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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:- 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 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 Essex Police Museum, PO Box 2, Springfield, Chelmsford, CM2 6DA.Telephone: 01245 457150 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
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 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/
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
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Last updated 1
March 2008
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