Advice on Family History and General Police History Enquiries

The work of the Trust concerns only police officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty and we have no resources to deal with family history or general police history enquiries. However The following links to other sources may be of assistance:-

All Current UK Police Forces - Official UK Police Service website - www.police.uk

Police Museums & Archives

Main Police Museums and Archives are shown below for others try "The National Virtual Museum" website and Search for POLICE: www.24hourmuseum.org.uk

Metropolitan Police

Most Records of Service are held the National Archives at Kew -

www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/familyhistory/guide/trade/staff.htm

www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=104

Other records are held by the following who may assist with enquiries on individual officers:-

Metropolitan Police Historical Collection - Will usually answer questions on individual officers
Unit 7, Meridian Trading Estate, Bugsby's Way, Charlton, London, SE7 7SJ
Telephone: 020 8269 0204
Email: historicstore@met.police.uk

Friends of the Metropolitan Police Historical Collection - www.friendsofmethistory.co.uk

For general Metropolitan Police History see:- www.met.police.uk/history

Also: www.historybytheyard.co.uk

Essex Police - http://www.essex.police.uk/museum

Greater Manchester Police -  www.gmp.police.uk/mainsite/pages/history.htm

Greater Manchester Police Museum, Newton Street, Manchester, M1 1ES.

Tel: 0161 856 3287
Email: police.museum@gmp.police.uk

Lancashire Police

Lancashire County Record Office, Bow Lane, Preston PR1 2RE

Telephone: 01772 533039
Fax: 01772 533050
Website: www.archives.lancashire.gov.uk
Email:  record.office@ed.lancscc.gov.uk

Lancashire Police Officers can be searched for by surname - www.lancashire.gov.uk/education/record_office/records/police.asp

British Transport Police

History of BTP -  including former railway forces and family history enquiries: via BTP Website - www.btp.police.uk

North Eastern Police Forces

North Eastern Police History Society - www.nepolicehistory.com

Royal Irish Constabulary  & Dublin Metropolitan Police

Jim HERLIHY, 8  Aisling Close, Ballincollig, Co. Cork, IRELAND
Website: www.esatclear.ie/~ric/
Email: j_herlihy@esatclear.ie

Royal Ulster Constabulary

www.royalulsterconstabulary.org    and    www.rucgcfoundation.org

Record Offices & Archives - Many older records are now held in local libraries or County Record Offices or Archives

National Archives - www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Access to Archives database - www.a2a.org.uk  
English Record Offices and Archives on the Web - www.oz.net/~markhow/englishros.htm
Scotland - www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
Northern Ireland - www.proni.gov.uk

General Police History

The Police Index - www.lightage.demon.co.uk

The Police History Society - www.policehistorysociety.co.uk

General Genealogy and Family History websites can be found through any search engine e.g. www.google.co.uk

A good example which includes free searches of Births, Marriages and Deaths indexes - www.ancestry.co.uk

General Register Offices

England & Wales - www.gro.gov.uk   
Scotland - www.gro-scotland.gov.uk  
Northern Ireland - www.groni.gov.uk/index.htm
Ireland - www.groireland.ie