Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Southampton
Town
Hamble-le-Rice
County
Hampshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War - civilians
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 02 October 2016
    Attended by: John Apter (Hampshire Police Federation Chairman) unveiled the memorial; those present included families, colleagues and all living former Chief Constables. of the Force.
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
92035

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Current location

Victoria House
Hampshire Constabulary Southern Support & Training HQ
Hamble Lane
Hamble-le-Rice
Southampton
Hampshire
SO31 4TS
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 46874 07807
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Four rectangular plaques fixed to a brick wall, one bearing the commemorative inscription; the others bearing details of serving Police Officers of Hampshire Constabulary and all of its historic constituent Forces who are known to have died since 1847, including some Second World War civilian casualties. (N.B. The memorial is primarily a Roll of Honour of Hampshire Officers whose deaths have occurred in the line of Police duty/in Police service. Of the ones it records as having died in World War 2, only those who the Commonwealth War Graves Commission lists as Civilian War casualties are pertinent to the War Memorials Register).
Inscription
(Plaque 1): IN MEMORY OF/ OUR FALLEN COLLEAGUES/ LEST WE FORGET (Plaque 2): BASINGSTOKE BOROUGH POLICE/ (NAME)/ PORTSMOUTH COUNTY BOROUGH POLICE/ (NAMES)/ PORTSMOUTH POLICE FIRE BRIGADE/ (NAME)/ SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY BOROUGH POLICE/ (NAMES) (Plaque 3): ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY CONSTABULARY/ (NAMES)/ WINCHESTER CITY POLICE/(NAME)/ HAMPSHIRE CONSTABULARY/ (NAMES) (Plaque 4): HAMPSHIRE CONSTABULARY/ (NAMES)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Baker, Frederick Thomas
Branscombe, Arthur Edwin
Colley, Walter John Mark
Davis, Bertie Leonard
Diaper, Ernest Edward Jack
Dunford, John William
Fleming, Albert Bertram
Galton, Robert Frank
Hodder, John Francis
Hooper, George Edward
See details for all 20 names
Commemorations
  • Second World War - civilians
    Total names on memorial: 20
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 20
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Police rank, forenames, surnames, date of death. age
    Order of information: Grouped by the specific Police force in which they worked, then listed chronologically by date of death
Components
  • Plaques
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Slate
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Hampshire Constabulary
Reference
  • The unveiling was reported on 2/10/2016 by The News online ( www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/crime/police-memorial-set-be-unveiled-hampshire-1194565 ).
  • Some of those named on this memorial are also commemorated on the memorials that their original Force erected in the aftermath of World War 2, i.e. on the Portsmouth City Police Memorial board (see our reference 86894), or the Southampton County Borough Police Roll of Honour (see our reference 86949). The remainder are not listed on any other Police memorial that is currently known to IWM.

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