X SPANN FAMILYDear Alan,Thank you for your nicely worded request forinformation concerning the Officers of the Spannfamily. Sadly we do not have any photographs, butif you do we would appreciate a scanned copy forour records.As you are aware the Cheshire Constabulary wasformed in April 1857; there are many thousands ofrecords, these are held by the Cheshire RecordOffice, Chester. I as a Trustee and VoluntaryPolice Museum Researcher am slowly extractingthese records. Cheshire Police Officer EnrolmentRecords are held under Reference CJP7 Volumes 1-5.These five volumes are very large and in poorcondition, run from 1857- 22 March 1913; sadly theinformation which you seek which is obviously post1913 is not recorded in any other documents in anygreat detail, in most cases only the number rankand name is recorded. The information regarding anofficer's marriage is retained in CJP24/2,1847-1966, and with regard to their pensionCJP20/2/1, 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 whilstthis Museum works on a donation basis. The RecordOffice however, will charge you a minimum of £27per search per volume, so please be aware.Can I ask you when you get a moment would you senda quick mail so I can mark of your enquiry ascompleted? If you have any further questionsplease don't hesitate to contact again.With regard to Richard SPANN, sadly not one singlerecord of the Special Constabulary has beenretained, and I cannot give you any reason as towhy, other than it is sheer incompetence on theConstabularies part.Collar Number/Rank. PC 254 Walter SPANNBorn. Circa 1900 Little Budworth, Cheshire.Date of Entry. 15 January 1921Date of Leaving. 31 January 1946Final Date of Leaving. 31 January 1946How Discharged. On Pension.Initial Posting. HQ Reserve.Other Postings and Dates. Runcorn. andMacclesfield. Cheshire.Miscellaneous Information. Age on retirement 46years 3 months. Total service 25 years 17 days.Address in 1946. Burslem Cottage, Forest Road,Little Budworh, Cheshire.Promotion/Misconduct. No Misconduct reportsrecorded. Annual pay on retirement £319. 16s. 0d.Annual pension £159.18s. 0d.Awards/Good Conduct/Other information. No GoodConduct reports recorded.Marriage Record.Officer. PC 254 Walter SPANN.Occupation. Police Constable.Age.27 years.Condition. BachelorPlace of residence at Marriage.7 Clarke Street,Langley, Macclesfield.Date of Marriage. 19 September 1927.Place Married. St. George's Parish Church,Stockport.Fathers Name. Richard SPANN.Fathers Occupation. Farmer, Cheshire.Spouse. Alice PRIDGEON.Occupation. None StatedAge. 24Condition. Spinster.Place of residence. 143 Bramhall Lane, Stockport.Cheshire.Fathers Name. Arthur PRIDGEONFathers Occupation. Not stated.Collar Number/Rank. PC 46 Frederick SPANNBorn. Circa 1905, Cheshire.Date of Entry. 10 June 1925Date of Leaving. 16 April 1946Final Date of Leaving. 31 January 1954How Discharged. On Pension.Initial Posting. HQ Reserve.Other Postings and Dates. Runcorn. Cheshire.Miscellaneous Information. Age on retirement 49years 6 months. Total service 28 years 311 days.Died 17 September 1955.Promotion/Misconduct. No Misconduct reportsrecorded. Annual pay on retirement £500. 7s. 4d.Annual pension £308.11s. 4d.Awards/Good Conduct/Other information. No GoodConduct reports recorded. Long Service and GoodConduct Medal awarded 1951.Marriage Record.Officer. PC 46 Frederick SPANN.Occupation. Police Constable.Age.24 years.Condition. BachelorPlace of residence at Marriage. Higher Walton,Warrington.Date of Marriage. 03 April 1929.Place Married. Little Leigh Parish Church.Cheshire.Fathers Name. Richard SPANN.Fathers Occupation. Farmer, Cheshire.Spouse. Lilian WITHENSHAW.Occupation. None StatedAge. 21Condition. Spinster.Place of residence. Heath Cottage, Little Leigh,Cheshire.Fathers Name. George WITHENSHAWFathers Occupation. Teams Man. Cheshire.Collar Number/Rank. Sgt 530 Philip SPANNBorn. Not known.Date of Entry. 24 September 1930Date of Leaving. 02 September 1944Final Date of Leaving. 02 September 1944How Discharged. Resigned.Initial Posting. HQ Reserve.Other Postings and Dates. Altrincham.Miscellaneous Information. None knownPromotion/Misconduct. None knownAwards/Good Conduct/Other information. No GoodConduct reports recorded.Marriage Record.Officer. PC 530 Philip SPANN.Occupation. Police Constable.Age.23 years.Condition. BachelorPlace of residence at Marriage. 16 Grosvenor Road,Altrincham, Cheshire.Date of Marriage. 