Memorial

Plaque Police 1914-18 1939-45 Memorial Garden

Wallsend

Memorial Name: Plaque Police 1914-18 1939-45 Memorial Garden (W7.46)

NEWMP Ref No.: W7.46

Parish: Wallsend

Original Location:

Middle Engine Lane, Wallsend.

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Who Commissioned:

Northumberland Police

Inscription:

Northumbria Police Memorial Wall

Memorial Description:

Memorial in the shape of a notice board.

There are two halves.

The left half shows the names and locations of Police personnel who died in the two great wars.

The right hand side lists the names of those who died during the course of their duties.

The names are in gilded lettering behind glass.

The headings are in sans serif lower case gilded lettering; the ranks and surnames are in upper case with the Christian names in lower case.

Names:

a. 52 full names
b. 28 full names.
See transcript.

Sources:

Photos: James Pasby

Research Acknowledgements:

James Pasby

Research In Progress:

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Names Documents:

Frame 1

Pane1                             Panel 2  

 1st World War 1914-1918              2nd World War 1939-1945

 Gateshead Borough Police     Gateshead Borough Police

   Hill       R                        Watson      Ernest E

   Scott      T                        Schofield   George

   Smith      W

   Tailford   J                      South Shields Borough Police

                                       Armstrong   Joseph S.

 South Shields Borough Police          Lamb        Leslie

   Bloom      Thomas E                 Watson      Christopher

   Castall    Henry

   Donaghy    John E                 Sunderland Police   

   Edmondson  Richard                  Thompson    William H

   Farthing   John J

   Felstead   Oswald                 Tynemouth Borough Police

   Lillico    George R                 Cowell     L

   Romaines   William R                Daley      N.A.

   Smith      Ralph P                  Peverell   W.T.

 Sunderland Police                   Newcastle City Police

   Bousfield  William E                Anderson    John T

   Bromwich   James E                  Dickson     Victor

   Burge      Harry                    Elliot      Bernard

   Calvert    George                   Hiddes      Henry

   Cragg      Thomas G                 Hindmarsh   James

   Douglas    John                     Marriott    Robert

   Gannon     James W                  Middleton   Harvey

   Harrison   Thomas E                 Railton     Alfred

   Jackson    Edward                   Robinson    George

   Meldrum    Thomas                   Robson      James

   McLagan    Allan H                  Smith       John A.W.

   Nelson     John R

   Spoors     Thomas W              Northumberland County

   Tindall    John                  Constabulary

   Wood       Andrew P                 Bewick     John W

                                       Cherrey    Robert J

 Newcastle City Police                 Gilbert    Charles

   Batey      George                   Hall       Ernest

   Brain      George E MM              Hudson     Oliver

   Brown      Robert                   Liddle     Richard

   Dale       Richard A                Nelson     Tom J

   Earl       Thomas A                 Pearson    John L.W.

