Sunderland Borough Police WW2

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Memorial details

Memorial type: Board / Plaque / Tablet
District: Sunderland
Town: Sunderland
County: Tyne And Wear
Country: England
Commemoration: Second World War (1939-1945), Second World War - civilians
Lost: Not lost
WM Reference: 87649

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Current location

Southwick Police Station
Church Bank
Sunderland
Sunderland
Tyne And Wear
SR5 2DU
England

OS Grid Ref: NZ 38190 58407
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations

In the foyer
Sunderland Police Station
Gilbridge Avenue
Sunderland
Sunderland
Tyne And Wear
SR1 3AP
England

OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined

Description

Nowy-headed metal plaque, within wooden frame, with the Sunderland Borough Police crest at top-centre.

Inscription

IN THE WAR OF 1939-1945/ FORTY SEVEN MEMBERS SERVED/ WITH HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES/ CONSTABLE WM. H. THOMPSON/ WAS KILLED IN ACTION/ SPECIAL CONSTABLE L.C. SLAWTHER/ AND WAR RESERVE T.E. EVES/ LOST THEIR LIVES WHILST ON DUTY/ DURING AIR RAIDS

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Eves, T.e.
Slawther, L.c.
Thompson, Wm. H.
See details for all 3 names

Commemorations

Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Former Police rank, initials of forenames, surname, nature of death
Order of information: Undefined
Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Police rank, initials of forenames, surname, nature of death
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Plaque
Measurements: height 452mm, width 562mm
Materials: Metal
Frame
Measurements: height 502mm, width 612mm
Materials: Wood

Listing information

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Condition

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Responsibility

Northumbria Police

Reference

The North East War Memorials Project's record of this memorial can be viewed at newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=8765
War Reserve Constable Thomas Thomas Edward Eves died on 24/5/1943, aged 41 (www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/3104220/THOMAS EDWARD EVES/ ). "Constable, Police War Reserve. Son of the late Thomas Henry and Margaret Eves, of 37 Welbeck Green, Byker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; husband of Ruth Eves, of 22 Southfield Terrace, Walker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Died at Alexandra Bridge".
Special Constable Lancelot Cummings Slawther died 16/5/1943, aged 47 (www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/3104373/LANCELOT CUMMINGS SLAWTHER/ ). On 17/5/1943 the Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer reported that he had been killed on duty near a block of houses that had been wrecked by bombs during an air raid. www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19430517/062/0003
Newcastle Evening Chronicle 22/3/1944 (page 3) reported that "The first member of Sunderland Police Force to lose his life in the war has been P.C. William Thompson (23), sergeant navigator in the R.A.F. whose father lives at 1 Lisle Grove, Howdon on Tyne". www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000726/19440322/047/0003 On 23/3/1944 the Newcastle Journal reported on page 2 that William Haswell Thompson of 1 Lisle Grove had been killed in action on the 19th March while serving as a Sergeant Navigator in the RAFVR; he was to be buried at Holy Cross Cemetery on Friday 24th March. www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001547/19440323/037/0002 The Commonwealth War Graves Commission records that Sergeant Navigator William Haswell Thompson of 101 Squadron RAF, service number 1670366, died on 19/3/1944 aged 27, and is buried in Section A, Consecrated grave 443 at Wallsend Holy Cross Cemetery, Northumberland. www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2811014/WILLIAM HASWELL THOMPSON/

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