X Arthur SandlandDear SueThank you so much for your speedy reply, as I saidI am a Volunteer Trustee and Researcher for theMuseum.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 informationconcerning Arthurs Cheshire Service is recordedwithin Volume 5. The information regarding hismarriage is retained in CJP24/2, 1847-1966.At the time the Cheshire Constabulary was formed anumber of other Police Forces were running orwould be formed later, as is the case withWallasey Borough Police, this being formed inMarch 1913. Wallasey Borough would remainindependent until 1967 and then again would becomepart of Cheshire but only until 1974, then forpolicing purposes would become part of theMerseyside police.So with regard to Arthur's service we only holdArthurs service with the Cheshire Constabularyfrom when he joined in 1899 until he transferredto Wallasey Borough Police in 1913. Sadly WallaseyBorough Police Records are not available for allto see in a Library or such and we presume thatmuch are in private hands, but that is anotherissue.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.The Museum is open to the public via priorappointment with The Curator, Mr. Peter Wroe,Museum of Policing in Cheshire, Warrington PoliceStation, Arpley Street, Warrington, Cheshire. WA1.1LQ he may be contacted through the Museum website.If you have any further questions please don'thesitate to contact me. Jim Talbot. Trustee andResearcher, Cheshire Museum of Policing.Collar Number/Rank. Sergeant 127 and 74 ArthurSANDLAND (These collar numbers would be issuedfirstly when he joined and then when he waspromoted to Sergeant he would be given anotherone, if he would be posted to another Division hewould have had a third number.Born. 1874 Nantwich, Cheshire.Date of Entry. 19th August 1899Date of Leaving. 27th December 1899. (To rejoinArmy Regiment)Return Constabulary. 22nd February 1902Final Date of Leaving. 31st March 1913How Discharged. To Join New Wallasey BoroughPolice.Initial Posting. HQ Reserve, Chester.Other Postings and Dates. 6th August 1899Seacombe, 27th December 1899 Rejoined Regiment forservice in South Africa (Boar War). 22nd February1902 Rejoined Constabulary at HQ, 23rd February1902 Liscard, 31st May 1902 Hoole, Chester. 9thFebruary 1913 Liscard.Miscellaneous Information. Previous OccupationRailway Porter. Prior undated service of 7 yearsand a further 2 years 51 days with 2nd BattalionCheshire Regiment. (Not sure if Noel Smith iscorrect here with his information that Arthur mayhave served with the Royal Garrison Artillerybecause it appears all his service is with theCheshire Regiment) Religion Protestant, Height 5'8", Age 24, Eyes Brown, Hair Brown, ComplexionFresh. Considerably tattooed, see HQ Form M9 withPC's papers, these papers do not appear to havesurvived. Died September 1824 Birkenhead,Cheshire. Further with regard to his service inSouth Africa as you say he would have been awardedthe King and Queens SA Medal, and just in case youmay not know the bars for this were Kings "SouthAfrica 1901" " South Africa 1902" the Queens wouldhave had " Wittebergen" "Transvaal" "Cape Colony".As a point of interest I am also responsible formaking any medal presentation at the Museum (Ihave attached one to show what I mean) I will nowask at the next Museum Committee Meeting if we canmake a tribute to Arthur and display it within theMuseum, we can show his photograph, i.e. the onein Noel Smith's Book, His police record and thetwo replica South African Medals, should lookquite good, just have to get the Committee to payyak!Promotion/Misconduct. 2nd November 1912 As a DrillInstructor at HQ charging more than the actualcost for Instruction Books obtained by him for theRecruits. To refund 4d or 8d as the case may be toeach man he overcharged. By order of the ChiefConstable, To be reduced in grade as Sgt to 36/2dper week from which grade he will advance as ifjust promoted and according to scale.Weekly Pay 19th August 1899 25/1d, 22nd February1902 25/1d, 1st November 1902 28/-, 1st September1904 29/2d, 6th March 1906 promoted Acting Sgt,5th April 1906 promoted Sgt at 33/3d, 1st April1908 34/5d, 5th April 1910 36/2d, 1st April 191237/11d, 5th April 1912 39/1d.Awards/Good Conduct/Other information. Nonerecorded in Cheshire.Marriage RecordOfficer. Arthur SANDLANDOccupation. PorterAge. 