   English    John

   Haddock    John

   Hogg       John

   Hudson     Robert

   Keane      William

   Lindsay    Thomas

   Maughan    Ernest

   Nairn      William H

   Thompson   Nicholas

   Wheeler    John

Northumberland Constabulary

   Cowie      Henry

   Law        William

   McLennan   David B

   McDougall  Robert

   Shotton    John

   Strother   John

   Taylor     John

   Wooley     Robert

   Yorke      Edward BR

————————————————————————

Frame 2

Left hand column

   Officers who died in the course of their duty

  Blyth Police                       Date of death

  PC  Harford          Patrick        13/08/1851

  Gateshead Borough Police

  PC  Scott            Thomas         06/10/1854

  PC  Graham           John           25/01/1889

  Sgt Laidler          Walter J       21/06/1934

  PC  Armstrong        Brian          12/09/1966

  River Wear Police

  PC  Wilson           Newby          06/09/1849

  PC  Hird             Robert         21/10/1852

  PC  Wilton           Benjamin       17/03/1863

  PC  Hird             William        29/11/1866

  Sgt Hasker           John S         04/11/1895

  PC  Longridge        William R      23/12/1911

  Insp Lakin           James          23/02/1913

  PC  Page             Charles P      21/06/1940

  River Tyne Police

  Sub Insp Pickering   Richard        06/01/1873

  PC  Haken            William        January 1880

  SC Mills             Thomas PS      03/02/1940

  PC  Rogerson         Charles M      18/01/1953

  South Shields Borough Police

  PC  Rodgers          Thomas         21/05/1914

  PC  Wheatley         George W       26/12/1957

  Sunderland Borough Police

  PC  Gray             Edward         11/03/1854

  PFm Dryden           William        04/11/1895

  Supt Best            William        22/02/1902

  SC Dale              Thomas S       01/04/1916

  DC Taylor            Ernest J       30/10/1942

  SC Slawther          Lancelot C     16/05/1943

  PWRC Eves            Thomas E       24/05/1943

  PC  Abbs             Raymond        11/05/1952

  Tynemouth Borough Police

  Insp Anderson        James          24/12/1889

  Cc Anderson          Alexander      28/11/1893

  PC  Potts            William        22/07/1933

  PC  Clements         Mornington A   10/04/1941

  PWRC Murray          George C       10/04/1941

  PWRC Hannah          John W         12/10/1941

  Newcastle Upon Tyne City Police

  PC  Atkinson         William        June 1756

  PC  Watson           Thomas         26/10/1856

  PC  Bain             Donald         17/12/1867

  PC  Ellison          William        07/06/1886

  PC  Robinson         John           02/10/1894

  PC  Hinson           James          22/08/1898

  PC  Pragnell         George         09/01/1915

  PC  Leggett          Henry          29/07/1928

  PC  Swinburn         Charles  MM    21/06/1931

  PC  Melville         Robert         30/08/1931

  Sgt Henderson        James S        10/10/1938

  PC  Donaldson        Thomas W       09/03/1960

————————————————————————

Frame 2

Right hand column

  Tyne Dock & Piers Police

  Sgt Graham           John A         March 1922

  Newcastle Upon Tyne Police Fire Brigade

  PFm Batey            George         13/10/1877

  PFm Mitchell         Peter          13/10/1877

  PFm Murphy           William        23/09/1890

  PFm Grey             James          23/09/1890

  PFm Bowey            William        11/10/1890

  Supt Murray          Norman V       06/10/1940

  Northumberland County Constabulary

  A/Sgt Hall           William        21/12/1867

  PC  Grey             George         18/01/1873

  Sgt Hately           John           06/03/1875

  PC  Scott            Thomas H       28/11/1880

  PC  Henderson        Christopher P  28/06/1907

  PC  Mussell          George B  KPM  15/04/1913

  Sgt Barton           Andrew  KPM    15/04/1913

  PC  Telford          Robert         15/06/1915

  PC  Gibson           John           October 1917

  PC  Liddle           Roger          30/09/1941

  SC Gilbert           Charles        14/12/1942

  SC Hudson            Oliver         14/12/1942

  PC  Pattison         Ralph H        07/02/1949

  PC  Fyfe             John           23/07/1958

  PC  Grey             William A      24/05/1960

  PC  Benson           Victor H       26/09/1961

  Northumbria Police

  WPC Moses            Shirley        29/08/1976

  PC  Cavagin          Malcolm D      05/07/1981

  PC  Buckley          Daniel         14/02/1982

  PC  Bull             Bernard L      31/01/1991

  PC  Urwin            Michael        01/12/1992

  Sgt Forth            William        21/03/1993

  PC  Mcclughin        Samuel D       22/04/1996

  PC  Carroll          Joseph G       13/04/2006

  Insp Gunn            Philip         21/05/2010

  PC  Rathband         David J        29/02/2012

  PC  Davidson         John           06/11/2017

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