X Alfred POOLEDear Liz,Thank you for your nicely worded request forinformation concerning Alfred 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.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 3. 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 send it to the Curator,Mr. Peter Wroe, Museum of Policing in Cheshire,Warrington Police Station, Arpley Street,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 underthe drop down menu marked 'History', 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, this is important so I can mark of yourenquiry as being complete. If you have any furtherquestions please don't hesitate to contact me. JimTalbot, Trustee and Researcher, Cheshire Museum ofPolicing.Collar Number/Rank. PC280 Alfred POOLE.Born. 1848 Over, Cheshire.Date of Entry. 26th November 1877.Date of Leaving. 16th August 1903.Final Date of Leaving. 16th August 1903How Discharged. To Pension.Initial Posting. HQ Reserve, Chester.Other Postings and Dates. December 1877Altrincham. 26th February 1887 Nantwich. 11thApril 1891 New Brighton. 21 November 1891 Bidston.(Nr. Birkenhead). 22nd August 1894 Hoole(Chester). 1st June 1901 Altrincham.Miscellaneous Information. Previous OccupationLabourer. Religion Protestant, Height 5' 8", Age29, Eyes Hazel, Hair Light Brown, ComplexionFresh, Build Proportional. Certificate of Servicewith Character marked "Very Good" sent to him 13thAugust 1903. Age on retirement 54 years 8 months.Total service 25 years 235 days. Died 6th February1936 aged 87 years 2 months.The following locations have been taken from theCensus Returns, 1851. Over Lane, (Winsford),Cheshire. 1891. 34 Alban Street, Crewe. 1901.34Westminster Road, Hoole, Chester.Comment, his posting in 1887 shows that he wasworking in the Division of Nantwich. The censusfor 1891 shows his address as Crewe, Crewe beingpart of the Nantwich Division.Promotion. NoneMisconduct. 10th January 1887 Leaving his districtduring his tour of duty without permission, toattend to his own private business at Knutsfordbetween 5pm and 6pm. Reprimanded and removed toanother district at his own expense.Comment. This shows that although serving inAltrincham Division in December 1877, he wasactually working out of Knutsford Police Stationand also resident in the town. As a result of hisaction he was posted to Nantwich Division in theFebruary, Nantwich being some 15 miles fromKnutsford. This appears to have been a prettysevere punishment for his first offence, as thecost moving which he had to pay himself would havebeen considerable. Weekly Pay. November 1887 23/11d. June 187824/6d. January 1879 25/8d. December 1879 26/10d.11th November 1892 28/-. 1st July 1891 31/6d. 1stJuly 1896 32/8d.Annual pay on retirement £85. 3s. 4d.Discharged on a pension of £52.16s.0d per annum.Total time on pension 32 years 174 days. Total pension received £1714. 15s 4d.Awards/Good Conduct/Other information. August 1879Vigilance on night duty in apprehending 'Tramps'with stolen property, Extra special duty allowanceof 5/- granted by the Chief Constable. May 1881Service 1 Good Conduct Pay. 11th November 1882 forlength of Service, 2d per day additional pay andMerit Badge. 1st July 1896, Long and MeritoriousService Badge.Marriage RecordOfficer. Alfred POOLEOccupation. Labourer.Age. 27 years.Condition. Bachelor.Place of residence at Marriage. Winsford (Over)Date of Marriage. 15th August 1874.Place Married. Parish Church, Wharton, Winsford.Fathers Name. Daniel Poole.Fathers Occupation. Labourer, Cheshire.Spouse. Sarah Ellen EVANS.Occupation. Servant.Age. 21 years,Condition. Spinster.Place of residence. Wharton, Winsford.Fathers Name. John Evans.Fathers Occupation. Labourer, Cheshire.