Memorial details

Memorial type
Roll of honour or book of remembrance
District
Lincoln
Town
Nettleham
County
Lincolnshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Placed
    Date: 1920
    Attended by: (The precise date that the Roll of Honour was erected at Lincolnshire Constabulary's HQ is unknown, but replica copies of it were in situ in their Divisional HQs by July 1920).
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
92737

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Current location

Next to the display cabinet
outside the canteen
Lincolnshire Police HQ
Deepdale Lane
Nettleham
Lincoln
Lincolnshire
LN2 2QE
England

OS Grid Ref: TF 00192 75588
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • Lincolnshire Constabulary HQ
    Church Lane
    Lincoln
    Lincoln
    Lincolnshire
    England

    OS Grid Ref: Undefined
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
A large rectangular glazed-framed Roll of Honour that records all of Lincolnshire Constabulary's officers who served in the Armed Forces in WW1. The upper section of the Roll lists those who died; the lower section records all those who enlisted (including those who died, who are therefore named upon twice). The lower section records the date that each man joined the Armed Forces, the military units in which he served/died, his rank and any distinctions he was awarded, and (for those who survived) the date he was demobilised or discharged. N.B. The Roll is known to contain a few errors re initials and dates. (Replica copies of the Roll of Honour were originally displayed in each of the Constabulary's Divisions, including one that was placed in Gainsborough Police Court).
Inscription
Lincolnshire Constabulary./ ROLL of HONOUR, ROLL of SERVICE and DISTINCTIONS/ won by the Members of the Lincolnshire Constabulary who/ joined His Majesty's Forces during the Great War 1914-1919./ IN MEMORIAM/ (25 Names)/ ROLL OF SERVICE/ (135 Names) N.B. Those who died were listed twice on the Roll of Honour: once in the upper "In Memoriam" section, and again in the lower section, re all those who had enlisted.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Abell, Edward
Ackrill, Benjamin
Alexander, Frank
Anderson, James
Ash, Wilfred
Ayto, Ernest
Baldock, Frank
Barsley, Arthur
Beaumont, Frank
Betts, John W
See details for all 135 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 135
    Served and returned: 110
    Died: 25
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Military rank, date of enlistment, forenames, surname, Military unit, date of death or demobilisation, decorations
    Order of information: Casualties are listed chronologically by date of death in the upper section; in the lower section, all who enlisted (including casualties) are listed chronologically by date of enlistment
Components
  • Roll of honour
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Paper
  • Frame
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood - Oak, Glass
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Lincolnshire Police
Reference
  • The master copy of the Roll of Honour, bearing 135 names, was placed in Lincolnshire Constabulary's HQ after WW1; duplicates of it were erected in each of their Divisional HQs, including Gainsborough Division's HQ in Gainsborough Police Court. On 16/7/1920 the Gainsborough News reported: "A Roll of Honour, which hangs in the Gainsborough Police Court, bears testimony to the excellent service the members of the Lincs Constabulary rendered to the country during the Great War. Among those who were killed in action, and who in pre-war days were stationed at Gainsborough, are:- Pte. John Drury, Lincs Regt., died Nov 14th, 1914; Pte. Herbert Moody. Military Medalist, Lincs. Regt., died April 14th, 1917; Pt. John Padley, Royal Flying Corps, died Oct, 19th, 1917; Lance-corpl. Donald McKenzie, Cameron Highlanders, died Sept. 1916. The following are the names of those constables, stationed at Gainsborough, who served during the war and have returned home safely:- Q.M.Sergt. Chas. Little, R.A.F., Military Medalist; Sergt. Joseph Freeman, S. Wales Borderers, Military Medalist; Co.-Sergt.-Major Saunders, Rifle Brigade and Machine Gun Corps, Meritorious Service Medalist; Sergt. Edward Abell, Military Medalist, South Staffs. And Ptes. J. A. Cole, John Creasey, Sergt. Ernest Markham, Pte. Fredk. Bly Pte. Ernest Vickers, Lance-corpl. Albert Gilbert, Pte. Ben Smith, all of the Mounted Military Police; Pte. Sydney Brewster, Lincs (sic) Foot Police; Pte. Arthur Barsley, Army Service Corps; Gunner Moses Theaker, Gunner Chas Taylor, and Lance-corpl. Harold Watson, Royal Garrison Artillery; Pte. Walter Smith, Royal Marine Artillery; and Pte. Ernest Ayto, Military Foot Police. The Roll of Honour contains136 [sic] names altogether, 25 of whom were killed in action. Six of the constables stationed in Gainsborough were awarded the Military Medal". (Whilst this Gainsborough newspaper's report understandably focused on the names of the Gainsborough Police officers named on the Roll of Honour, the fact that the report mentioned that the Roll listed "136" names of former Police officers, 25 of whom had died, confirms that the one it mentioned as being in the Gainsborough Police Court was actually that Division's replica copy of the Lincolnshire Constabulary's full WW1 Roll of Honour, the master copy of which -actually listing 135 enlistees- was at the Force HQ in Lincoln).
  • Details of the Gainsborough Division's replica copy of the Lincolnshire Constabulary's full WW1 Roll of Honour can be found at www.lincstothepast.com/MemorialDetails.aspx?objectid=1888645 (That Lincstothepast webpage remarks that the location of the Gainsborough Division copy of the Roll of Honour is unknown, due to the closure of the the Gainsborough County Police Station in 1972. It is possible that that replica copy may now be in the privately-owned Old Nick Museum in that building; that Museum reopened after refurbishment in February 2019, see www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/take-look-newly-relaunched-old-2549917 ).

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