X Henry John JACOBSDear George (if I may be so bold),Thank you for your nicely worded request forinformation concerning Henry 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. Theseare full service details and are held in fivevolumes which are very large and in poorcondition, they run between 1857 and the 22 March1913; and of course Henry's service falls outsideof this date. The only records that exist post1913 with regard to an officer's service is thatif the officer had a poor discipline record hisfile would have been kept, if the officer hadexemplary service his record would not, as wouldappear to be the case with Henry. In other wordsif he was bad there would be a file and because hewas good there is not. (I know there is just nologic to this but this is the way it is). Havingsaid all this there is just a little informationheld on Henry by the museum. The only othersuggestion I can make is that you contact CheshirePolice HQ, Winsford, Cheshire, and ask them ifthey hold any further information with regard tohis service. The information regarding hismarriage is retained in CJP24/2, 1847-1966. Andwith 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 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 what follows may assist you 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. Sgt 608 Henry John JACOBS.Born. Circa 1912/13.Date of Entry. 12 April 1937.Date of Leaving. 12 May 1962.Final Date of Leaving. 12 May 1962.How Discharged. To pensionInitial Posting. HQ Reserve.Other Postings and Dates. 1939 Crewe Division. Onretirement 1962 Wirral Division.Miscellaneous Information. Total service 25 years31 days. Age on retirement 49 years. Annual pay onretirement £967. 15s 0d. Annual pension £472. 15s.0d.Promotion/Misconduct. None known. Date promoted toSgt not known.Awards/Good Conduct/Other information. Police LongService and Good Conduct Medal awarded in 1959.Marriage Record.Officer. Henry John JACOBSOccupation. Police Constable.Age.27 years.Condition. Bachelor.Place of residence at Marriage. 109 CatherineStreet, Crewe, Cheshire.Date of Marriage. 22 July 1939.Place Married. St. Bernadette's Allerton (I amassuming Allerton is located is in Lancashire asit was then, if so it is now part of Merseyside.)Fathers Name. Henry Charles JACOBS.Fathers Occupation. Not stated.Spouse. Winifred LOVELL.Occupation. Silkworks packer.Age. 27 years.Condition. Spinster.Place of residence. 18 Verney Crescent South,Allerton.Fathers Name. John Thomas LOVELL.Fathers Occupation. Boilerman, Lancaster.The Curator, Museum of Policing in Cheshire,Warrington Police Station, Arpley Street,Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1LQ