Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Aylesbury Vale
Town
Aylesbury
County
Buckinghamshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 28 June 1920
    Attended by: Lord Cottesloe, Chairman of the Buckinghamshire Standing Joint Committee, performed the unveiling
  • Rededicated
    Date: 09 November 2018
    Attended by: The Thames Valley Police Chaplain performed the re-dedication
  • Unveiled
    Date: 09 November 2018
    Attended by: Thames Valley Police Chief Constable Francis Habgood unveiled the plaque in its new location
  • Dedicated
    Date: 28 June 1920
    Attended by: Reverend V. L. Whitechurch performed the dedication
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
8001

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Current location

In the lobby
Crown Court
Walton Street
Aylesbury
Aylesbury Vale
Buckinghamshire
HP21 7FT
England

OS Grid Ref: SP 82243 13169
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • At the entrance to Court 2
    38
    County Hall
    Market Square
    Aylesbury
    Aylesbury Vale
    Buckinghamshire
    HP20 1XD
    England

    OS Grid Ref: SP 81991 13674
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
Brass plaque, with single line border and incised black lettering (When originally erected at the County Hall, the plaque was reportedly mounted above one commemorating several men who fell in the Boer War).
Inscription
TO THE MEMORY / OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE / BUCKS CONSTABULARY / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 -1919/ KILLED IN ACTION/ (12 names)/ DIED / (2 names)/ ACCIDENTALLY KILLED/ (1 name)/ ERECTED BY THEIR COMRADES OF THE BUCKS CONSTABULARY/1919/ "Lest We Forget."
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Beckett, Stephen
Beebee, Joseph
Brandon, George
Eaton, William
Edwards, William
Gutteridge, Walter
Halsey, Joseph
Haynes, Alfred
Huggins, Alfred
Long, George
See details for all 15 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 15
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 15
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Manner of death, forename, surname, rank, military unit
    Order of information: Grouped by manner of death, then broadly alphabetically by surname
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass
Listing information
Condition
History
On an unknown date (most probably when it was moved in 2018), the memorial appears to have been renovated, as the colour of the lettering re the manner of death headings and of the final line ("Lest We Forget") has changed from red to black.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Other
Details: Paid for by subscriptions from members of Buckinghamshire Constabulary
Reference
  • Buckingham Advertiser and Free Press - Saturday 03 July 1920 (page 4) www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001082/19200703/078/0004 "In commemoration of the 15 members of the Bucks Constabulary who lost their lives in the Great War, a brass tablet has been erected in the County Hall at Aylesbury. The memorial tablet was unveiled on Monday by Lord Cottesloe as Chairman of the Bucks Standing Joint Committee. Major Otway Mayne, the Chief Constable, stated that 75 members of the Bucks Constabulary served in the Forces, being 35½ per cent of the total strength, and 15 lost their lives. Others were wounded and gassed, and so were unable to return to duty. The tablet had been affixed just above the one erected to the memory of men who fell in the Boer War".
  • Bucks Herald: on 10/1/1920 (page 9) reported that permission had been given to the Chief Constable to erect a memorial in the lobby of the Assize Court. On 3/7/1920 (page 11) the Bucks Herald printed a lengthy report of the unveiling ceremony.
  • Thames Valley Police tweet on 9/11/2018 (twitter.com/thamesvp/status/1060927309841133568 ), re the unveiling/re-dedication of the plaque.
  • www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/271415/
  • A photo of the memorial on its original site (under the title "Aylesbury Crown Court") is on buckinghamshireremembers.org.uk/memorials.htm

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