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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:- FAMILY HISTORY Archives & Record Offices - Many older records are now held in local libraries or County Record Offices or Archives National
Archives - www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
General Register Offices England & Wales -
www.gro.gov.uk
POLICE GENERAL Current UK Police Forces - Official UK Police Service website - www.police.uk General Police History The Police Index - www.blacksheepindex.co.uk/POLNOTES.htm The Police History Society - www.policehistorysociety.co.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 St George's Harrogate - www.stgeorgesharrogate.org St George’s House, Northern Police Orphanage, Association of Old Boys & Girls Their website aims to provide a historical record of the life and activities of the orphan children all of whom came from families of Police officers, for anyone who may be interested, including: Descendents of the Gurney family, St George's House Orphans, Families of the St George's boys & girls, Police Historians, Genealogists, Members of the UK Police Force, St George's Police Trust, Educational institutions, and the general public. POLICE FORCES British Transport Police History of BTP - including former railway forces and family history enquiries: via BTP Website - www.btp.police.uk Essex Police - www.essex.police.uk/museum Essex Police Museum, PO Box 2, Springfield, Chelmsford, CM2 6DA. Greater Manchester Police - www.gmp.police.uk/mainsite/pages/history.htm Greater Manchester Police Museum, Newton Street, Manchester, M1 1ES. Tel: 0161 856 3287 Lancashire Police Lancashire County Record Office, Bow Lane, Preston PR1 2RE Telephone: 01772 533039
Lancashire Police Officers can be searched for by surname - www.lancashire.gov.uk/education/record_office/records/police.asp
Merseyside www.old-merseytimes.co.uk - Liverpool and Merseyside's life and times transcribed from old newspapers. Includes the Police Fire Brigade Monument at Toxteth Cemetery with photographs and detailed transcriptions of several of the incidents in which officers lost their lives. 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 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 North Eastern Police Forces North East Police History Society Royal Irish Constabulary & Dublin Metropolitan Police
Jim HERLIHY, Irish Police Historian and Author Website: www.esatclear.ie/~ric/ Email: j_herlihy@esatclear.ie Postal Mail: 8 Aisling Close, Ballincollig, Co. Cork, IRELAND
Royal Irish Constabulary.com www.RoyalIrishConstabulary.com This website is dedicated to the memory of the men of the Royal
Irish Constabulary (1814-1922) with information on the force, illustrations of
equipment, medals, photographs & documents etc.
Also provides Garda, Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) RUC
& army pages. Royal Ulster Constabulary www.royalulsterconstabulary.org and www.rucgcfoundation.org |
Page updated 21 October 2009
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