Forgotten Heroes - A Record of Police Gallantry Awards in the Lancashire County Palatine

Forgotten Heroes brings together, for the first time, a detailed record of all gallantry awards of almost 400 police officers throughout the ancient Lancashire County Palatine. The Palatine jurisdiction extends from Lake Windermere and Furness in the north to the River Mersey in the south, and from the west coast to the Pennines and Yorkshire Dales in the east. It includes the present-day Lancashire and those parts now within the administrative counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, and most of Greater Manchester and Merseyside. The book chronicles all awards since the institution of the King's Police Medal in 1909, when the nation began recognising bravery where police officers have risked their lives carrying out their duties. It covers more than a century of gallantry, commencing with the first award given in 1911 to a Preston officer, through to the present day.