Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Brighton
Town
Brighton
County
East Sussex
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
58753

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Current location

Old Police Cells Museum
Brighton Town Hall
Bartholomew Square
Brighton
Brighton
East Sussex
BN1 1JA
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 31110 04000
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • In the entrance
    21-27
    Brighton police station
    Wellington Road
    Brighton
    Brighton
    East Sussex
    BN2 3AZ
    England

    OS Grid Ref: Undefined
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
Large wooden board with a decorative curved top. Below is a backboard with carved dentil moulding; on that backboard, three raised panels bear the names in black lettering of those from the three Divisions who served in the Armed Forces. (Many of those named on this Divisional Memorial were also commemorated on the Brighton Borough Police WW1/WW2 Memorial - see our reference 58754).
Inscription
BRIGHTON BOROUGH POLICE ROLL OF HONOUR (Panel 1): A DIVISION/ POLICE RANK NAME REGIMENT REMARKS/ (32 Names) (Panel 2): B DIVISION/ POLICE RANK NAME REGIMENT REMARKS/ (27 Names) (Panel 3): C DIVISION/ POLICE RANK NAME REGIMENT REMARKS/ (32 Names)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Avis, Arthur
Barnden, Percival
Barrow, Sydney
Bayley, John
Berry, William
Boxall, Herbert
Brackpool, George
Bradley, Hector
Bridger, William
Brooman, William G
See details for all 89 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 91
    Served and returned: 84
    Died: 7
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Police rank, forename, surname, Regiment, decorations, whether killed/died/Prisoner of War
    Order of information: Grouped by the Division in which worked, then in descending order of rank.
Components
  • Board
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
Listing information
Condition
History
On 1/1/1968 Brighton Borough Police Force was amalgamated into the newly-formed Sussex Police. The memorial was subsequently moved to storage in the basement of the new Police Station in John Street, from which it was moved to the Old Police Cells Museum in June 2005.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Sussex Police
Reference
  • "History of the Brighton Police 1838-1967", by Inspector Gerald W. Baines, published 1/1/1967 (ASIN: B00CYKGDXW ).

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