Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Preseli Pembrokeshire
Town
Haverfordwest
County
Dyfed
Country
Wales
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: December 1921
    Attended by: Sir Charles Philipps, Baronet, was reported on 24/12/1921 to have performed the unveiling
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
82291

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Current location

Haverfordwest Castle (Museum)
Castle Street
Haverfordwest
Preseli Pembrokeshire
Dyfed
SA61 2EF
Wales

OS Grid Ref: SM 95328 15718
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Nowy-headed WW1 rectangular plaque (portrait), with raised border and oval panel top-centre, containing the Prince of Wales' feathers, beneath which is the inscription. (The plaque was originally installed on an external wall of the Constabulary HQ at Haverfordwest Castle in 1921. It was later taken inside the building, where it is now displayed alongside the Constabulary's WW2 plaque -see WMR 87111).
Inscription
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE/ PEMBROKESHIRE CONSTABULARY/ TO THE MEMORY OF THEIR COMRADES/ (NAMES)/ WHO MADE THE SUPREME/ SACRIFICE DURING THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 1918
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Coffey, Thomas Henry
Edwards, Arthur
Edwards, Walter
See details for all 3 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 3
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 3
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Police rank and collar number, forenames and surnames, Regiment
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
  • First World War memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Western Mail, Saturday 24 December 1921 (page 8) published a photograph of the WW1 plaque, stating "The policemen's war memorial" had been unveiled on an unspecified date at Haverfordwest Castle by Sir Charles Phillips Bart.; (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000104/19211224/208/0008 )
  • An image of the memorial is on the War Memorials Trust website (www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/269987/ )
  • The British Police History website records the dates that the Haverforfordwest Castle site was the site of Pembrokeshire Constabulary HQ.
  • West Wales War Memorials Project website has an image of the Pembrokeshire Constabulary WW1 and WW2 memorials in a group display at the former Haverfordwest HQ: www.wwwmp.co.uk/pembrokeshire-memorials/pembrokeshire-constabulary-war-memorial/ The website also has biographical data re the 3 casualties named on the memorial (including reference to the award of Arthur Edwards' Military Medal, which was ot mentioned on the memorial), plus a further WW1 casualty, Private George William Henry Bodman, whose name was omitted from the memorial.

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