X John MCLEOD.Dear Colline,Thank you for your nicely worded request forinformation concerning John you would be surprisedhow many enquires we get from people who never sayplease or thank you, but first I have to point outa few things. Sadly we do not have a photograph,but we would appreciate a scanned copy of yoursfor our records and any other information that youthink would be nice to add to his record.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.And if you have any further questions please don'thesitate to ask. Jim Talbot. Trustee andResearcher, Cheshire Museum of Policing.Collar Number/Rank. PC146 John McLEODBorn. 1859 Kittearn, Dingwall, Ross, Scotland.Date of Entry. 14th July 1885.Date of Leaving. 11th May 1907.Final Date of Leaving. 11th May 1907.How Discharged. On Pension.Initial Posting. HQ Reserve.Other Postings and Dates. 08 August 1885 Wirral,06 September 1887 Nantwich, 24 June 1888 Wirral,12 September 1890 Ellesmere Port, 15 November 1890Bebington,06 May 1893 Altrincham, 06 April 1895Crewe, 07 November 1896 Northwich, 11 March 1899New Brighton, 04 December 1899 Runcorn andremaining at Runcorn until retirement.Miscellaneous Information. Previous OccupationLabourer. Prior undated service of 7 years 6months with Denbighshire Police and 3 years withSutherlandshire Police.Religion Protestant, Height 6' 0", Age 30 years onjoining Cheshire Constabulary, Eyes Blue, HairBrown, Complexion Fresh, Build Proportional.Certificate of Service sent 09 May 1907, markedcharacter "Very Good". Age on retirement 51 years9 months. Total service 29 years 134 days. Died 11September 1916, aged 61 years 1 month.Promotion/Misconduct. 13April 1889 Borrowing 27/-from Richard Richardson and being in debt to himfor over two years and not repaying the amount,Fined 5/-. 03 March 1899 under the influence ofdrink in the Bears Paw Inn, New Street, Northwichat 8.20am, Reduced to the rank of Constable at31/6d pw from 08 March 1899.Weekly Pay 14 July 1885 23/11d, 26 December 188524/6d, 25 March 1887 25/8d, 26 December 188826/10d, 01 July 1890 28/-, 01 July 1891 29/2d, 01August 1892 30/4d, 06 May 1893 Promoted ActingSgt, 01 November 1896 Promoted Sgt at 33/3d, 08March 1899 Reduced to Constable at 31/6d, Annualpay on retirement £82. 2s. 6d. Discharged on apension of £54.15.0d per annum. Total time onpension 9 years 123 days. Total pension received£511. 4s. 0d.Awards/Good Conduct/Other information. No GoodConduct reports recorded.Residence taken from Census returns in 1891.Village Road, Higher Bebbington, and in 1901. BoldStreet, Runcorn.Marriage Record.Officer. John McLEODOccupation. Police Constable.Age. 31 years.Condition. Bachelor.Place of residence at Marriage. Pensarn.Date of Marriage. 06 June 1885.Place Married. Registrar's Office St. Asaph.Fathers Name. Findlay McLeod.Fathers Occupation. Stonemason.Residence. Flint.Spouse. Elizabeth Mary PRICE.Occupation. Dress Maker.Age. 26 years.Condition. Spinster.Place of residence. Pensarn.Fathers Name. Thomas Price.Fathers Occupation. Joiner.Residence. Flint. PC146 John McLeod.The Curator, Museum of Policing in Cheshire,Warrington Police Station, Arpley Street,Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1LQ