X Ernest HEALDDear Kathy,Thank you for your nicely worded request forinformation concerning Ernest you would besurprised how many enquires we get from people whonever say please or thank you, but sadly I have notrace of him, to explain a little further.The Cheshire Constabulary was formed in April1857; there are many thousands of records, theseare held by the Cheshire Record Office, Chester.As a retired Police officer and voluntary PoliceMuseum Researcher I 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, they are verydetailed and we believe account for every officerthat served with the Cheshire County Constabulary,it also separately names every officer that servedwithin the Boar War. Also please note here that Iam saying County Constabulary, meaning that thisforce was responsible for the entire county ofCheshire, but with certain exceptions. Further Inote from your mail you state that Ernest was amember of the 'Chester Division', if this was thecase he more than likely served with the ChesterCity Police Force, one of the exceptions, thisforce was formed in 1836 and remained independentuntil 1949 and only then did it become part of theCheshire Constabulary. Only one Volume of recordshas survived from the Chester City Police this isthe "Roll of Officers for Chester City Police1836-1939" (CJP20/7/1) and again this does notrecord Ernest, which indeed is very strange. I amtherefore at a loss to help you further.If you have any further questions please don'thesitate to contact me. Jim Talbot. Trustee andResearcher, Cheshire Museum of Policing.