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Hello
Ive have a vey old photo of a young policeman bearing the numbers 534Y on his collar.
Im curious as to whom this gentleman is as its a lovely photo & i hope it will be a family ancestor!!!

Can anyone please advise me of whom i should contact ?

Joanne. xxx

Thank you very much for looking for me. I've noted what yousaid. Many thanks again.....Lyn

Alex Sorry no John McLaren. nell

Susan Sorry, no Thomas Pinchon. You can still find out his warrant number, but you have to go to Kew to look it up on microfilm. nell

Hi One of my partner's relatives was an SC (does this mean Special Constable) in London. The only info we have for him is taken from the Metropolitan Police Book of Honour: 1915 SC Thomas Joseph Pinchon Killed by a bomb explosion at Holborn while reporting for duty during an enemy air raid. Would you mind looking to see if he had a Warrant Number? If he does, we might get more information about his family by going to the Record Office. Thank you. Su

Linda Sorry, not there. You can still get his service record by finding his warrant number but both of these things involve visiting Kew. nell

Barry Sorry, no John Drury. I think Acton is outside the Met Police area (or would have been pre 1900 anyway). The fact that your relie hadn't retired makes me suspicious as most Met police retired in their 40s/50s. I know Horn Lane slightly as I went to college in Acton - it was part of Ealing then and now the Thames Valley Uni. It's quite likely accommodation was provided. I know one of my Met police uncles is in a police section house with other recruits from the same village in the 1901 census. I suggest you contact the relevant records office to see if they hold any info of use to you. nell

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Janice I am merely checking names against the police-orders database, which is by no means complete. It provides the warrant number which you can use to check records at Kew. If your relative transferred to another force, I think it will be on his service record at Kew. nell

Yvonne This is what police-orders has: Date Warrant First name Last name Rank Number Station Reason PO Date 47892 GOODFELLOW JOINED 03/04/1893 47802 GOODFELLOW PC 181 D PENSIONED 02/04/1893 20/05/1901 60348 GOODFELLOW PC 99 W PENSIONED 19/05/1901 21/06/1902 1989 JAMES GOODFELLOW PC D 14 Day Rejoin More Info None of these seem to fit your dates. Sorry! nell

Nell - Thank you for checking Charles Gosling. Do the records relate to those who retired in the Met Police which would then tell me that Charles Gosling must have transferred to another police force after the 1901 census was taken? Jan

Thanks for trying Nell. Regards Christina

Rob I've e-mailed you. Don't worry, this thread will stay (or be replaced with a new one if it gets too long) whilst people still want look-ups. nell

Nell, thanks so much for the info on City Police. Really appreciate your help. Jenny

Christine sorry, no John Bawden. nell

My husbands gt gt grandad was a police officer in the Manchester police so we phoned up the Manchester Police Museum with vaue details and the very nice chappy there gave us his service record information over the telephone, a few weeks later we then visited the museum too. We thought husbands family were as English as they come but from the service records found out that they are as Irish as they come!! Have fun hunting Helen

Hi Nell Many thanks for the info re William CARTER. Will now have to sort out a trip to Kew to see the rest of information about him. This is brilliant. Thank you so much. Barbara

Thanks Nel. That is my man. He was Born Wybrow, his father was Wibrow married Wybrow . In the Police as Whybrow,then married again as Whybrew and died as Whybrew. All five of his children by both marriages were Whybrew. I am and have always been a Whybrew so I hope that in 100 years time anyone trying to find me will have some chance. Thanks for your help. Roger GC

Hi Could you please see if you can find anything on John Bawden for me, he joined the police force sometime between 1845 and 1851, lived at Nelsons Grove, Nelsons Fields Merton, Surrey. At the time of the 1861 census he was age 37. He retired prior to the 1881 census. Sorry I cant be more specific as I dont have access to any information as I am in Australia. Regards Christina

Jenny And anyone else with City of London policemen: The City of London Police: Registers listing every member of the force since warrant numbers were introduced on 9 April 1832 together with personal files on 95% of officers who have served since that date have been transferred from the City of London Police Records Office to the Corporation of London Record Office, PO Box 270, Guildhall, London, EC2P 2EJ (Tel: 020 7332 1251) I have obtained useful info about yet another great-uncle who was a City copper from the above by e-mailing CLRO[at]corpoflondon.gov.uk nell nell