22 yearsCondition. BachelorPlace of residence at Marriage. Chester.Date of Marriage. 20th October 1896Place Married. Parish Church Aldford.Fathers Name. Thomas SandlandFathers Occupation. Tailor, Cheshire.Spouse. Sarah THOMASOccupation. Nil.Age. 22 yearsCondition. Spinster.Place of residence. Aldford.Fathers Name. Charles Thomas.Fathers Occupation. Gardener, Cheshire.Sent: 26 August 2009 12:27Subject: Arthur SandlandThanks for your e-mail, Jim. Arthur was my GreatGrandfather, although I never knew him as he diedin 1914. Sadly the next generation of the familyafter Arthur are now all deceased, and of hisgrandchildren only Beryl, my aunt, is still alive- but she was born after his death. I've beenresearching the family history recently (which isobviously how you've contacted me!), and havemanaged to pull together more information abouthim - I'm not sure what you're looking forexactly.He was born in Nantwich (Wybunbury) in 1874, thefourth child (of an eventual 12 ) of Thomas andAgnes Sandland. He married Sarah Thomas (ofAldford, where there seem to be about 300 Thomasesin the graveyard - haven't pinned that side downyet) in 1896. It's not very clear when he joinedthe Police / Fire Brigade, but by 1901, when he isin Chester, his wife Sarah appears in the Censusliving with her 2 young sons in Acacia Grove,Poulton in Wallasey. The 1901 census shows him atChester Castle, which was both a barracks and amilitary hospital. He is listed as a 'LanceSergeant'. We know he served in the Boer War, andI am told (although I haven't confirmed this) thathe was mentioned in dispatches. Arthur featuresin the book (which I'm sure you will have seen) byNoel Smith - Helmets, Handcuffs and Hoses, whichsays that he served with the Reserves ( in theRoyal Garrison Artillery ) until 1902, and earnedthe Queen's and King's South African Medals with 5bars. After the war, he was transferred to the HQat Chester as a Detective Constable - there for 5years and 'picked for promotion': after several'smart captures' (I'd love to know what theywere!) he went from Police Constable to ActingSergeant in 1 week, and was stationed at Hoole.He was Drill Instructor for 7 years at Chester, -but Noel Smith, on page 20 of his book, suggeststhat he was on loan from New Brighton during thistime. He moved to Wallasey in 1913 as an Inspector12 months after the force there was founded. Hebecame Chief Inspector about 1920, and laterbecame Superintendant, which was in effect theDeputy Chief Constable role: his 2nd son Charles(known as Charlie) followed him into the force in1919, and became Deputy Chief Constable of theWallasey force in 1952.Arthur retired from the Force on grounds of illhealth - we think it was a heart problem, a familyweakness - and died of an aneurism of the aorta,at the young age of 49 in 1925.Of his family - his wife Sarah was a strong woman(in a family of them!), and bore him 8 children, 4boys and 4 girls. The eldest boy, Arthur Ernest,know as Ernie, died quite young, but I remembermost of the rest of them, and they mostly livedaround Cheshire and Merseyside. Sarah died in1947 in Prescot, Lancashire.I hope that's useful to you - and if you haveadditional information about Arthur, or Charlie(who I do remember, as a lovely Grandad, very goodat spoiling his grandchildren), I'd love to hearit.Sorry, just noticed -it's the 1891 census whichputs Arthur at Chester Barracks: I can't find himin the 1901 Census, which suggests he was away atwar then, leaving Sarah to be listed as the headof the household. I haven't yet found anythingmore about his military service - which wouldprobably need a trip to the regimental archives :one day!