X Peter FARRELLDear Claire,Thank you for your nicely worded request forinformation concerning Peter 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. 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 marriagesis retained in CJP24/2, 1847-1966, however onlyhis name and that of his future wife appears andthe fact that he was married at St. Anne's Church,Belfast out of the 2000 marriage records in thisbook his is the only entry that does not containfull details. This is rather strange as it was anoffence under the then regulations to fail to seekpermission to marry or having been married onentry failed to supply your marriage details.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.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.Can I ask you when you get a moment would you senda quick mail so I can mark of your enquiry ascomplete. I am sorry there is not a great deal ofinformation but this is down to the fact hisservice only covered a period of just over justover 5 years. If you have any further questionsplease don't hesitate to contact me. Jim Talbot.Trustee and Researcher, Cheshire Museum ofPolicing.Collar Number/Rank. PC191 Peter FARRELLBorn. 1867 Edgesworthtown, Longford, Ireland.Date of Entry. 7th May 1892Date of Leaving. 31st December 1897How Discharged. Resigned.Initial Posting. HQ Reserve, Chester.Other Postings and Dates. 21 May 1892 Hyde, 21January 1893 Crewe, 18 July 1896 Hazel Grove,Miscellaneous Information. Previous OccupationFootman. Prior undated service of 7 years with 5thDragoon Guards. Religion Roman Catholic, Height 5'10", Age 25, Eyes Brown, Hair Brown, ComplexionPale, Build Proportional. Certificate of Servicewith Character marked "Good" sent to him 5thJanuary 1898.Promotion/Misconduct. 28th May 1897 Neglect ofduty in not entering his duties in his Journalfrom 13th to 27th May 1897 Admonished. NoPromotions recorded.Weekly Pay. 7th May 1892 25/1d, 1st June 189326/3d, 1st June 1894 26/10d, 1st June 1895 28/-,1st June 1897 29/2d.Awards/Good Conduct/Other information. No GoodConduct reports recorded.