X Thomas and Arthur James DUTTONDear Iain,Thank you for your nicely worded request forinformation concerning Thomas and Arthur you wouldbe surprised how many enquires we get from peoplewho never say please or thank you, but first Ihave to point out a few things. Sadly we do nothave photographs, that is to say we may, there areliterally hundreds of photographs of officers, buttheir names were never recorded on the reverse.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 inVolumes 3 and 4. The information regarding theirmarriages is retained in CJP24/2, 1847-1966. Andwith regard to their pensions 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 or of coursevisit yourself. But it would be remiss of me if Idid not point out that The Record Office willcharge you a minimum of £27 per search per volume;per individual therefore your total bill would be£162, so please be aware. The Museum charges, forsearching the three volumes are on a reducingscale i.e. dependant on the information recorded,the maximum amount payable is £10, whichrepresents good value. Your remittance is £10 andas we are working on a trust basis please forwardpayment by cheque made payable to the 'Museum ofPolicing in Cheshire' 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 "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 draconian and those whostrayed outside the rule's were fined way abovewhat they earned or dismissed. Also therestrictions on their private life, an officer wasnot allowed to drink on or off duty even in hisown home. It all comes down to the fact that upuntil the 1960's every Chief Constable of Cheshirewas an ex military officer and they of coursebrought with them the military codes of practice.The Museum is within the confines of WarringtonPolice Station and is open to view every Mondayand Friday, if you wish to visit please contactthe Curator Peter Wroe directly onI 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 could also take a moment to make anycomments about the service or lack of it, I askthis because we are a new museum and we have toshow our 'Worth' even though we are all volunteersto our 'Masters'. If you have any furtherquestions please don't hesitate to contact me. JimTalbot. Trustee and Researcher, Cheshire Museum ofPolicing.Collar Number/Rank. PC98 Thomas DUTTONBorn. Circa 1857 Budworth. Nr. Northwich. (Exactyears in these records are not given)Date of Entry. 26th May 1885Date of Leaving. 31st July 1911Final Date of Leaving. 31st July 1911How Discharged. To PensionInitial Posting. HQ Reserve, ChesterOther Postings and Dates. 20th June 1885 Hyde,26th December 1887 Eddisbury, 26th October 1895Eddisbury (Weaverham), 14th January 1901 Crewe,1st April 1902, Crewe, 11th January 1903 Runcorn(Stretton), 11 April 1906 Runcorn (Whitley).Miscellaneous Information. Previous OccupationWheelwright. Religion Protestant, Height 5' 10",Age 27, Eyes Blue, Hair Dark Brown, ComplexionFresh, Build Proportional. Testimonials andCharacter "Exemplary" sent 03/08/1911. Age onretirement 53 years 2 months. Total service 26years 51 days. Died 16/11/1940.Further research not shown in his police record isthat Thomas and Arthur were the sons of RobertDutton born circa 1824 Oakmere, and Sarah Dutton(nee Nichson) born circa 1827 Tarvin. They weremarried at St. Peter's Church Delamere in 1848.Promotion/Misconduct. No promotion or Misconductreports recorded, this in itself is unusual asneither Thomas nor Arthur have misconduct reports,and there are not many officers from this periodthat don't have some type of misconduct reportsagainst them.Pay. 26th May 1885 23/11d, 3rd April 1886 24/6d,26th December 1886 25/8d, 9th July 1888 26/10d,1st April 1890 28/-, 1st July 1891 29/2d, 1st June1892 30/4d, 1st June 1897 31/6d, 22nd May 190432/8d. Discharged on a pension of £56.15s. 6d perannum.Awards/Good Conduct/Other information. 22nd May1904 Long Service and Good Conduct, Merit Badgeand 2d per day additional pay. 16th August 1912Granted Their Majesties Coronation Medal, GeneralOrders 209/1912.Marriage Record 1.Officer. Thomas DuttonOccupation. Not recorded.Age. 26 years.Condition. BachelorPlace of residence at Marriage. Delamere.Date of Marriage. 