Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Stone of remembrance
- District
- City Of Westminster
- Town
- Westminster (Millbank)
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Terrorist Acts
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 20th February 2019
Attended by: The memorial was unveiled at 10 Downing Street by the Rt Hon Mrs Theresa May, Prime Minister; attendees included relatives of the deceased. - Placed
Date: 20 February 2019
Attended by: The stone was installed outside the carriage gates of the Palace of Westminster; wreaths were laid by Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick, Chairwoman of the Police Memorial Trust Geraldine Winner and the Speakers of both Houses - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 94273
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Current location
At the Carriage Gates
Palace of Westminster
Westminster (Millbank)
City Of Westminster
Greater London
SW1A 0AA
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 30178 79610
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A grey slate circle bearing the inscription, set into a pillar of white Portland stone. Beneath the inset slate circle is the incised Metropolitan Police crest within five vertical lines.
- Inscription
- IN REMEMBRANCE/ P.C./ KEITH/ PALMER GM/ 22ND MARCH 2017/ THE POLICE MEMORIAL TRUST
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Palmer, Keith
See details - Commemorations
- Terrorist Acts
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Police rank, forename, surname, place of death, date of death
Order of information: Undefined
- Terrorist Acts
- Components
- Stone of remembrance
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Portland, Slate
- Stone of remembrance
- 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
- History
- Having been unveiled at a private reception held at 10 Downing Street on 20/2/2019, the memorial stone was installed the same day outside the carriage gates of the Palace of Westminster, where PC Palmer was attacked. A plaque was also placed in New Palace Yard at the Palace of Westminster, close to where PC Palmer died. (The Police Memorial Trust record of the stone memorial mentions that ""The Trust has worked since 2017 to get permission to place the memorial at the Unesco World Heritage site, and has consulted with Mr Palmer’s family on the plans". At the present time, however, that memorial is still in situ at the Palace of Westminster).
- Costs
Comments: The memorial was erected by The Police Memorial Trust.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Corporate
- Responsibility
- The Police Memorial Trust
- Reference
- The Police Memorial Trust's record of this memorial can be found at thepolicememorialtrust.org/pc-keith-palmer-gm/; their information includes the following note: "PC Keith Palmer GM 22nd March 2017 48 years old Metropolitan Police PC Palmer, though unarmed, stopped a knife-wielding terrorist from entering the Palace of Westminster during the 2017 Westminster attack; he died from wounds he received in this attack." Their notes state that "A plaque has also been placed inside the grounds of the Palace of Westminster, in New Palace Yard, close to where father-of-one Mr Palmer died". (Details of The Police Memorial Trust and its history can be found at thepolicememorialtrust.org/ )
- During a violent affray in June 2020, the memorial was subjected to desecration by a protestor, a report of which can be found at www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/man-urinates-keith-palmer-memorial-westminster-tobias-ellwood-a4468271.html
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Palmer_(police_officer)
- Police Constable Keith Palmer is also commemorated on a tablet that was installed at Charlton Athletic Football Club, see our War Memorial Register reference WMR 84675, www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/84675
- On 20/2/2019 the Evening Standard reported the unveiling: www.standard.co.uk/news/london/memorial-unveiled-to-honour-pc-keith-palmer-killed-in-westminster-terror-attack-a4072286.html
- www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/offices/commons/media-relations-group/news/memorial-unveiled-in-tribute-to-pc-keith-palmer-gm/
- On 9/11/2018 the BBC News website had reported the forthcoming installation of the memorial, see www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-46144159
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