Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Bristol
- Town
- Portishead
- County
- Avon
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- FYSON & Co LTD Bath (Makers)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 10 May 1922
Attended by: Chief Constable J. Vaughan Philipps performed the unveiling - Dedicated
Date: 10 May 1922
Attended by: Reverend W.D. Graham (Vicar of Widcombe) performed the dedication - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 85924
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Current location
On the wall under a verandah that overlooks the Memorial Garden
Avon and Somerset Constabulary
Valley Road
Portishead
Bristol
Avon
BS20 8JJ
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 44831 75589
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Bath Central Police Station
Manvers Street
Bath
Bath
Avon
BA1 1JQ
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined - East wall of the parade room
Bath Central Police Station
Bath
Bath
Avon
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined - Show More (1)
- Bath Central Police Station
- Description
- Rectangular brass plaque with incised black inscription. (The plaque bears the same inscription, including the four names, as that borne on the marble tablet near which it now hangs. See our reference 7223 re that marble tablet).
- Inscription
- In Memory of/ the Members of the/ BATH CITY POLICE FORCE/ who made the supreme sacrifice/ in the Great War 1914 - 1918./ (Names)/ THIS TABLET IS ERECTED/ BY THEIR COMRADES IN THE FORCE.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Guppy, W
Hannam, P
Hillier, E
Maule, W
See details for all 4 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 4
Served and returned: 0
Died: 4
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Initial and surname, rank and unit
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Avon and Somerset Constabulary
- Reference
- Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette 13/5/1922 (page 11) reported the unveiling of the brass tablet, on the east wall of the parade room, and included an image of it in the report.
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