Blackburn Borough Police WW1

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Blackburn (Greenbank) Police Station

Whitebirk Drive

Blackburn

BB1 3HP

England

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Status: On subsequent site(s)

Type: Non freestanding

Location: Internal

Setting: Inside a building - public/private

Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet

Materials:

Timber Timber (any)

Lettering: Incised

Conflicts:

First World War (1914-1918)

About the memorial: Wooden board with an open pediment that contains a carving of the Blackburn Borough crest. The central panel bearing the incised inscription is surrounded by egg-and-dart moulding, with a small inset panel on each side containing laurel leaves. The centre column of the inscription includes the dedication and the names of the former officers who died. The first and third columns list the names of officers who served and survived. It was originally in the Sessions House over the fireplace of the Police Reading Room at the Former Central Police Station (behind the Courthouse) on Northgate Street. There are 70 names of whom 11 fell.

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Blackburn Weekly Telegraph 29 October 1921- On Thursday 27 October 1921, at the Police Courts about 300 presentations were made to members of the Women Police Aid Detachment and the Special Constabulary who volunteered for special service and assisted the police during the Great War. Each member of the W.P.A.D and the Specials was presented with an illuminated certificate and a baton. The certificate had the following inscription: This is to certify that —— served as a special constable of the County Borough of Blackburn and performed duty as such during the period of the Great War, 1914–19. Lawrence Cotton, Mayor and Chairman of the Watch Committee, Christopher Hodson, Chief Constable The batons are surmounted by a crown in colours with the letters “G.R." underneath. Then follow the borough coat of arms, also in colours and the words: Special Constable, 1914–19. There are 42 names on the roll of the W.P.A.D. they are: Brown, M.J.; Baron, A.; M'Carthy, A.; Callis, F.; Cooper, L.; Cotton, I.; Crucifix, M.E.; Davis, E.; Farquhar, I; Graham, A.; Haslam, E; Johnson, J.; Jones, M; Jennings, M.; Lomax, A.; Leaver, M.J.; Livesey, I.; Leeming, E.; Lemming, M.; Marshall, C.; Mitchell, A.E.; Morley, M.; Morris, E.; Mercer, E.; Mason, A.G.; Nuttall, S. (hon commandant); Ollett, M.; O'Shea, M.; Pickering, M.; Ramsay, M. (commandant); Richards, N.; Richards, L.; Rigby, E. M.; Rigby, J.; Sharples, S.E.; Standing, B.; Tennant, D.; Tenant, H.; Tennant, M.; Tipping, M.; Watson, A.; Wilkinson, H.; Isabella Cotton died in late 1918 aged 27. There are 246 Special Constables on the Roll they are: Hon. chief Alderman Thompson, W.; hon deputy chief, Higginson, J.; drill instructor inspector Mackereth; Airey, F.; Airey, R.; Aitkin, W.J.H.; Astley, J.; Ashworth, W.; Atkinson, R; Atkinson, T. Boddy, W.H.; Brown, A.E.; Bolton, P.; Briscoe, C.T.; Briggs, E.; Blackshaw, H.:Blackshaw, J.R.; Burton, T.; Burke, Richard; Bond, W.; Baines, G.; Baldwin, W.; Boothman, F.; Balme, W.E.; Booth, F.; Bowker, T.; Brothers, Malam; Butterworth, F. Cam, M; Campbell, J.; Campbell, T.; Carmichael, J.W.; Caton, A.; Charnley, J.T.; Clough, W.H.; Cowell, J.; Croasdale, J.M.; Culshaw, R.; Cunliffe, E.; Cunliffe, F.; Carmichael, F.R; Carmichael, W.; Catterall J.; Charnock, J.E.; Chadwick, J.; Chadwick. J.; Carr, W.; Catlow, R.; Coward, W.; Cumpstey, B.W.; Cotton, J.; Culshaw, W.; Cook, R.; Chadwick, W.E.; Carruthers, J. Duckworth. F.; Davis, R.; Duxbury, L.; Dixon, C.; Duckworth, J.W.; Draper, J.E.; Dawson, W.; Dewhurst, T. Entwistle, R.; Ellison, J.T.; Eatough, J.T.; Eastwood, F.; Eastwood, H.; Edmundson, Joseph; Emundson, Joseph; Eastwood, R.; Ferguson, W.J.; Fair, E.; Fletcher, R.; Forrest, B.; Ferguson, J.; Fielding, R.R.; Farnworth, J. Greenwood, S.; Green, J.B.; Geldart, William; Gilmore, H.; Garstang, W.J.; Grills, C.H.; Ginger, W.H.; Guest, W.; Gillibrand, R.A.; Goodwin, A.W.; Gidbart, R.; Garland; A.H.; Greene, R.; Gibson, T.F.; Gill. J.; Hammond, W.; Holden, Y.; Heyworth, L.; Hayes, J.; Hartley, A.; Hargreaves, J.; Haydock, J.; Hacking, J.; Highton,E.; Haworth, R.; Haworth, J.; Heys, R.; Harrison, T.; Hoyle, A.; Hodgkinson, J.E.; Haydock, G.B.; Harwood, G.; Horrocks, H.; Harrison, W.; Haworth, J.R., Howard, W.; Holden, T.; Hindle, F.; Hoghton, J.B.; Horsfall, F.S.;Hartley, J. Isherwood, J.; Ingham, T.; Ingham, A.E.; Ingham, J.; Ianson, J.W. Jackson, W.S.; Jepson, J.; Jenkinson, J.; Jones, F.; Jones, E.. Knowles, G.; Knowles, W.; Kirk, W.; Kraut, A; Kay, W.T.; Keeling, G.W.; Lewis, J.; Levers, W.H.; Lomax, J.P.; Leigh, H.; Law, W.; Longton, E.; Longworth, J.; Livesey, W.; Leaver, J.; Leaver, T.A. Morris, J.; Markland, J.H.; Mayers,, J.; Margerison, J.; Matthews, J.H.S.; Morris M.; Metcalf, R.; Maden, E.; Mawley, W.; Moxen, E.; Morris, W.; Moss, W.E.; Martin, J. Needham, T.; North, J.W. Norwood, C.B. Oates, A.; Ormerod, J.; Ormerod, R.; Oddie, R.M.; Oldham, W.; Ollett, F.; Parkinson, G.W.; Pickering, W.; Parker, A.E.; pomfret, E.; Parkinson, H.; Pickles, A.; Pickup, H.S.; Parkinson, C.M.; Petherill, C.R.; Pickup, R.T.; Pickering, E.; Richards, H.; Richardson, H.E.; Roberts, T.S.; Riley, W.; Robinson, J.H.; Rudd, E.; Riley, J.; Ryden, H.; Sharples, T.; Street, E.S.; Smalley, G.; Sweeting, J.; Shaw, J.; Sharples, J.; Speight, R.; Smith, W.R.; Stonehouse, W.H.; Schofield, W.S.; Steward, J.H.; Snape, J.; Shorrock, C.; Shorrock, B.; Smith, J.; Seed, W.E.; Sutton, W.; Shaw, J.L.; Smalley, R.H.; Slater, F.; Sharples, F.W. Thompson, T.R.; Topping, W.; Thompson, W.; Thompson, H.G.; Talbot, A.; Thompson, W.E.; Trickett, W.; Townley, R.H.; Turner, G.W.; Turner, G.E.; Tattersall, W.; Taylor, G.H.; Taylor, J.; Tinning, W.J.; Taylor, J. Walmsley, J.; Wilkinson, W.W.; Wigglesworth, J.; Wilson, W.; Wade, H.T.; Watson, H.A.; Wilson, A.; Whittaker, J.; White, H.; Wilkinson, S.S.; Wood, G.; Worswick, F.J.; Wallwork, T.; Wheelwright, P.P.; Wolley, W.; White, J.; Westwell, J.; Wild, L.; Walmsley, W.T.; Walker, R.B.; Warrington, L.; Ward, J.; Wilkinson, R,; Wood, T. Four of the special constables on the list died before the presentation, They were: Richard Burke, died 1920, aged 57. William Coward, died 1920, aged 43. Thomas Albert Leaver, died 1920, aged 56. Charles Burton Norwood, died 1921, aged 63.

