X George BANCROFTDear Clive,Thank you for your nicely worded request forinformation concerning George you would besurprised how many enquires we get from people whonever say please or thank you, but first I have topoint out a few things. Sadly we do not have aphotograph, but if you do we would appreciate ascanned copy for our records.The Cheshire Constabulary was formed in April1857; there are many thousands of records, theseare held by the Cheshire Record Office, Chester. Ias a retired Police officer and voluntary PoliceMuseum Researcher am slowly extracting theserecords. Cheshire Police Officer Enrolment Recordsare held under Reference CJP7 Volumes 1-5. Thesefive volumes are very large and in poor condition,run from 1857- 22 March 1913; the informationwhich you seek would therefore be recorded inVolume 4, the information regarding his marriageis retained in CJP24/2, 1847-1966. And with regardto his pension CJP20/2/1, 1857-1965.I say all this because I want to try and reassureyou that what I give you is as it appears in therespective volumes. However if you so wish, youcan of course have the records confirmed by theChester Records Office Archivist. But it would beremiss of me if I did not point out that whilstthis Museum works on a donation basis, (madepayable to the Museum of Policing in Cheshire).The Record Office however, will charge you aminimum of £27 per search per volume; thereforeyour total bill would be £ 81, so please be aware.If you also read the history of the CheshireConstabulary "To the Best of Our Skill andKnowledge" which is on the Museum Web Site, I feelcertain that a useful picture can be obtained oflife in the force at the time, my own opinion isthat discipline was severe and those who strayedoutside the rules were fined way above what theyearned or dismissed. Also the restrictions ontheir private life, an officer was not allowed todrink on or off duty even in his own home. It allcomes down to the fact that up until the 1960'severy Chief Constable of Cheshire was an exmilitary officer and they of course brought withthem the military codes of practice.I trust you will enjoy what follows and can I askyou when you get a moment would you send a quickmail so I can mark of your enquiry as completed.If you have any further questions please don'thesitate to contact me. Jim Talbot. Trustee andResearcher, Cheshire Museum of Policing.Collar Number/Rank. Police Constable 361 GeorgeBANCROFT.Born. 1868 Haughton, Church Eaton, Stafford.Date of Entry. 03 February 1894Date of Leaving. 31 January 1922Final Date of Leaving. 31 January 1922How Discharged. To pension.Initial Posting. HQ Reserve.Other Postings and Dates. 24 February 1894Runcorn, 06 April 1895 Weston Point, 01 April 1900Helsby, 01 January 1905 Kingsley, 01 May 1910Bunbury. Division on retirement, Eddisbury.Miscellaneous Information. Previous OccupationLabourer. Religion Protestant, Height 5' 9", Age26, Eyes Grey, Hair Brown, Complexion Fresh, BuildProportional. Testimonials and Character"Exemplary" sent 28 January 1922. Age onretirement 54 years 6 months. Total service 27years 353 days. Died 11 July 1956. Married 1887(see below)Promotion/Misconduct. No Misconduct reportsrecorded. Pay 03/02/1894 25/1d, 01/03/1895 26/3d,01/03/1896 26/10d, 01/03/1897 28/-, 01/03/189929/2d, 01/03/1901 30/4d, 01/03/1906 31/6d,01/04/1912 33/3d, 10/11/1912 34/5d, 01/07/191539/8d, 30/09/1918 45/6d, 10/11/1918 54/2d,01/04/1919 95/-, Annual pay on retirement £247.13s.7d. Discharged on a pension of £165.4s.7d perannum.Awards/Good Conduct/Other information. 10 November1912 Long Service and Good Conduct, Merit Badgeand 2d per day additional pay.Marriage Record.Officer. George BANCROFTOccupation. Railway PorterAge. 20 yearsCondition. BachelorPlace of residence at Marriage. Christ Church,Crewe.Date of Marriage. 27 December 1887Place Married. St. Lawrence Church, Gnosall.Fathers Name. Thomas BANCROFTFathers Occupation. Cordwainer, Cheshire.Spouse. Annie BARRATTOccupation. NilAge. 22 yearsCondition. SpinsterPlace of residence. Gnosall, StaffordFathers Name. James BARRATTFathers Occupation. Labourer, Stafford.The Curator, Museum of Policing in Cheshire,Warrington Police Station, Arpley Street,Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1LQ