X Percy George HAMMONDDear Anthony,Thank you for your nicely worded request forinformation concerning Percy 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. Throughout therecords he is only ever referred to as 'Percy' andit is not the Museum that has shortened his name.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; sadly post this datewhere records are available they do not containany personal details i.e. personal description,misconduct reports etc. The information regardinghis marriage is retained in CJP24/2, 1847-1966.And with regard to 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 now works on a sliding scale ofcharges, yours as I said will be £5 (cheque madepayable to the Museum of Policing in Cheshire theaddress is at the bottom of the page). The RecordOffice however, will charge you a minimum of £27per search per volume; therefore your total billwould be £81, so please be aware and I feel surethat the £5 charge represents very good value.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.Can I ask you when you get a moment would you senda quick mail so I can mark of your enquiry ascomplete. If you have any further questions pleasedon't hesitate to contact me. Jim Talbot. Trusteeand Researcher, Cheshire Museum of Policing.Collar Number/Rank. PC507 Percy George HAMMOND.Born. 1st quarter 1898 Wolverhampton.Date of Entry. 02 June 1923.Date of Leaving. 01 June 1953Final Date of Leaving. 01 June 1953.How Discharged. To PensionInitial Posting. HQ Reserve.Other Postings and Dates. Around the mid 1920's,he was posted to Northwich Division working in theHartford area the exact date we have been unableto confirm. 1953 and on retirement he was servingin Chester City.Miscellaneous Information. Age on retirement 55years 5 months. Total service 30 years. Annual payon retirement £471. 16s. 0d. Annual pension £314.11s. 2d.Promotion/Misconduct. No promotion or misconductreports recorded.Awards/Good Conduct/Other information. AwardedLong Service Good Conduct Medal 1951.IMPORTANT FURTHER INFORMATION. If you are carryingout any further research in the Chester area inrelation to Percy, can I please make you awarethat at the same time as Percy was serving atChester City there was also a PC 437 GeorgeHAMMOND, they in fact joined the force within 3months of each other and retired within 1 month ofeach other. I would not like you to come acrosssay a newspaper article referring to PC Hammondwhen in fact it may be the wrong PC Hammond. Ihope this helps.Marriage Record.Officer. Percy George HAMMOND.Occupation. Police Constable.Age. 30 years.Condition. Bachelor.Place of residence at Marriage. 20 Glover Street,Hartford, Near Northwich.Date of Marriage. 30 June 1928.Place Married. Parish Church Hartford.Fathers Name. Joseph HAMMOND.Fathers Occupation. Corporation Employee,Cheshire.Spouse. Edith Smith.Occupation. None recorded.Age. 31 years.Condition. Spinster.Place of residence. "Larona", Hartford. (Nofurther information recorded)Fathers Name. Not recorded.Fathers Occupation. Not recorded.The Curator, Museum of Policing in Cheshire,Warrington Police Station, Arpley Street,Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1LQ