X Lt. Colonel. Pulteney MALCOLM. C.B.E. D.S.O.M.V.O. A.M. K.P.M.Chief Constable Cheshire Constabulary 1910~1934.This synopsis cannot pay tribute enough to thelife a most 'Gallant Gentleman'. Pulteney Malcolmwas born on the 16th August 1861, in Sholapur,East India, son of the late General Sir GeorgeMALCOLM G.C.B., Bombay Army. He was educated atSummerfields, near Oxford; Burney's at Gosport;Wellington College and Sandhurst. He entered theBritish Army on the 11th August 1880, and joinedthe 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers. He was promotedLieutenant at Kandahar, Afghanistan on the 1stJuly 1881. In 1886 he was transferred to theIndian Army, and was posted to the 2nd Battalion4th Goorkhas (Ghurkha) then being raised. Hereceived in the ALBERT MEDAL for Gallantry in1887, the citation reading, " The Queen has beengraciously pleased to confer the "Albert Medal ofthe Second Class" upon Lieutenant PulteneyMalcolm, 4th Goorkha Regiment, in recognition ofthe conspicuous gallantry displayed by him on the10th June 1887, in attempting to save the life ofa comrade who had fallen over a precipice nearDalhousie, East India". The actual statement madeby the Commanding Officer of Lieutenant Malcolmshows, "On the 10th June 1887, the late LieutenantTrevor of the Yorkshire Regiment, was returning toDalhousie (in the Himalayas) from Kajiar. He wasriding along a narrow road and at the mostprecipitous part of it, his horse, which was afresh one, and which had been sidling along gotit's hind legs over the side, and fell carryingit's rider along with it down the precipice. TheOfficer who was with Lt. Trevor at the time of theaccident went back for assistance, and on theroad met Lt. Malcolm and the latter hearing of theoccurrence, at once ran to the spot and at theimmediate risk of his life, commenced the descent.Lt. Malcolm managed after tremendous exertions, bydropping from ledge to ledge (causing him muchexhaustion and considerable laceration of thefeet) to get down to Lt. Trevor, who was lying 300to 400 feet below, and had the sad satisfaction ofsupporting him until he died and rendering himsuch assistance as was possible under thecircumstance. Some other officers tried to godown to Lt. Malcolm's aid, but as appears from theevidence taken at the inquest they could not doso, it being described as a perpendicularprecipice of an apparently inaccessible nature.There seems no doubt that Lt. Malcolm ran a greatrisk in climbing down; as had he made a singlefalse step he must have been dashed to pieces".He served in the Chin Lushai Expeditionary Force,from 1889-1890 for which he received Medal withclasp. He was promoted Captain on the 11th August1891 and served with the Chitral Relief Force,1895 being present at the storming Malakand Pass(Medal and clasp) ; in the North West Frontieroperations, 1897~1898, as Provost-Marshall to theRelief Force, and subsequently as D.A.A.G., 1stBrigade, for which he was Mentioned in Despatchesand awarded a further clasp (London Gazette 11February 1898). He was promoted Major on the 11August 1900; served as Chief Officer, MalakandField Force, 1900~1901. He served in Waziristan,1901~1902 as Officiating A.A.G., Derajat District,and Chief of Staff. He was twice Mentioned inDespatches; and received a further clasp to theMedal. During this campaign his horse was shotfrom under him and he himself received woundsaround the left eye. He was created a Companion ofthe Distinguished Service Order on 2nd September1902; "In recognition of services duringMahsud-Waziri operations" He was invested by KingEdward VII on the 18th February 1903. MajorMalcolm retired from the Indian Army on the 11August 1904, after a total of 24 years service. Hewas Head Constable of Kingston-on-Hull from 1904to 1910. He became Chief Constable of Cheshire onthe 30 September 1910. His personal records showson appointment to Cheshire that his Religion wasProtestant, Height 6' 0", Age 48 years, Hair Fair,Complexion Fair. His pay on appointment was £500plus £100 travelling expenses per annum. This roseannually by approximately £100 per annum until1919 and on his retirement on the 30 April 1934,aged 72 years, and a total service with CheshireConstabulary of 30 years 120 days, he was inreceipt of £1300 per annum. His pension onretirement amounted to £866.13s.4d per annum. Onthe 24 April 1913 His Majesty King George V, atthe expiration of his visit to Crewe Hall ,Cheshire bestowed the M.V.O. on Major Malcolm andat the same time the King expressing his approvalof the Police arrangements. On the 25 February1915 he became temporary Lt. Colonel, as A.A. andQ.M.G. on the Divisional Staff of the New Armies,22nd London Division. He served with the Divisionin France until late 1916, and again he wasMentioned in Despatches. He was given the honoraryrank of Lieutenant Colonel on the 29 May 1917. Hereturned to the Cheshire Constabulary on the 01January 1917. In 1919 the Police Act was passed.This created the Police Federation. On this hetold the Standing Joint Committee that: "there wasno difficulty in the men making representations.Arrangements which had stood the test of yearsresulting in the best feeling between all rankscannot be improved upon," and, "that he would nothold himself answerable for the efficiency of aforce in which the members were permitted to joina union". In 1924, the Standing Joint Committeeconsidered a Home Office report on the employmentof policewomen. No action was taken in Cheshire,the Chief Constable commenting, "There is nonecessity to appoint women in this County". Thequestion was not seriously considered again until1946. Chief Constable Malcolm was awarded theKings Police Medal for Distinguished Service onthe 31st December 1925, and CBE on the 3rd June1932. Lt. Colonel Malcolm, Chief Constable ofCheshire Constabulary died on the 20th April 1940aged 78 years; his interment took place atWesterkirk, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Lt. ColonelMalcolm married in 1888, Emily, eldest daughter ofT.R.Bowen. It is perhaps pertinent at this pointto say that Gallantry appears to run in theMalcolm family as the only surviving child of theunion, Captain Pulteney Malcolm, who commanded theKing's Company, Grenadier Guards, was killed inFrance on the 25th August 1918. A tribute toCaptain Pulteney Malcolm stated "The charge inwhich he lost his life was one of the most gallantglorious episodes of the War". The medals havebeen kindly loaned to the Museum of Policing inCheshire by the Malcolm Family. His awards are asfollows (1) CBE (2) Distinguished Service Order.(3) Member Victorian Order. (4) Albert Medal(Gallantry). (5) Kings Police Medal. (6) IndiaGeneral Service, 2 Bars. 1854-1895. (7) IndiaMedal, 3 Bars 1895-1902. (8) British War Medal1914-1920. (9) Victory Medal, Mention inDespatches 1914-1919.