X Isaac MILNERDear RobertThank you for your nicely worded request forinformation concerning Isaac 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, that is to say we may, there areliterally hundreds of photographs of officers, buttheir names were never recorded on the reverse sofrom our point they remain unidentifiable.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 5. 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 TheRecord Office will charge you a minimum of £27 persearch per volume; therefore your total bill wouldbe £81, so please be aware. The Museum charges,for searching the three volumes are on a reducingscale i.e. dependant on the information recorded,the maximum amount payable is £10, whichrepresents good value. Your remittance is £10 andas we are working on a trust basis please forwardpayment via cheque made payable to the 'Museum ofPolicing in Cheshire' and forward it to TheCurator, Mr. Peter Wroe, Museum of Policing inCheshire, Warrington Police Station, ArpleyStreet, Warrington, Cheshire. WA1. 1LQ.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 draconian and those whostrayed outside the rule's were fined way abovewhat they earned or dismissed. Also therestrictions on their private life, an officer wasnot allowed to drink on or off duty even in hisown home. It all comes down to the fact that upuntil the 1960's every Chief Constable of Cheshirewas an ex military officer and they of coursebrought with them 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 complete. Ifyou have any further questions please don'thesitate to contact me. Jim Talbot. Trustee andResearcher, Cheshire Museum of Policing.Collar Number/Rank. Sgt 37 Isaac MILNER.Born. 1874 Colshaw, Longnor, Staffordshire.Date of Entry. 4th February 1899Date of Leaving. 3rd February 1924Final Date of Leaving. 3rd February 1924How Discharged. To Pension.Initial Posting. HQ Chester, Reserve.Other Postings and Dates. 4th March 1899 Winsford(Wharton), 01 June 1904 Cheadle Hulme, 30th June1906 Cheadle, 1st August 1906 Bredbury, 1st March1909 Disley, 1st November 1913 Dukinfield.Miscellaneous Information. Previous OccupationQuarryman, Religion Protestant, Height 5' 10", Age25, Eyes Dark, Hair Black, Complexion Dark, BuildProportional. 31st January 1924 Certificate ofService marked character "Exemplary". Age onretirement 50 years 8 months, Total service 25years. Died 10th February 1942, aged 68 years.Wife Florence died 17th March 1953.Misconduct. No Misconduct reports recorded.Promotion. 1st August 1906 promoted Acting Sgt.1st February 1909 promoted Sgt.Weekly Pay. 4th February 1899 25/1d, 1st March1900 26/3d, 1st March 1901 26/10d, 1st March 190228/-, 1st March 1904 29/2d, 1st March 1906 30/4d,1st August 1906 Acting Sgt, 1st March 1909 Sgt33/3d, 1st March 1911 34/5d, 1st April 1912 26/9d,1st March 1913 37/22d, 1st March 1915 39/1d, 1stJuly 1915 43/2d, 1st March 1917 44/4d, 30thSeptember 1918 54/3d, 10th November 1918 62/-,24th November 1918 63/2d, 1st April 1919 112/6d.Discharged on a pension of £181.19s.5d per annum.Awards/Good Conduct/Other information. 24thNovember 1918 Long Service and Good Conduct, MeritBadge and 2d per day additional pay.Marriage RecordOfficer. Isaac MILNEROccupation. Quarryman.Age. 22 years.Condition. Bachelor.Place of residence at Marriage. Harpur Hill.Date of Marriage. 26th August 1895.Place Married. Parish Church Burbage.Fathers Name. James Milner.Fathers Occupation. Labourer, Derby.Spouse. Florence BRINDLEYOccupation. None stated.Age. 22 years.Condition. Spinster.Place of residence. Harpur Hill.Fathers Name. Richard Brindley.Fathers Occupation. Quarryman, Derby.