Met. Police Coronation medals

[eviltaxman]

This isn't exactly WW1 related, but is from this period in time. Unfortunately I've had to sell a few medals to make ends meet recently and one such set was a pair of Met Police Coronation medals for 1902 & 1911. With the medals went copies of the chaps medical record and "discharge" papers (he was sacked?!?).

The buyer has recently got into collecting Police medals and would like to know..........

"I`m relatively new to collecting Police medals, and have been gaining all my research on them from the police orders website, and before it closed the Met Museum, now am I right in thinking that each Met Officer, has his own service papers at the PRO (like the Military)? Can the same be said for other Forces? Do you know anyone who could conduct this research for me if this is the case? If this is the case then a whole new avenue of information has just opened for me.

Finally was there some sort of strike or something, by the Police in 1919, for so many Bobbies to get the sack?"

Can anyone shed any light/help?

Cheers

Les.

[DirtyDick]

I believe there was a strike by the Metropolitan Police in 1919.

This led to the enactment of anti-striking legislation for all police, with the proviso that a grass roots advisory body, now the Police Federation, would inform the Home Office and senior officers of their members' views.

It would not surprise me if agitators or selected individuals were sacked for this event.

I believe that legality of preventing any members of such an organisation from striking is on decidedly dodgy ground these days with the incorporation of the EU Convention on Human Rights (just as the govt. talked about just such a thing for the firemen over the recent pay dispute) being incorporated into UK law courts.

Ricardo

[Archer]

Excuse my ignorance, please ... but what is

the police orders website

Thank you

William

[eviltaxman]

William,

Pass! I can only assume it's the Police "equivilent" of military orders... i.e. Medals.

Les.

[Ed Matthews]

See the following recent thread in relation to the Police Strikes of 1918/19:

Police Strike

As for researching members of provincial Forces, I have always found that by writing to the local force headquarters (or Museum, if they are forunate enough to have one) your enquiry usually ends up with a "local" expert (usually a serving or retired Officer) who, time allowing, can do some basic research. I would also recommend enquiring at the local record office as they often hold attestation sheets and the like for the local constabulary.

Rgds

Ed

[j.r.f]

PALS

My great grandfather was a policeman,in Bristol. The Bristol records office have some of the records.He finished as a sergent in something like 1904.From memory there were two things, in his record,that stand out.1) Caught fillandering with a femalke on newyears eve. F or thgis he was fined something like two days pay.2) APREHENDING A KNOWN VILLIAN ON ENCLOSED PREMISES.gIVEN HALF A CROWN AS A REWARD.

Sorry folks I have mixed up my capitals and lower case again. Please forgive me.

CHEERS.

JOHN.

[Ed Matthews]

John

May I ask, what was your great-grandfathers name?

Rgds

Ed

[eviltaxman]

I've just had an e-mail from the buyer of the medals.... it would seem that he is also a member of this forum!!!!

Talk about a small world

Les.

[Ed Matthews]

Hi Les

If he ever comes across any named 1911 County & Borough Police Coronation Medals (and, of course, if he's not interested in them!), I'd very much appreciate a nod

Ed

[Archer]

To the eviltaxman: thank you

To the collector who acquired the medals:

Excuse my ignorance, please ... but what is the address of

"the police orders website"

Thank you

William

[Ed Matthews]

Funnily enough.....it's www.policeorders.co.uk

Ed

[Archer]

Thank you !!