Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Durham
- Town
- Durham
- County
- Durham
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 91503
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Current location
Garden of Remembrance
Durham Constabulary HQ
Woodward Way
Aykley Heads
Durham
Durham
Durham
DH1 5TT
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 26987 43760
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A rectangular blue board, with inscribed white lettering, which stands within a Garden of Remembrance. There are three sections of the memorial board: one comprises two columns of the names of officers who died in World War 1; another comprises a column of names of those who died in World War 2; the third comprises two columns of names of officers who have died in the line of Police duty. (N.B. The Garden of Remembrance and the plaque were created primarily as a Police memorial. It is the inscription re those who died in both World Wars that meets the criteria for inclusion on the War Memorials Register).
- Inscription
- Memorial/ First World War 1914 - 1918/ (names)/ 1939 - 1945/ (names)/ Police Roll of Honour/ (names)/ This Garden of Remembrance is dedicated to the memory of all Durham Constabulary officers and staff
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allan, J S
Ashburn, William
Atkinson, G A
Ball, Bertie John James
Bell, John
Bell, K
Bream, Charles
Brock, Alfred Herbert
Brown, E
Brown, George
See details for all 80 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 54
Served and returned: 0
Died: 54
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, military unit
Order of information: Grouped by military unit in which died - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 26
Served and returned: 0
Died: 26
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, initials, surname, military unit in which died
Order of information: Listed alphabetically by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined - Garden
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- 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
- Durham Constabulary
- Reference
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=11410
- Biographical details of those named on the memorial as having died in World War 1 are contained in the book "Blue Line to Trench Line" by John Grainger
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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