17th March 1884Place Married. Registrar's Office, Chester.Fathers Name. Robert DuttonFathers Occupation. Farmer, Cheshire.Spouse. Emma WrightOccupation. Not recorded.Age. 24 yearsCondition. SpinsterPlace of residence. ChesterFathers Name. James WrightFathers Occupation. Labourer, Chester.Marriage Record 2Officer. Thomas DuttonOccupation. Police OfficerAge. 45 yearsCondition. Widower.Place of residence at Marriage. CreweDate of Marriage. 18th November 1901Place Married. St. Pauls Church, Crewe.Fathers Name. Robert Dutton (Deceased)Fathers Occupation. N/ASpouse. Helen CampbellOccupation. House KeeperAge. 48 yearsCondition. SpinsterPlace of residence. CreweFathers Name. John CampbellFathers Occupation. Farmer, Chester.Collar Number/Rank. Superintendent 507 and 38Arthur James DUTTON. (The number changing from 507to 38 would have come about on his initialpromotion to Sgt)Born. 1861 Delamere, Cheshire.Date of Entry. 29th August 1881Date of Leaving. 31st March 1921.Final Date of Leaving. 31st March 1921How Discharged. To Pension.Initial Posting. HQ Reserve. ChesterOther Postings and Dates. 20th September 1881Hyde, 18th April 1885 Altrincham, 16th January1889 Runcorn, 19th February 1893 Heswall, 6th May1893 Hoylake, 1st July 1898 Dukinfield, 1st June1903 New Brighton.Miscellaneous Information. Previous OccupationLabourer. Religion Protestant, Height 5' 11", Age21, Eyes Blue, Hair Sandy, Complexion Fresh, BuildProportional. Testimonials and Character"Exemplary" on parchment sent 1st April 1921. Ageon retirement 60 years 7 months, Total service 39years 216 days, Died 24th February 1936 aged 74years 10 months. Address in 1901 56 Hope Street,Dukinfield.Misconduct. No Misconduct reports recorded.Promotion/Pay 29th August 1881 23/11d per week,11th March 1882 24/6d, 17th February 1883 25/8d,20th December 1884 26/10d, 30th September 188528/-, 16th January 1889 Promoted Acting Sgt, 14thOctober 1889 Promoted Sgt at 30/4d, 1st July 189133/3d, 1st November 1891 34/5d, 1st November 189336/2d, 25th February 1894 37/4d, 1st July 1898Promoted Inspector at £100 per annum, 1st July1900 £110pa, 1st July 1902 £120pa, 1st June 1903promoted Inspector 1st class £120pa, 1st June 1905£130pa, 1st November 1908 promoted 2nd classSuperintendent at £170pa, 1st November 1910£180pa, 1st April 1912 Superintendent at £220pa,1st April 1914 £230pa, 1st July 1915 £250pa, 1stApril 1916 £260pa, 1st April 1918 £270pa, 30thSeptember 1918 £320pa, 10th November 1918 £350pa,1st April 1920 £530pa. Discharged on a pension of£353.6s.8d per annum. Total time on pension 14years 330 days, Total pension received£5266.2s.4d.Awards/Good Conduct/Other information. 16thJanuary 1892, For Meritorious conduct in theexecution of his duty, awarded a gratuity of £2 byStanding Joint Committee on the recommendation ofthe Chief Constable.25th February 1894 Long and Meritorious Service,Merit Badge and of 2d per day increase in pay.16th August 1912 Awarded Their MajestiesCoronation Medal, General Orders 209/1912.February 1918 specially commended by the ChiefConstable and Colonel. Kell of MI5, War Office tothe notice of The Home Office for Services inconnection with the Supervision of Alien enemiesduring the War, Complimented by The Right Hon, Thesecretary of State for The Home Department,(Letter 357291, dated 28/02/1918).Marriage Record 1Officer. Arthur James DUTTONOccupation. Police Constable.Age. 24 years.Condition. Bachelor.Place of residence at Marriage. Lymm, CheshireDate of Marriage. 27th April 1885Place Married. Primitive Chapel, Hyde.Fathers Name. Robert DuttonFathers Occupation. Farmer, Cheshire.Spouse. Susannah Ovens.Occupation. Hat Trimmer.Age. 21 yearsCondition. SpinsterPlace of residence. Hyde, Cheshire.Fathers Name. Samuel OvensFathers Occupation. Butcher, Cheshire.Marriage Record 2Officer. Arthur James DUTTONOccupation. Police SgtAge. 35 years.Condition. Widower.Place of residence at Marriage. Hoylake, CheshireDate of Marriage 9.th April 1896Place Married. Holy Trinity Church, HoylakeFathers Name. Robert DuttonFathers Occupation. Farmer, Cheshire.Spouse. Isabella Reid.Occupation. NilAge. 30 yearsCondition. SpinsterPlace of residence. Hoylake, Cheshire.Fathers Name. James ReidFathers Occupation. Engineer, Cheshire.