X John Henry Gould SIMMS.Dear Neil,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,that is to say we may, there are literallyhundreds of photographs of officers, but theirnames were never recorded on the reverse of thephotograph.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 marriagesis 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 £8 andas we are working on a trust basis please forwardpayment by cheque made payable to the 'Museum ofPolicing in Cheshire' to The Curator, Mr. PeterWroe, Museum of Policing in Cheshire, WarringtonPolice 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, 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 beingcomplete. If you have any further questions pleasedon't hesitate to contact me. Jim Talbot. Trusteeand Researcher, Cheshire Museum of Policing.Collar Number/Rank. Sgt 245 John Henry GouldSIMMS.Born. March 1876 Congleton, Cheshire.Date of Entry. 4th February 1899.Date of Leaving. 31st March 1927.Final Date of Leaving. 31st March 1927.How Discharged. To Pension.Initial Posting. H.Q. Reserve Chester.Other Postings and Dates. 7th March 1899 NewBrighton, 1st November 1904 Little Neston, 30thJune 1906 Heswall, 19th July 1908 Stockton Heath,1st August 1911 Altrincham, 30th September 1917Cheadle, 17th May 1925 Cheadle Hulme.Miscellaneous Information. Previous OccupationLabourer. Religion Protestant, Height 6' 0", Age23 years, Eyes Grey, Hair Dark Brown, ComplexionFresh. 29th March 1927 Certificate of Service sentwith character marked "Exemplary". Age onretirement, 51 years 4 months. Total service 27years 353 days. Died 6th March 1946.Misconduct. No Misconduct reports recorded.Promotion. 19th July 1908 promoted acting Sgt. 1stAugust 1911 promoted Sgt.Weekly Pay. 4th Feb 1899 25/1d, 1st Mar 190026/3d, 1st Mar 1901 26/10d, 1st Mar 1902 28/-, 1stMar 1904 29/2d, 1st Mar 1906 30/4d, 4th Feb 191131/6d, 1st Aug 1911 Sgt at 33/3d, 1st Apr 191236/2d, 1st Aug 1913 36/9d, 1st Jul 1919 40/10d,1st Aug 1918 42/-, 1st Aug 1917 43/2d, 30th Sep1918 52/6d, 10th Nov 1918 62/-, 24th Nov 191863/2d, 1st Apr 1919 112/6d.Discharged on a pension of £195.13s.4d per annum.Awards/Good Conduct/Other information. 24th Nov1918 Long Service and Good Conduct, Merit Badgeand 2d per day additional pay.Marriage RecordOfficer. John Henry G. SIMMS.Occupation. Police Constable.Age. 28 years.Condition. Bachelor.Place of residence at Marriage. New Brighton,Wirral.Date of Marriage. 7th April 1904.Place Married. St. James Church, Congleton.Fathers Name. William SIMMSFathers Occupation. Cart Owner. Cheshire.Spouse. Alice ALMONDOccupation. None stated.Age. 23 years.Condition. Spinster.Place of residence. Congleton, Cheshire.Fathers Name. George ALMOND.Fathers Occupation. Coachman, Cheshire.