Thames Valley Police

Plaque with Thames Valley Police HQ - Taken by W. Butcher 16 Apr 2018

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Plaque within Thames Valley Police HQ - Taken by W. Butcher 16 Apr 2018

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Reference WMO/207564

Address:

Thames Valley Police Headquarters

Oxford Road

Gosford

Kidlington

OX5 2NX

England

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Status: On original site

Type: Non freestanding

Location: Internal

Setting: Inside a building - public/private

Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet

Materials:

Stone Slate

Lettering: Incised

Conflicts:

First World War (1914-1918)
Second World War (1939-1945)

About the memorial: Longitudinal engraved slate tablets, inscribed in white lettering. (Most of those named on this memorial were originally commemorated on the memorials that were erected after the World Wars by the relevant constituent Force for which they had worked, each of which has or will have a separate entry on War Memorials Online- Oxford City Police, Reading Borough Police, Berkshire Constabulary, Buckinghamshire Constabulary, High Wycombe Borough Police and Oxfordshire Constabulary. However, some names were included as the result of subsequent research conducted by members of Thames Valley Police. The memorial is displayed on the same wall as a separate slate tablet that records the names of Thames Valley Police officers who have died on Police duty). There are 47 names for each war. The memorial is in the reception area. The reports for the original memorials are- Berkshire Constabulary-70743 and 287690, Buckinghamshire Constabulary-271415 for WW1, no previous WW2 memorial known about; High Wycombe Borough Police- no known original memorial for the single WW1 casualty and no WW2 casualties; Oxford City Police WW1-92373 and 92374, Oxford City Police WW2-92732, 92374 and 285177, Oxfordshire Constabulary WW1-287347 and 289010, Oxfordshire Constabulary WW2-286978 and 288959, Reading Borough Police-WW1- 289034 Reading Borough Police-WW2- 289035

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Inscription:

IN MEMORY / OF THOSE/ OFFICERS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN/ THE FIRST & SECOND WORLD WARS/ THAMES VALLEY CONSTITUENT FORCES/ BERKSHIRE CONSTABULARY/ 1914-1918/ (Names)/ 1939-1945/ (Names)/ BUCKINGHAMSHIRE CONSTABULARY/ 1914-1918/ (Names)/ 1939-1945/ (Names)/ HIGH WYCOMBE BOROUGH POLICE/ 1914-1918/ (Name)/ OXFORDSHIRE CONSTABULARY/ 1914-1918/ (Names)/ 1939-1945/ (Names)/ OXFORD CITY POLICE/ 1914-1918/ (Names)/ 1939-1945/ (Names)/ READING BOROUGH POLICE/ 1914-1918/ (Names)/ 1939-1945/ (Names)

Names:

Berkshire Constabulary- WW1- George W Bennett Coldstream Guards/ Frank H Brown Coldstream Guards/ Alfred F Davis Royal Berkshire Regiment/ George A Eales Royal Field Artillery/ Charles H Goodchild Suffolk Regiment/ George P Gould Royal Berkshire Regiment/ Francis B Hewett Royal Navy/ Raymond E Offer Life Guards/ Ralf Rowland Royal Garrison Artillery/ Alfred M Thompson Royal Garrison Artillery/ Charles Warman London Scottish Regiment/ Arthur F Wheatcroft Royal Berkshire Regiment; WW2- Roy H Brindley Royal Artillery/ Thomas A Brodie Royal Artillery/ Jack C Chipping Royal Tank Regiment/ John Davies Royal Air Force/ John J Eaton Royal Air Force/ Wilfred L H Gitsham Royal Navy/ Reginald J Poulter Royal Air Force/ Stanley Shuff Berkshire Constabulary/ Albert Alexander Berkshire Constabulary/ Windsor F Webb Royal Air Force/ Frederick Newman Berkshire Constabulary; Buckinghamshire Constabulary- WW1- Stephen G Beckett Coldstream Guards/ Joseph H Beebee Grenadier Guards/ George Brandon Grenadier Guards/ William E Eaton Grenadier Guards/ William Edwards Ox & Bucks Light Infantry/ Walter Gutteridge Ox & Bucks Light Infantry/ Joseph Halsey Military Mounted Police/ Alfred W Haynes Royal Horse Guards/ Alfred J Huggins Ox & Bucks Light Infantry/ George E Long Royal West Surrey Regiment/ Maurice Manders Bedfordshire Regiment/ Christopher T Nichols Royal Horse Guards/ Amos M Paxton Grenadier Guards/ Raymond Rickard Grenadier Guards/ Herbert T Sapsed Royal Navy Air Service/ William G Tilbury Ox & Bucks Light Infantry/ George Williams Ox & Bucks Light Infantry; WW2- John D Arnold Royal Navy/ George Batting Royal Artillery/ Arthur Bishop Royal Marine Commando/ William S Bull Royal Air Force/ Dennis J Child Somerset Light Infantry/ Daniel Driscoll Royal Air Force/ Thomas L Evans Royal Air Force/ George D Farrer Northamptonshire Regiment/ William H Gibbs Royal Air Force/ James B Gibson Coldstream Guards/ Frank Hearn Lincolnshire Regiment/ Harvey J Heavener Royal Air Force/ Harold C James Ox & Bucks Light Infantry/ Donald A James Royal Air Force/ Albert Love Buckinghamshire Constabulary/ Charles E Morley Gordon Highlanders/ Frederick R Mynheer Commando Regiment/ Frank G Newell Royal Air Force/ Frank Robinson Grenadier Guards/ Thomas Sandham Royal Air Force/ Leslie A Seagroatt Intelligence Corps/ Harold G Thomas Royal Air Force/ Frank Tilbury Corps of Military Police/ Harry M Wiles Hampshire Regiment/ Malcolm Robertson Buckinghamshire Constabulary; High Wycombe Borough Police WW1- Alfred Garment Northamptonshire Regiment; Oxford City Police- WW1- Edward J Collett Ox & Bucks Light Infantry/ George G Judd Royal Garrison Artillery/ Charles Martin Royal Garrison Artillery/ Albert G Taylor Royal Garrison Artillery; WW2- Herbert H Hacksley Royal Air Force/ Harold C Heath Royal Army Service Corps/ Iltid S Thomas Royal Air Force/ Frederick Thompson Royal Air Force; Oxfordshire Constabulary- WW1- Arthur H Admans Grenadier Guards/ Frederick G Hake Royal Navy/ William Hunt Dragoon Guards/ Edward G Joines Royal Field Artillery/ Henry Painter Grenadier Guards/ Lewis Rhymes Gloucestershire Regiment/ Albert C State Royal Army Service Corps/ Arthur H Wilkins South Lancashire Regiment/ Harvey T Williams Coldstream Guards; WW2- Edmund J Fuller Royal Navy/ Gordon Hern Commando Regiment/ Douglas A Money Royal Marine Commando; Reading Borough Police WW1- Claude V Bowra Berkshire Yeomanry/ Arthur P Dorey Grenadier Guards/ Russell Freeman Life Guards/ Albert J Lawrence Grenadier Guards; WW2- Albert G Bryce Royal Air Force/ Philip G Clark Royal Air Force/ Sydney R Hawkins Royal Air Force/ Rex Judd Reading Borough Police

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