Memorial details

Memorial type
Roll of honour or book of remembrance
District
Wakefield
Town
Wakefield
County
West Yorkshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
92219

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Current location

Held under reference WYP/LE/A90/342
West Yorkshire History Centre
127
West Yorkshire Archive Service
Kirkgate
Wakefield
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF1 1JG
England

OS Grid Ref: SE 33674 20459
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • West Yorkshire Police HQ
    Laburnham Road
    Wakefield
    Wakefield
    West Yorkshire
    WF1 3QP
    England

    OS Grid Ref: SE 32989 21140
    Denomination: Undefined
  • Leeds City Police HQ
    Little Queen Street
    Leeds
    Leeds
    West Yorkshire
    England

    OS Grid Ref: Undefined
    Denomination: Undefined
  • Town Hall
    Leeds City Police HQ
    The Headrow
    Leeds
    Leeds
    West Yorkshire
    LS1 3AD
    England

    OS Grid Ref: Undefined
    Denomination: Undefined
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Description
Illuminated Roll of Honour, which has the Leeds City Police crest at top-centre and a stylised ink border. Within that border, the dedicatory inscription is in blue and gold lettering, beneath which the names of the Fallen are written in black ink. (The Roll of Honour was formerly framed and hung on display. It is now devoid of that frame).
Inscription
In Grateful and Honoured Memory of/ the following members of/ THE LEEDS CITY POLICE/ who paid the supreme sacrifice during the World War/ 1939-1945/ (names) (N.B. The abbreviation "NFS" in the inscription stood for the National Fire Service, to which some Police Officers belonged in WW2).
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Baxter, Arthur D
Boston, George W
Bowden, Samuel
Dean, George E
Gardhouse, Harry
Halpin, John L
Jeffries, Leonard A
Moorhouse, Ronald
Perry, John W
Ramsden, Harry
See details for all 15 names
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 15
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 15
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Military rank, forename and second initial, surname, Police Division in which formerly employed, Military unit in which serving when they died.
    Order of information: Grouped by Police Division, then alphabetical by surname
Components
  • Roll of honour
    Measurements: height 505mm, width 378mm
    Materials: Paper
Listing information
Condition
History
The Roll of Honour was originally framed and on display in Leeds City Police HQ. It was unframed by the time it was deposited with West Yorkshire Archives Service (under reference WYP/LE/A90/342) on 4/7/1980 by the Museums Officer, West Yorkshire Metropolitan Police, Headquarters, Laburnam Road, Wakefield. N.B. West Yorkshire Archives Service also hold a duplicate of this Roll of Honour (under reference WYL/LE/A72/164), which was deposited with them on 18/11/1978 by the Museums Officer of West Yorkshire Metropolitan Police. The existence of this known facsimile of the Roll of Honour implies that it is highly likely that a copy of it was originally on display in each of the five Divisional Headquarters.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
West Yorkshire Archive Service (Wakefield Office)
Reference
  • West Yorkshire Archives Service (Wakefield Branch) accession details for this Roll of Honour: WYP/LE/A90/342, was deposited by the Museums Officer, West Yorkshire Metropolitan Police, Headquarters, Laburnam Road, Wakefield on 4 July 1980, and was part of a wider deposit of police material from various forces across West Yorkshire. (The duplicate copy of the WW2 Roll of Honour that is held by the Wakefield Branch of WYAS, under reference WYL/LE/A72/164, was deposited by the Museums Officer, West Yorkshire Metropolitan Police, Headquarters, Laburnam Road, Wakefield on 18 November 1978, as part of a small deposit of records of the West Riding Constabulary and former Borough and City Police forces).

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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