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    Memorial

    Dorset Constabulary

    Dorset Constabulary War Memorial

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    Current Location

    Dorset Police Headquarters, Monterey Avenue, Winfrith, Purbeck, Dorset, DT2 8DZ, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SY 82676 86619

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    Names

    Names listed on this memorial

    • Arthur Steele

    • Henry Hann

    • Joseph Cottrell

    • William Gale

    • James House

    • Stephen Reed

    • Albert Hill

    • William Painter

    • John R Broomfield

    • Albert T Hardy

    • Robert J Bennett

    • Neville J H Carter

    • Henry J Cross

    • Leslie G K Lock

    • Harold G R Stapleforth

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    Type of Memorial
    Cenotaph
    WMR Reference Number
    921
    Description
    Ornately carved white stone monument with gabled sculpted top, set on plinth, bearing the WW1 inscription and names. An inscribed, scroll-top tablet at the base of plinth bears the WW2 inscription and names.
    Inscription
    Column: THIS MONUMENT/ IS ERECTED BY THE/ MEMBERS OF THE/ DORSET CONSTABULARY/ IN MEMORY OF THOSE/ OF THEIR COMRADES/ WHO, AS VOLUNTEERS,/ LAID DOWN THEIR/ LIVES FOR THEIR GOD,/ THEIR KING/ AND THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918./[Names] Tablet at base: IN HONOURED AND GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THE DORSET CONSTABULARY/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945 / [Names]/ SPLENDID YOU PAST, THE GREAT SURRENDER MADE,/ INTO THE LIGHT THAT NEVER MORE SHALL FADE
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    10
    Died
    10
    Information shown
    Police rank, forename, surname, military rank and Regiment
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    5
    Died
    5
    Information shown
    Police rank, forename, surname, military rank/unit
    Sponsor Type
    other
    Sponsored By
    Subscriptions from past and current members of the Dorset Constabulary.

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    2/12/1920

    The Earl of Shaftesbury performed the unveiling of the WW1 cenotaph at the Constabulary HQ in Dorchester

    Dedicated

    2/12/1920

    Reverend H. Bowden Smith (former Chaplain to the Forces) performed the dedication of the WW1 cenotaph

    Unveiled

    8/11/1949

    The Earl of Ilchester unveiled the WW2 tablet at Dorset Constabulary HQ in Dorchester

    Dedicated

    8/11/1949

    The Lord Bishop of Salisbury performed the dedication of the WW2 tablet

    Previous Location(s)

    • Dorset County Constabulary HQ, Weymouth Avenue, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1QZ

      Year of move

      Pre 1992; exact date unknown

      Reason for move

      Headquarters moved from Dorchester to its current location. (Following amalgamation, in 1967 the Force was renamed Dorset and Bournemouth Constabulary; following a subsequent re-organisation, the Force was renamed Dorset Police in 1/4/1974).

    Custodian
    Dorset Police

    Components

    Cenotaph

    Height: 1524MM


    Made from: Stone - Portland


    Condition: Good


    Tablet

    Made from: Stone - Portland


    Condition: Good


    • Western Morning News 3/12/1920 (page 8) reported the unveiling
    • Western Gazette 3/12/1920 (page 3) reported the unveiling of the WW1 memorial.
    • Western Gazette 11/11/1949 (page 7) reported the unveiling of the WW2 tablet.