03 April 1929.Place Married. Methodist Church, School Bank,Norley, Cheshire.Fathers Name. Richard SPANN.Fathers Occupation. Farmer, Cheshire.Spouse. Evelyn Alice CHRIMES.Occupation. Domestic Servant.Age. 26Condition. Spinster.Place of residence. West View Road, Norley,Cheshire.Fathers Name. Vincent CHRIMESFathers Occupation. Gardener. Cheshire.It is then you Alan, but no point in me tellingyou what you already know, other than that theactual date you went to GMP was 01 April 1974,when the Local Government Boundaries were changed.But you could fill in some of the gaps, for melike your d.o.b. and place, postings, marriageetc. You never someone may want to check thePolice family out in another 100 years.The following are the remaining SPANN'S recordedin the database.Collar Number/Rank. PC James SPANN (No Warrantnumber recorded)Born. Not known.Date of Entry. 09 January 1861Date of Leaving. 08 July 1866Final Date of Leaving. 08 July 1866How Discharged. Resigned.Initial Posting. HQ Reserve.Other Postings and Dates. Posted 15 Jun 1861Northwich; 25 Dec 1864 Reserve; 4 June 1865 Hyde.Miscellaneous Information. Testimonial andCertificate sent to 03/07/1866 Character "VeryGood".Promotion/Misconduct. 07 March 1864 Promoted to2nd class Constable for the capture of a notoriousthief after a sever struggle, when on duty. 01June 1865 1st class Constable.Awards/Good Conduct/Other information. No GoodConduct reports recorded.Collar Number/Rank. PC Samuel SPANN (No Warrantnumber recorded)Born. 1839 Eaton by Tarporley, Cheshire.Date of Entry. 21 November 1860Date of Leaving. 05 August 1864Reappointed. 17 October 1864Final Date of Leaving. 22 December 1865How Discharged. Resigned.Initial Posting. HQ Reserve.Other Postings and Dates. 05 January 1861 Bucklow;17 October 1864 Reserve; 21 October 1864 Bucklow.Miscellaneous Information. 1861 Resident EatonVillage.Promotion/Misconduct. 04 August1862 Drunk on dutyat Altrincham, Reprimanded. March1863 Drunk at aBeer house in Altrincham, Fined 10/-. 01 March1865Appointed 2nd class Constable. 01 June1865 1stclass Constable.Awards/Good Conduct/Other information. No GoodConduct reports recorded.Collar Number/Rank. PC 192 Thomas SPANNBorn. 1842 Tarporley, Cheshire.Date of Entry. 01 December 1865Date of Leaving. 12 September 1874Final Date of Leaving. 12 September 1874How Discharged. Resigned.Initial Posting. HQ Reserve.Other Postings and Dates. Posted 8 Dec 1865Nantwich; 1869 Hyde.Miscellaneous Information. Prior service of 6months with Manchester Borough Police. ReligionProtestant, Height 5' 9", Age 23, Eyes Blue, HairBrown, Complexion Fresh, Build Proportional.Testimonials x3 and Character "Good" sent to him14 October 1874..Promotion/Misconduct. June 1869 Absent fromConference Point at 3 am and asleep on duty, Fined5/- and reprimanded. Pay June 1867 20/-. September1869 21/-. December 1870 22/-. March 1872 23/4d.December 1872 24/6d. September 1875 25/8d perweek.Awards/Good Conduct/Other information. No GoodConduct reports recorded.Collar Number/Rank. PC 54 Thomas SPANNBorn. 1852 Tarporley, Cheshire.Date of Entry. 07 January 1865Date of Leaving. 03 April 1874Final Date of Leaving. 03 April 1874How Discharged. Resigned.Initial Posting. HQ Reserve.Other Postings and Dates. Posted January 1874WirralMiscellaneous Information. Religion Protestant,Height 5' 9", Eyes Blue, Hair Sandy, ComplexionFresh, Build Proportional. Testimonials andCharacter sent to Head Constable of Birkenhead 07April 1874. (Presumably joined the BirkenheadBorough Force)Promotion/Misconduct. No Misconduct reportsrecorded. Pay 01/1874 22/- pw.Awards/Good Conduct/Other information. No GoodConduct reports recorded.Collar Number/Rank. Inspector William SPANNBorn. 1845 Eaton, Tarporley, Cheshire.Date of Entry. 01 January 1871Date of Leaving. 01 April 1891Final Date of Leaving. 01 April 1891How Discharged. Presumed pensionedInitial Posting. Presumed Birkenhead BoroughPolice, as no record as serving with CheshireConstabulary, although born Eaton.Other Postings and Dates. Subject appears on 1871Census as a serving Constable in Birkenhead. 1881Census in Tranmere as a serving Inspector. 1891Census shows subject as a Police Officer. 1901 Notrace on Census.Miscellaneous Information. 1881 Resident 8 HowsonStreet, Birkenhead.Promotion/Misconduct. No Misconduct reportsrecorded.Awards/Good Conduct/Other information. No GoodConduct reports recorded.Sincere best wishes to you and of course ShirleyJim Talbot.The Curator, Museum of Policing in Cheshire,Warrington Police Station, Arpley Street,Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1LQ