Metropolitan Police Records Online

[geniecolgan]

Thank you jc26red, that's great ... and thank you BarnabyP for providing the images.

[BarnabyP]

Hello geniecolgan. I have just had a look through my unchecked list of leavers and Charles Colgan can be found at the top of  <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/naphotorecords/3244675346/in/set-72157613200718169/">MEPO 4/341 Pages 137 and 138</a>. Transcript of which can be found on <a href="http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=MEPO_4/341_Pages_137_and_138">Your Archives</a>.

[geniecolgan]

Hello Barnaby,

that's marvelous! My thanks to you, I now have gt. grandad joining and leaving, he's well and truly "nicked" 

genie

[BarnabyP]

Hello again Genie. There is a chance, given the amount of time that he served (abt. 25 yrs), that there's a pension record for him. I would imagine that it would be under <a href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=109772&SearchInit=4&CATREF=MEPO+21%2F29">MEPO 21/29</a>, as this record covers that period of time.

The National Archives has a guide called <a href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=104">Metropolitan Police (London): Records of Service</a> that might be of some use should you look further.

[geniecolgan]

Hi Barnaby,

thank you again.

The guide is most informative about the codes used within each record. I now know that gt. grandad left with an excellent record 

I already have a copy of his retirement records (provided by a cousin) but I will have a go at searching for his retirement records at The National Archives.

[PaulineJ]

ok, very silly question:
I've found the correct page on flickr;

I can see the thumbnail and get a larger version. How to I enlarge the "larger version"?

Pauline

[jc26red]

just above there are size options, choose original.  Underneath,you will see the dimensions

Jenny

[jimmijam]

Hi BarnabyP,
Well done, there's a huge amount of work involved in there. 

I've had a look through for an ancestor who was in the Mounted Police in London in 1872. Do you have any records that early?
Best wishes, Jimmijam

[BarnabyP]

I don't have any photos of documents that cover that period of time. Sorry Jimmijam.

Good luck with the searching.

Barnaby