Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Seat
- District
- Lewes
- Town
- Lewes
- County
- East Sussex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 14 October 1949
Attended by: The Bishop of Lewes performed the dedication
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 17123
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Current location
Malling House
Sussex Police Headquarters
Church Lane
Lewes
Lewes
East Sussex
BN7 2DZ
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 41650 11120
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A wooden lectern and a carved antique wooden chair with leather seat and arm rests. Fixed to the intricately carved back of the chair is the brass dedicatory plaque commemorating the death of 3 former Constabulary officers. (Those commemorated include former Divisional Inspector Raymond Athol Helsdon).
- Inscription
- PRESENTED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE EAST SUSSEX CONSTABULARY IN HONOUR AND/ MEMORY OF THEIR COMRADES WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Names on memorial
- Helsdon, Raymond
Peel, Dennis
Tribbeck, Herbert
See details for all 3 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname, date of death.
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname.
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Seat
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- 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
- Costs
Comments: The chair and lectern were subscribed for by members of the East Sussex Constabulary.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Corporate
- Responsibility
- Sussex Police
- Reference
- www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/243064/
- Sussex Agricultural Express 14/10/1949 (page 6) reported the unveiling service that had been held at Police HQ in Lewes, during which the antique chair and a lectern (which comprised the Constabulary's memorial to its three members who had died) and a grandfather clock (gifted by Dennis Peel's parents to the Constabulary, in memory of their son) were dedicated as memorials. www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000656/19491014/175/0006?browse=true
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