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Plaque 1939-45 Police Station

Reference

N34.24

Place

NORTH SHIELDS

Map ref

NZ 357685

Original Location

Police Station, Upper Pearson Street / Stephenson Street. At reception desk.

Present Location

Northumbrian Police Headquarters at Howden. See note 1.

Which war

1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

March 1949

Memorial Description

Plaque 2 feet 3 inches (676mm) high x 1 foot 6 (451mm) inches wide, with a raised square section at mid-top. There is a plain raised border. At the top there is the Tynemouth County Borough badge, raised and picked out in gold. The lettering is incised and gilded, using mainly serif capitals, with ranks are in lower case.

Materials used

Varnished oak

Inscription

1939-1945 / In honoured memory / of / those from this Force / who gave their lives in / the World War.
"At the going down of the sun / and in the morning / we will remember them".

Names

6 names and ranks.
See transcript.

Notes

1. Since 2013 this has been kept in safe keeping and is now located in the new Northumbrian Police Headquarters at Middle Engine Lane at Wallsend. Moved about 2015.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: Ralph Gould; T. Harding; James Pasby

Shields Daily News 26/03/19149 carries a photo of the unveiling. (Available on the British Newspaper Archive)

Source of quotation
�At the going down of the sun . . .� For the Fallen Lawrence Binyon.

Research acknowledgements

The late R.W. Gould; T. Harding

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Plaque 1939-45 Police Station (N34.24)

NORTH SHIELDS, Police Station.

   1939     (Borough     1945

             badge)

   In honoured memory

of

   those from this Force

   who gave their lives in

   the World War.

   P.C. 37       M.A. Clement

   Pilot Officer L. Cowell

   Trooper       N.A. Daley

   F.R.16        J.W. Hannah

   F.R.5         G.C. Murray

   Sgt. Pilot    W.T. Peverell

   "At the going down of the sun

   and in the morning

   we will remember them."

NamesN34.24

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