Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Preston
Town
Hutton
County
Lancashire
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 17 November 1921
    Attended by: Lieutenant Colonel W.A.A.F. Ince-Anderton J.P., Chairman of the Standing Joint Committee, performed the unveiling
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
3342

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Current location

Memorial is inside main entrance to Headquarters.
Lancashire Constabulary Headquarters
Saunders Lane (near Hutton Hall Avenue)
Hutton
Preston
Lancashire
PR4 5SA
England

OS Grid Ref: SD 50152 26251
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Large nowy-headed brass plaque, which is now mounted on large wooden board. The WW1 names are listed on the central brass plaque, which has the Lancashire Constabulary crest at top-centre and a Lancashire rose at both bottom corners. The WW2 Names are incised on the carved wooden backboard, and flank the WW1 plaque.
Inscription
(WW1 plaque): TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE UNDERMENTIONED MEMBERS OF/ THE LANCASHIRE CONSTABULARY WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-18./ (names)/ "SHALL WE NOT OFFER OUR BEST AND HIGHEST/ WHEN DUTY CALLS, CAN WE FORBEAR TO GIVE?/ THIS BE THY RECORD, WHERE IN PEACE THOU LIEST,/ "HE GAVE HIS LIFE, THAT ENGLAND'S SOUL SHOULD LIVE"./ THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY THEIR COMRADES, 1921. (Backboard): 1939-1945/ (names)/ TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE/THEIR LIVES IN TWO WORLD WARS
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Alker, L
Arkwright, J E
Ashton, C W
Ashton, J
Askew, R
Bennett, J
Berry, H
Billington, C L
Bond, R S
Bradburn, H K
See details for all 123 names
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 74
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 74
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Initials and surname, decoration
    Order of information: Alphabetical by surname, in two columns
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 49
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 49
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Initials, surname, decoration, rank, military unit
    Order of information: Alphabetical by surname, in two columns
Components
  • Board
    Measurements: depth c.40mm, height c.2550MM, width c.2500mm
    Materials: Wood - Oak
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass
  • Frame
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite - Swedish
Listing information
Condition
History
When the WW1 plaque was erected in November 1921, it was framed by Swedish marble. Following the Second World War, the marble frame was removed and the WW1 plaque was instead mounted upon an oak backboard, flanked by the names of the officers who had died in World War 2.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Lancashire Constabulary
Reference
  • Lancashire Evening Post, 17/11/1921 (page 3) reported at length the unveiling of the WW1 brass plaque, which at that time was mounted within a frame of Swedish marble. (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000711/19211117/140/0003 ). The report mentioned that, in a speech prior to the unveiling, Chief Constable H.P.P. Lane commented that nearly 500 members of the County Force had enlisted in the War. Of those, 102 were Reservists, 3 in the Royal Navy and 99 in the Army, who were called up at the beginning of the War; further officers subsequently enlisted. 49 of former officers had been killed or died in service; 380 had returned to the Constabulary. Distinctions won had included a DSO, 10 Military Medals, 5 DCMs, 2 Meritorious Medals and 2 foreign decorations. (The report also mentioned that, four months after the outbreak of the War, the Standing Joint Committee had sanctioned Lancashire Constabulary to raise its own Battalion, thought to be the only Police force in the country to have taken that step. The Chief Constable remarked that, when he had called for volunteers for that Battalion, out of 1843 members of the Force, 1795 volunteered; the remaining 48 being either too old or unfit for 'the rigours of fighting'. The scheme was approved by the Home Office, and Lord Derby had promised to equip them, but the War Office turned it down).
  • The War Memorials Trust's record of this memorial is WMO 181340, see www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/181340/
  • www.traffordwardead.co.uk/index.php?memorials=TRUE&memorial_id=159

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