Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Vale Royal
Town
Northwich
County
Cheshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Placed
    Date: 1920
    Attended by:
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
91637

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Current location

In the stairwell
between the 1st and 2nd floors (i.e. a non-public area)
Northwich Police Station
Chester Way
Northwich
Vale Royal
Cheshire
CW9 5QJ
England

OS Grid Ref: SJ 66047 73928
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • Malpas Police Station (since closed)
    Station Road
    Malpas
    Chester
    Cheshire
    England

    OS Grid Ref: Undefined
    Denomination: Undefined
  • Broxton Division Police Station
    Stone Place
    Hoole Road
    Chester
    Chester
    Cheshire
    England

    OS Grid Ref: Undefined
    Denomination: Undefined
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Description
Nowy-headed oak board, with a painted depiction of the Cheshire Constabulary crest at top-centre. The inscription is in black lettering, apart from the details of the casualty, which are in red lettering.
Inscription
CHESHIRE CONSTABULARY/ RECORD OF MEN WHO SERVED IN/ H.M. FORCES DURING THE WAR 1914-1918./ BROXTON DIVISION/ KILLED IN ACTION/ (1 NAME)/ WOUNDED/ (2 NAMES)/ ALSO SERVED/ (2 NAMES)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Astles, C
Parrott, H
Shaw, I
Testal, G M
Whiston, J
See details for all 5 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 5
    Served and returned: 4
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Police rank, initials, surname, Army rank and Regiment, whether died or wounded
    Order of information: Grouped by whether died, wounded or served
Components
  • Board
    Measurements: height c800mm, width c460mm
    Materials: Wood - Oak
Listing information
Condition
History
According to information kindly supplied by Cheshire Constabulary Museum, the memorial would originally have been erected at the Hoole Police Station in Chester. Having later been moved to Malpas Police Station (which closed in the 1990s), the memorial is now in Northwich Police Station.
Costs

Comments: "To the Best of our Skill and Knowledge; A Short History of the Cheshire Constabulary 1857-1957", compiled by R.W. James. Page 36 states that "In 1920 the Standing Joint Committee authorised the expenditure of £100 to be spent on specially designed wooden plaques recording particulars of service in H.M. Forces of members of each division to be erected at the respective Divisional Headquarters". www.museumofpolicingincheshire.org.uk/Features/Texts/Best of our skills.pdf

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Cheshire Constabulary
Reference
  • "To the Best of our Skill and Knowledge; A Short History of the Cheshire Constabulary 1857-1957", compiled by R.W. James. Page 36 states that "In 1920 the Standing Joint Committee authorised the expenditure of £100 to be spent on specially designed wooden plaques recording particulars of service in H.M. Forces of members of each division to be erected at the respective Divisional Headquarters". www.museumofpolicingincheshire.org.uk/Features/Texts/Best of our skills.pdf
  • The War Memorials Trust's record of this memorial can be found at www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/279419
  • Former PC Harold Parrott was named as a WW1 casualty on the Cheshire Constabulary and constituent forces' WW1/WW2 memorial board (see www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/18185 ).
  • Cheshire Constabulary "Book of Remembrance; Remembering Cheshire Police Officers who served and gave their lives in World War I and World War II", by Will Brown of the Museum of Policing in Cheshire, November 2018. (This booklet includes the details of former Broxton Division officer PC 74 Harold PARROTT, who died 3/7/1916 serving in the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards).

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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