X Joseph DUTTONDear Maureen and David,Thank you for your nicely worded request forinformation concerning Joseph, you would besurprised how many enquires we get from people whonever say please or thank you, but first I have topoint out a few things. Sadly we do not have aphotograph, that is to say we may, there areliterally hundreds of photographs of officers, buttheir names were never recorded on the reverse ofthe photograph.The Cheshire Constabulary was formed in April1857; there are many thousands of records, theseare held by the Cheshire Record Office, Chester.As a retired Police officer and voluntary PoliceMuseum Researcher I 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 TheRecord Office will charge you a minimum of £27 persearch per volume; therefore your total bill wouldbe £81, so please be aware. The cost of yourreport is £10 and as we are working on a trustbasis would you kindly forward payment by chequemade payable to the 'Museum of Policing inCheshire' and send it 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 by going to the web site, INDEX dropdown menu, HISTORY and look for "To the Best ofOur Skill and Knowledge" I feel certain that auseful picture can be obtained of life in theforce at the time, my own opinion is thatdiscipline was draconian and those who strayedoutside the rule's were fined way above inrelation to what they earned or dismissed. Alsothe restrictions on their private life, an officerwas not allowed to drink on or off duty even inhis own home. It all comes down to the fact thatup until the 1960's every Chief Constable ofCheshire was an ex military officer and they ofcourse brought with them the military codes ofpractice.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.Best wishes Jim TalbotTrustee and Researcher, Cheshire Museum ofPolicing.Collar Number/Rank. PC 379 Joseph DUTTONBorn. 21st February 1867, Tattenhall, Cheshire.Date of Entry. 25th February 1893Date of Leaving. 31st July 1918.Re-appointed. N/AFinal Date of Leaving. 31st July 1918.How Discharged. To pension.Initial Posting. HQ Reserve Division, Chester.Other Postings and Dates. 18th March 1893 GreatNeston, 11th June 1898 Eastham, 20th February 1904New Ferry, 1st February 1907 Lostock Gralam, 22ndOctober 1911 Dukinfield, 1st April 1918 HazelGrove.Miscellaneous Information. Previous OccupationLabourer. Religion Protestant, Height 6' 0", Age25, Eyes Grey, Hair Dark Brown, Complexion Fresh,Build Proportional. Distinguishing Marks, Molecentre of forehead.Age on retirement 51 years 3 months,Total service 25 years 139 days,Died 20th July 1929 aged 62 years 3 months.Funeral taking place at St. Thomas's Church,Norbury.Promotion. 20th February 1904 promoted ActingSergeant. 1st February 1907 promoted Sergeant.This is an extraction of the Royal IrishConstabulary for the years 1816-1921 For more information about this database,click here.The Generations NetworkMisconduct. (1) 5thDecember 1894 under the influence of drink when onduty at 2.15pm at Neston, Fined 15/- by ChiefConstable.(2) 23rd March 1918 Drunk whilst on duty atDukinfield Police Station at 12 midnight, Reducedto the rank of Constable, by Chief Constable.Weekly Pay. 25th February 1893 25/1d, 1st March1894 26/3d, 1st March 1895 26/10d, 1st March 189628/-. 1st March 1898 29/2d, 1st March 1900 30/4d,1st March 1905 31/6d, 1st February 1907 Sgt 33/3d,1st February 1909 34/5d, 1st February 1911 36/2d,1st April 1912 37/11d, 1st February 1913 39/1d,1st February 1915 40/3d, 1st July 1915 44/4d, 1stFebruary 1917 45/6d, 1st April 1918 having beenreduced to the rank of Constable to be paid therate of 38/6d per weekDischarged on pension of £62.4s.7d per annum.Total time on pension. 10 years 354 days.Total pension received £679. 6s. 2d.Awards/Good Conduct. None recorded.Other information. 1891 Census address. VictoriaTerrace, Handforth, Cheshire. 1901 Census Address.Carlett Terrace, Eastham, Cheshire.Marriage RecordOfficer. Joseph DUTTONOccupation. Labourer.Age. 21 years.Condition. Bachelor.Place of residence at Marriage. Tattenhall.Date of Marriage. 1st May 1888.Place Married. St. Alban Parish Church,Tattenhall.Fathers Name. Peter DUTTON.Fathers Occupation. Labourer, Cheshire.Spouse. Sarah CHESTERSOccupation. Nil.Age. 24 years.Condition. Spinster.Place of residence. Tattenhall.Fathers Name. Enoch CHESTER, Occupation. Labourer,Cheshire.