Memorial details

Memorial type
Roll of honour or book of remembrance
District
Tower Hamlets
Town
Wapping
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Non-Specific Conflict, Second World War - civilians
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
87799

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Current location

98-102
Thames River Police Museum
Metropolitan Police Marine Service Unit
98-102 Wapping High Street
Wapping
Tower Hamlets
Greater London
E1W 2NE
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 34852 80043
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Rectangular glazed-framed Roll of Honour, listing officers of the Thames Marine Police who died in the line of Police duty or on active service in the armed forces between 13/10/1798 and 11/2/1989. (Of the 32 men listed on the Roll of Honour, 18 fit the criteria for inclusion on the War Memorials Register, i.e. one was shot during the Wapping Coal Riot in 1798, ten died serving in the armed forces in World War 1, six died serving in the armed forces in World War 2, during which one War Reserve Constable was killed in an air raid. The remaining 14 died in the line of regular police duty).
Inscription
ROLL OF HONOUR/ The Thames Magistrates Police Office, The Marine Police Establishment. Thames Division - Metropolitan Police or on Active Service/ (names)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Bloxsome, Alfred G
Cottingham, Herbert
Davis, Bertram G
Dove, Ernest G
Ellis, Edmund A
Franks, Gabriel
Gould, Charles V. C.
Hammond, Joseph B
Harland, William
Hubbard, Frank B. D.
See details for all 18 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 10
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 10
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Forename, surname, former police rank and collar number, military unit, manner and date of death
    Order of information: Listed in order of date of death
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 6
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 6
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Forename, surname, former police rank and collar number, military unit, manner and date of death
    Order of information: Listed in order of date of death
  • Non-Specific Conflict
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Forename, surname, police rank , manner and date of death
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Second World War - civilians
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Forename, surname, police rank and collar number, manner and date of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Roll of honour
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Paper
  • Frame
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood, glass
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Thames River Police Museum
Reference
  • www.thamespolicemuseum.org.uk/museum.html

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