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BLACKBURN COUNTY BOROUGH POLICE/ ROLL OF HONOUR (Column 1)/ (Names) (Column 2)/ KILLED/ IN/ ACTION/ (Names)/ DIED/ OF/ WOUNDS/ (Name)/ 1914 1918 (Column 3)/ (Names)

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Constables: Ball, H.; Barton, H.; Bridge T.F.; Cayton, W.; Crabtree, J.A.; Darbyshire, J.; Dent, C.T.; Dickinson, D.; Duerden, F.; Duffy, W.; Eastham, J.; Eastham, W.H.; Edwardson, T.; Entwistle, A.E.; Entwistle, H.; Evans, J.W.; Fawcet, G.; Frith, J.J.; Gradwell, R.; Harrison, H.; Hart, S.; Hartley, P.; Harvey, W.; Haworth, S.; Heyes, H.; Hilton, G.; Hilton, T.; Hodgson, T.S.; Holden, G.; Holden, J.T.; Holden, R.; Holt, F.; Hutchinson, J.; Hyde, H.H.; Johnson, F.; Langley, R.S.; Lazenby, J.; Little, F.; Loynds, A.; Maycock, J.; McKie, S.; Peet, A.P.; Pollard, J.; Price, T.; Rigbye, A.; Robinson, J.; Rodgett, P.; Smith, T.; Tattersall, E.T.; Thacker, K.T.; Walmsley, A.; Walsh, J.H.; Ward, H.; West, H.; Whalley, J.; Wilkinson, J.; Sergeant: Moran, W. Those Killed in Action were: Constable Collis, W.A.; Colter, S.J.; Dickinson, J.; Grime, H.; Howson, J.; Moscrop, J.; Partington, H.; Pope, H.; Rhodes, A.; Smith, J. Died of Wounds: Constable: Bradshaw, J.

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