Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
City Of Westminster
Town
Covent Garden
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
18352

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Current location

In the foyer
Charing Cross Police Station
Agar Street
Covent Garden
City Of Westminster
Greater London
WC2N 4JP
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 30240 80651
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • 28
    Bow Street Police Station
    Bow Street
    Covent Garden
    City Of Westminster
    Greater London
    WC2E 7AW
    England

    OS Grid Ref: TQ 30405 81066
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
Light oak rectangular board, having an EIIR Metropolitan Police badge at top-centre, flanked by the dates 1939 and 1945, beneath which is the gold-painted inscription. (As the Police badge incorporates the EIIR crest, the memorial was evidently made post-1953).
Inscription
1939 1945/ IN HONOURED MEMORY/ OF/ THOSE FROM THIS STATION/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE WORLD WAR/ (NAMES AND POLICE NUMBERS)/ "AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN/ AND IN THE MORNING/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Collier, W
Davis, J
Elder, J. H.
Gurney, G
Houston, A. R.
Jones, C. G.
Laycock, R. L.
May, R. T. F.
Muir, J. N. M.
Murrell, J. J.
See details for all 12 names
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 12
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 12
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Initials, surname, Police rank and collar number
    Order of information: Alphabetical by surname
Components
  • Board
    Measurements: height 750mm, width 540mm
    Materials: Wood - Oak
Listing information
Condition
History
The memorial was originally erected in Bow Street Police Station at 28 Bow Street, which closed in 2006. (That former Station has since been converted into 'Bow Street Police Museum'). Responsibility for policing that area was transferred to Charing Cross Police Station, to which the memorial board commemorating Bow Street Police Station's WW2 casualties was consequently moved.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Metropolitan Police
Reference

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