X John BOLTONDear NigelThank 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,that is to say we may, there are literallyhundreds of photographs of officers, but theirnames 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. At the same time as Cheshire Constabularybeing formed there were a number of other PoliceForces within Cheshire these were known as BoroughPolice Forces, i.e. Hyde, Macclesfield,Stalybridge etc. Warrington Borough Police whereJohn served was in fact within the County ofLancashire. When the local Government boundarieschanged in 1974, Warrington Borough Police becamepart of the Cheshire Constabulary and thankfullytheir records came into the possession of theCheshire Constabulary. Warrington Borough Recordsare held under reference CJP20/12/3 andCJP20/12/5.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.If you also read the history of the CheshireConstabulary "To the Best of Our Skill andKnowledge" and the History of Warrington BoroughPolice which are both on the Museum Web Site underthe drop down Menu marked History. I feel certainthat a useful picture can be obtained of life inthe all the forces 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.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.If you have any further questions please don'thesitate to contact me. Jim Talbot. Trustee andResearcher, Cheshire Museum of Policing.Collar Number/Rank. PC54 John BOLTON.Born. 1st May 1890, Abbey Village, Chorley.Lancashire.Date of Entry. 12th April 1920Date of Leaving. 6th May 1930Final Date of Leaving. 6th May 1930How Discharged. Resigned.Initial Posting. Warrington Borough Police.Miscellaneous Information. Trade or Calling SteamMotor Driver. Last employer, Not stated. Serviceof 3 years with the Royal Army Service Corps(assumed that this service was during World War1). Height 6' 0", Age on joining 30 years. HairBrown, Eyes Grey, Complexion Fair. DistinguishingMarks, Scar right shin. Marital Status, Married,Children One (Girl). Member of any Party orSociety Nil. Total Service approximately 10 years.Age on discharge 40 years. Certificate ofDischarge Number 38 issued 09/05/1930 markedConduct "Very Good"Promotion/Misconduct. 03/05/1930 for discreditableconduct in visiting premises at the rear of 43Henshall Avenue on various dates in April 1930 forthe purposes of making ready money bets on horseracing, 05/05/1930 for neglect of duty in failingto report that ready money betting was takingplace at the premises at the rear of 43 HenshallAvenue which he admitted was within his knowledge.No disciplinary action taken in respect of thesereports. PC Bolton's resignation having beentendered and accepted. No pay or promotion detailsrecorded.Awards/Good Conduct/Other information. No GoodConduct reports recorded.