X Albert Sydney George CARTER.Dear Brenda,I apologies for the delay in replying, but I havebeen out of the UK, and thank you for your nicelyworded request for information concerning Albertyou would be surprised how many enquires we getfrom people who never say please or thank you, butfirst I have to point out a few things. Sadly wedo not have a photograph, but if you do we wouldappreciate a scanned copy for 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; sadly post this dateand because of the very short sightedness of theConstabulary Personnel Department officers recordshave not been retained in any great detail. Theinformation regarding his marriage is retained inCJP24/2, 1847-1966, which I feel sure you willalready have, if not please let me know. And withregard to his pension CJP20/2/1, 1857-1965. Iwould appreciate anything that you have in orderthat I can update Albert's database entry.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; so please beaware.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.Can I ask you when you get a moment would you senda quick mail so I can mark of your enquiry ascomplete? If you have any further questions pleasedon't hesitate to contact me. Jim Talbot. Trusteeand Researcher, Cheshire Museum of Policing.Collar Number/Rank. PC 193 Albert Sydney GeorgeCarterBorn. Unknown.Date of Entry. 08 January 1936Date of Leaving. 30 November 1939 to join Army forservice during World War 2.Date Rejoined. 29 October 1945.Final Date of Leaving. 18 August 1963.How Discharged. To Pension.Initial Posting. HQ Reserve.Miscellaneous Information. Long Service GoodConduct Medal awarded 1958.Other information. Runcorn Division on retirement.Age on retirement 52 years. Total Service 27 years223 days. Annual pay on retirement £981. 11s. 7d.Annul Pension £572. 11s. 9d.The Curator, Museum of Policing in Cheshire,Warrington Police Station, Arpley Street,Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1LQ