X Arthur WEATHERBYDear Catherine,Thank you for your nicely worded request forinformation on Arthur you would be surprised howmany 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,but if you do we would appreciate a scanned copyfor our records.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 4. The information regarding his marriageis retained in CJP24/2, 1847-1966.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, (madepayable to the Museum of Policing in Cheshire).The Record Office however, will charge you aminimum of £27 per search per volume; thereforeyour total bill would be £54, so please be aware.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 severe and those who strayedoutside the rules were fined way above what theyearned or dismissed. Also the restrictions ontheir private life, an officer was not allowed todrink on or off duty even in his own home. It allcomes down to the fact that up until the 1960'severy Chief Constable of Cheshire was an exmilitary officer and they of course brought withthem the military codes of practice.With regard to the Newcastle/Gateshead Police, Iam unaware if there is a website or if they have aMuseum, however, I would have thought if yourGrandfather was Chief Constable there would morethan likely be some type of record. I think thebest way forward on this is to contact the HumanResources Department of the Northumbrian Police, Iam sure they will point in you the rightdirection.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.Collar Number/Rank. PC 99 Arthur WEATHERBY.Born. 1874 Hulme Walfield, Somerford Bank,Congleton, Cheshire.Date of Entry. 04 July 1896.Date of Leaving. 22 November 1902.Re-appointed. N/AFinal Date of Leaving. 22 November 1902.How Discharged. Directed to resign.Initial Posting. HQ Reserve.Other Postings and Dates. Posted 25 July 1896Crewe, 01 April 1900 Haslington, 04 January 1902Crewe, 01 April 1902 Crewe.Miscellaneous Information. Previous OccupationFarm Labourer. Religion Protestant, Height 5' 11",Age 22, Eyes Light Brown, Hair Light Brown,Complexion Fresh, Build Proportional. Scar onleft leg.Promotion/Misconduct. 13 October 1898 Drunk onduty at Crewe at 4.30am, Fined 10/-. 25 August1901 absent from his Conference Point at CreweGreen Church at 9pm, Fined 2/6d, 19 October 1902(1) Absent from his Conference Point Christ ChurchCrewe at 2.30am (2) Absent from his beat and foundunder the influence of drink at his Station at3am, Directed to resign. Weekly pay 20 June 189625/1d. 04 August 1897 26/3d, 01 August 189826/10d, 01 August 1899 28/-, 01 August 1901 29/2d.Awards/Good Conduct/Other information. No GoodConduct reports recorded.Marriage Record.Officer. Arthur WEATHERBY.Occupation. Police ConstableAge. 24.Condition. Bachelor.Place of residence at Marriage. Monks Coppenhall,Near Crewe, CheshireDate of Marriage. 09 December 1900.Place Married. Parish Church, Crewe Green,CheshireFathers Name. John WEATHERBY.Fathers Occupation. Farmer, Cheshire.Spouse. Mary OGLEOccupation. None givenAge. 21.Condition. Spinster.Place of residence. Crewe Green, Cheshire.Fathers Name. Thomas OGLE.Fathers Occupation. Musician, Cheshire.With sincere best wishes Jim Talbot,Trustee and Researcher for theMuseum of Policing in Cheshire.Arthur Wetherby. Taken Crewe 1896-1902The Curator, Museum of Policing in Cheshire,Warrington Police Station, Arpley Street,Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1LQ