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FORCE:
Cheshire Constabulary.
COLLAR NUMBER:
PC 411.
DATE APPOINTED:
24th July, 1897.
AGE ON
APPOINTMENT: 26 years.
DATE OF
LEAVING: 21st August,
1924.
REASON FOR
LEAVING: Retired on pension.
AGE ON
DISCHARGE: 53 years, 6 months and
6 days.
TOTAL LENGTH OF
SERVICE:
27 years, 25 days.
INITIAL
POSTING: Headquarters Reserve
Division, Chester (In Training)
OTHER POSTINGS:
1st November 1897 New
Brighton, Wirral Division. 30th September 1898
West Kirby, Wirral Division. 2nd February 1901
Liscard, Wirral Division. 26th April 1903
Poulton, Wirral Division. 17th October 1908
Seacombe, Wirral Division. 1st August 1910
Thornton Hough, South Wirral, 13th January 1914
Bromborough Pool, Wirral Division. 1st February
1917 Middlewich, Northwich Division. 3rd November
1919 Halton, Runcorn Division.
PROMOTIONS:
None.
AWARDS AND GOOD CONDUCT REPORTS:
5th September 1911
Chief Constables Commendation, Vigilance while on night duty
at Brimstage on 24th August 1911 resulting in the arrest of
Thomas Smith for stealing a bicycle and recovering the
stolen property
2nd August 1913 Chief
Constables Commendation, for keen observation on night duty
resulting in the arrest of Frederick Ellendale for
attempting to commit a burglary at 1am 17th June
1913.
1st
July 1918 Long Service and Good Conduct, Merit Badge and 2d
per day additional pay.
MISCONDUCT
REPORTS: Between 29th September
and 12 October 1904 Disobeying General Order 257/1890 by
taking in a lodger at his Station, without the Chief
Constables sanction, Fined 5/- by the Chief Constable.
7th November 1908 (1)
Being absent from his Conference Point "Reform Stores"
Seacombe at 12.30am (2) Not being properly equipped for
night duty, Fined 10/- by Chief Constable.
A ‘Conference Point’ is a given
location on the officers beat where his Sergeant would visit
him several times during the officer’s shift, the Sergeant
would also endorse the officer’s notebook to that effect.
OTHER
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
Previous
Occupation Labourer. Religion Protestant, height 5' 9", eyes
grey, hair dark brown, complexion fresh. 28th
July 1924 Testimonials, Certificate of Service with
character marked as "Exemplary" sent to him.
Weekly Pay.
24th July 1897 25/1d, 1st August 1898
26/3d, 1st August 1899 26/10d, 1st
August 1900 28/-, 1st August 1902 29/2d, 1st
August 1904 30/4d, 24th July 1909 31/6d. 1st
April 1912 33/3d, 1st July 1915 37/4d, 24th
July 1917 38/6d, 1st July 1918 39/8d, 30th
September 1918 45/6d, 10th November 1918 54/2d. 1st
April 1919 95/-.
Retired on
annual pension of.
£165.4s.7d.
Born.
15th February 1871 Pickmere, Knutsford, Cheshire.
(Baptised 7th February 1872 at the Wesleyan
Chapel, Knutsford, Cheshire son of Samuel and Mary Woodward)
Died.
Wirral
9th May 1962 aged 91 years 2 months and 23
days.
Marriage
Record
Name. Thomas WOODWARD
Occupation. Police Constable.
Age. 30 years
Condition. Bachelor.
Place of residence at Marriage. 1
Elder Grove, West Kirkby. Wirral.
Date of Marriage. 6th
February 1901. (Permission granted to marry by Chief
Constable given 17th January 1901)
Place Married. St. Michael’s Parish
Church, Wavertree, Liverpool
Fathers Name. Samuel WOODWARD
Fathers Occupation. Market Gardener.
Spouse. Margaret JUMP.
Occupation. Nil
Age. 24 years.
Condition. Spinster.
Area of residence. 17 Milnthorpe
Street, Garston, Liverpool.
Fathers Name. James JUMP.
Fathers Occupation. Labourer
NB:
Above
details extracted from information held by the Museum Of
Policing In Cheshire and compiled by Will Brown, Museum
Researcher.