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[mentmore]

Hello BarnabyP

Thanks, that more likely than what I came up with.

Thank you

Carol

[maz1]

Hi Barnaby
where would I look for the following gentleman please.
Herbert A Shield who was stationed at Hornsey (North London) for most of his time and stayed in London during the war- he left the police in 1950
thanks ever so much
Marian

[BarnabyP]

Hello Marian.

I don't have any photographs of leaving information that recent. The Registers of Leavers only go up to 1947, unfortunately. However working on him being in the Force for 25 years, I have managed to find when he joined on the Attestation Ledgers - MEPO 4/358/151; he's near the bottom on the left page. If you wanted to find out when he resigned you would probably have to search through the Police Orders, contained in TNA's 'MEPO 7' series. You may also be able to find a pension for this officer in TNAs series 'MEPO 21'

Yours BarnabyP

[maz1]

Hi BarnabyP
Thanks ever so for that, im off to look right now
thats great as i can pass info on to his son who lives in Australia whos in his 70s now. I have more info on his father than he does!!
thanks again
Marian

[LucyMac]

Hi i searched met police records on google and this came up and it seems to be just what i was looking for
I know my great grandad 'Ralph George Woolley' was in the met police, at camberwell and/or penge. Im not sure when he joined but died when my grandad was 5 in 1936, can anyone help me please? im really at a loose end and it would really be nice to find out some information before my grandads birthday.
Any help will be much appeciated.

[BarnabyP]

Hello. I have done a check against the Registers of Leavers and have found a 'Ralph George Woolley' MEPO 4/348 Page 54. He joined in 1919 and left in 1928 and seems to have spent his whole career in the same division; P.

They're also on the Attestation Ledger.

Does that look right to you?

BarnabyP

[acmead]

Hi Barnaby, I can't seem to find my fathers police record, he served during ww2, stationed at Tower Bridge Police Station, do you think you can help,
Regards,
Tony.

[BarnabyP]

Hello Tony.

Do you know if the officer served before and after the war? If he served during the war only then it's possible that he was in the Police War Reserve. I don't know if there are any records in existence for this. I have done a search on The National Archives website and there are some interesting results - but I don't know if/how many are of any use. I think that I also have a recollection that some people were mentioned in Police Orders for that period - I know that officers who transferred to the force proper were mentioned in them.

It might be worth getting in touch with the Metropolitan Police Historical Collection team - historicstore @ met.police.uk

Hope that's of some use, BarnabyP

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[acmead]

Thank you Barnabyb,  my father only served during the war,as a reserve,I have taken your advice
and emailed the site, am now waiting for a reply,
Best regards,
Tony.