Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Preseli Pembrokeshire
Town
Haverfordwest
County
Dyfed
Country
Wales
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
87111

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Current location

Haverfordwest Castle (Museum)
Castle Street
Haverfordwest
Preseli Pembrokeshire
Dyfed
SA61 2EF
Wales

OS Grid Ref: SM 95328 15718
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Nowy-headed rectangular landscape plaque, with raised border and the Constabulary crest top-centre. The inscription is in raised letters. (The plaque was originally erected on an external wall of the Constabulary HQ building at Haverfordwest Castle, which was later vacated by the Police. The plaque remained on the same site - which became the Haverfordwest Museum, but was taken inside the building, where it is now on display with a shelf beneath, alongside the Constabulary's WW1 plaque - see WMR 82291).
Inscription
THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THIS COUNTY'S POLICE/ DESIRE TO RECORD THEIR SENSE OF THE HONOUR DUE/ TO THEIR COMRADE WHOSE NAME IS INSCRIBED/ BELOW, WHO LOST HIS LIFE WHILST SERVING AS/ A NAVAL OFFICER ON H.M.S. BLACKWOOD DURING/ THE INVASION OF FRANCE ON THE 15TH JUNE 1944/ P.C. 82. ALBERT GORDON LAUGHARNE, B.A./ (1ST CLASS HONOURS)/ ER ANRHYDEDD A GOGONIANT I DDUW. (Final line translates as "For Honour and the glory of God").
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Laugharne, Albert Gordon
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Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Police rank and collar number, full name, qualification, military unit, date and manner of death
    Order of information: as stated on memorial
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
Condition
History
The plaque originally hung on an exterior wall of the former Constabulary HQ on the same site, but was subsequently taken inside.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • West Wales War Memorials Project website has biographical data re Sub-Lieutenant Albert Gordon Laugharne and his War service: wwwmp.co.uk/pembrokeshire-memorials/pembrokeshire-constabulary-war-memorial/
  • British Police History website ( british-police-history.uk/show_nav.cgi?force=pembrokeshire&tab=0&nav=alpha ) records the dates of occupation of the Haverfordwest Castle site by the Pembrokeshire Constabulary.

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