Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Bradford
- Town
- Bradford
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 89435
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Current location
In the foyer
Bradford Police Museum
Town Hall
Norfolk Gardens
Bradford
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD1 1UH
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 16359 32897
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Rectangular bronze-effect acrylic plaque. Beneath the Bradford City Police crest at top centre is the etched inscription in black lettering.
- Inscription
- In memory of the Bradford City Police officers who gave/ their lives serving in the military during both World Wars/ 1914-1918/ (names)/ 1939-1945/ (names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abbott, Harry
Ambler, Granville
Appleyard, Benj. S
Ashworth, Abm
Baker, Albert
Barrass, Nicholas W
Bellamy, George
Charles, John
Coulson, Arthur
Cruise, John
See details for all 22 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 20
Served and returned: 0
Died: 20
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename or initials, surname, manner and date of death
Order of information: Listed alphabetically by surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname, decorations, manner and date of death
Order of information: Listed alphabetically by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Acrylic
- 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
- The Bradford Police Museum Trust
- Reference
- "Shot at Dawn", by Julian Putkowski & Julian Sykes (1998): records details of the Court Martial and execution of Private Arthur Wild of the 18th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (regimental number 18/356), who was executed on 5/9/1916, having formerly been a Constable in the Bradford City Police force, and who is named on the memorial.
- Shipley Times and Express 3/9/1915 (page 6) listed the names of 70 members of the Bradford City Police who were serving in the armed forces, mentioning that one former policeman had already been killed in action, another two had died in hospital, four were Prisoners of War, and another man was wounded. The list of 70 names and their military units included most of the men who are named as casualties on the memorial. (Among those listed was P.C. Arthur Wild, who is the sole UK police officer known to have been shot at dawn).
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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