X Edwin CLARKEDear Mrs. TimmisAre you the wife of retired Sgt Charles Timmis? Ifso nice to help and please give Charlie my bestwishes, anyway thank you for your nicely wordedrequest for information concerning Edwinyou 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; the informationwhich you seek would therefore be recorded inVolume 4. The information regarding his marriageis 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 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 £81, 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.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. PC 328 Edwin CLARKE.Born. 1865 Wellington, Shrewsbury, Shropshire.Date of Entry. 28 March 1887.Date of Leaving. 31 May 1912.Final Date of Leaving. 31 May 1912How Discharged. To pension.Initial Posting. HQ Reserve.Other Postings and Dates. Posted 06 May 1887Nantwich, 29 January 1890 Northwich, 12 August1893 Mow Cop, 01 July 1899 Compstall, 02 December1899 Crewe, 08 September 1900 Church Coppenhall,01 April 1902 Church Coppenhall, 16 August 1903Branmhall Stockport. 24 March 1907 MacclesfieldWilmslow. 30 September 1910 Macclesfield Styal.Miscellaneous Information. Previous Occupation,Iron Worker. Religion Protestant, Height 5' 11",Age 22, Eyes Grey, Hair, Light Brown, ComplexionFair, Build Proportional, Testimonials andCharacter Certificate of Service marked"Exemplary" sent 30 May 1912. Age on retirement 47years 2 months. Total service 25 years 31 days.Died 1944.Promotion/Misconduct. No Misconduct reportsrecorded. Weekly Pay 28 March 1887 23/11d, 26December 1887 24/6d, 26 December 1888 25/8d, 01April 1891 26/10d, 01 July 1891 28/-, 01 April1892 29/2d, 01 April 1894 30/4d, 01 April 189931/6d, 01 November 1906 32/8d, 01 April 1912 34/5dpw. Annual pay on retirement £89. 14s. 7d.Discharged on a pension of £55.12s.7d per annumAwards/Good Conduct/Other information. 01 November1906 Long and Meritorious Service, Merit Badge and2d per day additional pay.Marriage Record.Officer. Edwin CLARKEOccupation. Police Constable.Age. 28 years.Condition. Bachelor.Place of residence at Marriage. Brererton.Date of Marriage. 21 August 1893.Place Married. Parish Church Brererton.Fathers Name. Thomas CLARKE.Fathers Occupation. Platelayer, Cheshire.Spouse. Elizabeth E. HAMPTON.Occupation. Not recorded.Age. 29 years.Condition. Spinster.Place of residence. Eccles, Lancashire.Fathers Name. William HAMPTON.Fathers Occupation. Labourer.The Curator, Museum of Policing in Cheshire,Warrington Police Station, Arpley Street,Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1LQ