

First World War (1914-1918)

Ceremony

Placed
Date: 2007
Attended by:

Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

74471

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Current location

Public Office area
Police Scotland North East Divisional Headquartes
Queen Street
Aberdeen
City Of Aberdeen
Grampian
AB10 1ZA
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NJ 94379 06428
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

Rectangular bronze plaque (portrait), with raised inscription and lettering. (The plaque was made to replace the original granite memorial tablet, which was destroyed when the former Lodge Walk HQ was demolished c1973 - see WMR 69240).

Inscription

1914-1919/ERECTED BY THE MEMBERS OF/THE ABERDEEN CITY POLICE/IN MEMORY OF THEIR COMRADES/WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/IN THE GREAT WAR/(names)

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Bremner, Alex.
Coutts, Robert
Cruickshank, James
Douglas, Gordon
Duncan, George
Gerrard, George
Grieve, David
Mcintosh, James
Mortimer, Arthur
Ogg, Thomas
See details for all 12 names

Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 12
Served and returned: 0
Died: 12
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forenames, surname, decorations (where relevant), Regiment
Order of information: Grouped by Regiment, then in no obvious order

Components

Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze

Condition

Aberdeen Police WW1
WMO ID: 261255
Condition: Good [last updated on 30-11-2018]
Help update these details if the condition is wrong

Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Responsibility

Police Scotland

Reference

warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=3861&mforum=warmemscot
Aberdeen Press and Journal 15/7/1920 (page 3) reported the unveiling of the original Aberdeen City Police Memorial, which was made from polished granite and was erected in the Muster Room of what was then the Force HQ in Lodge Walk - see War Memorials Register record WMR 69240. (After the granite tablet was lost when the Lodge Walk building was demolished c1973, the bronze tablet was created in 2007 as a replacement).

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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