trenchwalker Posted 27 December , 2014 Share Posted 27 December , 2014 Hi I am currently working on the british transport police roll of honour . Covering about 120 officer who died in the Great War Does any one know any other information behind these men Or do you know of any who served and survived or joined any of the forces prior . http://www.btphg.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/BTPHG-WW1-RoH-Bio-Info-Jan-2014-RS-R.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 27 December , 2014 Share Posted 27 December , 2014 Apologies if this confuses matters or is off topic. At the time of WW1 before the creation of the MOD police (1922?) Portsmouth, Devenport (and I think other) Dockyards were patrolled by detachments of the Metropolitan Police. R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalyback Posted 27 December , 2014 Share Posted 27 December , 2014 British Transport police formed in 1949. It has no connection to the Great War, the constable at the time was local employment. I can see why grouped as one but BTP is a post 2nd world war organisation. Dock police the same but the London-based based docks backed up by the Met but not part of it. Dock police had a boundary of about a mile outside of the docks. Today it's called mutual assistance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchwalker Posted 28 December , 2014 Author Share Posted 28 December , 2014 What we are trying to do is show officer who died in the Great War who were constables with the main rail companies such as GWR and midland railway. Basically grouping up all the separate company which would eventually become british transport commission in 1947 when they all unified . Then btp in 1949. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobL Posted 28 December , 2014 Share Posted 28 December , 2014 I can help with North Eastern Railway policemen, their Airedale police dogs went to war too but I have no record of how many or how many came back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeClarke Posted 28 December , 2014 Share Posted 28 December , 2014 Morning Christmas present for you Did you check out the MP site I recommended ???? Regards, Graeme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchwalker Posted 28 December , 2014 Author Share Posted 28 December , 2014 I did Graeme cheer the mp website has added a little more flesh to the bones. Cheers for the photo of machin . Where's the source so I can add it to the list? Langham - where are the staff registers for the NER as I have one or two I need to locate. Got abit of time as I received a injury on duty which is taking time to recover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeClarke Posted 28 December , 2014 Share Posted 28 December , 2014 Hi They are from the Walsall Observer. (out of copyright) Grave pic is mine so no copyright etc as far as I am concerned, Graeme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchwalker Posted 28 December , 2014 Author Share Posted 28 December , 2014 Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
healdav Posted 28 December , 2014 Share Posted 28 December , 2014 Until 1965 each of the services had their own police force acting as security guards, etc. as well as policing entry and exit, and theft - especially by civilians employed. It was in that year that the MOD Police force was set up. Until that time at least they were mainly ex-servicemen (although not exclusively). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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