X Thomas GoslingDear Margaret,I thought you may be interested in the followingon the 25th February 2010 I received an enquiryconcerning Thomas Gosling from a Mrs. Ann Jacksonand is connected to Thomas. I have just today senther an updated report on Thomas, and I have alsogiven her your email in the hope that you mayexchange information, and I trust that this is inorder?Since I compiled your report I have managed totranscribe some further archives, which were notavailable at the time, these are known as GeneralOrders, and are basically the everyday running ofthe Cheshire Constabulary from day one i.e. April1857. They are handwritten volumes and the years1857 to 1882 have been transcribed and now are asearchable document. The following information hasbeen found appertaining to Thomas but rather thantry to give you the missing bits only I haveincluded the previous information to make it morereadable.Collar Number/Rank. Sergeant 72 and 271 ThomasGosling (His Collar number would have changed from72 to 271 on promotion to Sergeant)Born. Circa 1835 Stayley, Mottram in Longdendale,Cheshire.Date of Entry. 23rd February 1857Date of Leaving. 29th May 1859 Resigned.Re-appointed. 19th September 1859.Final Date of Leaving. 30th April 1891How Discharged. To pension.Initial Posting. Hyde Number 7 Division (whichcovered the areas of Broadbottom, Dukinfield, GeeCross, Hollingworth, Mill Brook, Stalybridge,Mottram, Newton, Roe Cross and Tintwistle).Other Postings and Dates. 20th April 1857 Hyde,19th September 1859 HQ Reserve Chester, 23rdSeptember 1859 Broxton; June 1870 Nantwich; May1871 Northwich; January 1879 Hyde; 23rd November1880 Wirral; 13th October 1888 Eddisbury; 25thAugust 1889 Hyde.Miscellaneous Information. Religion Protestant.Height 5' 9", Age 22, Eyes Dark, Hair Black,Complexion Pale, Build Proportional. 1st April1891 Certificate of Service with character markedas "Very Good" sent to him.Age on retirement 56 years 1 month.Total service 34 years 30 days.Died 5 July 1893 aged 58 years 3 months.Promotion. June 1870 Promoted Acting Sergeant. May1871 Promoted Sergeant.Misconduct. 8th December 1864 Drinking when onduty in a Public House at Malpas, Reprimanded byChief Constable.27th January 1879 habitually neglecting to visitthe men of his Section, Deprived of Merit Badgeand Pay (2d per day) and transferred to HydeDivision.10th November 1880 endeavouring to bring outsideinfluence to prevent the Chief Constables Ordersbeing carried out, Reduced to 30/4d per week.With regard to the offence on the 27th January1879 the following is recorded in General Orders."Sergeant Thomas Gosling, E Division, having beenreported by his Superintendent for grossdereliction of duty in habitually neglecting tovisit one of the Constables of his Section nightlyduring his tour of duty in accordance with therules of the service, which prescribes that so faras practicable each Constable is to be visited atleast once by day and once by night. On examiningSergeant Gosling's Duty Book it appears that theonly night visits made by him to the Constablereferred to during the last five months were asfollows, August 14th, September 12th, October15th, November 18th, and December 25th out ofwhich number only 18 visits were made aftermidnight and the Chief Constable is compelled tomark his displeasure at such a gross irregularityin the performance of a most important duty andhereby deprives Sergeant Gosling of his MeritBadge and Pay from this date, and trusts this mayserve as a warning to all ranks in theConstabulary against a repetition of so serious abreach of duty, as it must be in the recollectionof the older members of the force, the fatalresult of a Constable not being visited in thesame Division in the year 1873".(The latter part of the entry is referring to theMurder of Constable James Green, of the CheshireConstabulary.With regard to the offence recorded on the10thNovember 1880 the following is recorded in GeneralOrders"The Chief Constable has been much surprised tofind that Sergeant Gosling of A Division, on beingordered to remove to Mottram, had notwithstandingthe Chief Constable's stringent General Orders ofthe 19th October 1878, resorted to a practicewhich he has been trying to suppress, i.e. thedivulging of General Orders to the Public, andendeavouring to bring outside influence to preventhis Orders being carried out, and were it not forSergeant Gosling's previous service and conduct,he would have undoubtedly been dismissed from theForce; as it is the Chief Constable cannot passover this breach of discipline and is thereforecompelled to make his sense of it by reducingSergeant Gosling to 30/4d per week, and warns himthat should a repetition of this infringement ofGeneral Orders on his part take place, dismissalwill certainly follow, Sergeant Gosling will beheld in readiness to move from Mottram at an earlydate which will be notified in a future GeneralOrder. Superintendents will read this, and theGeneral Order of the 19th October 1878 at the nextparade of their Divisions, and will stronglyimpress upon all ranks the prudence of complyingwith all orders issued by the Chief Constable,otherwise when too late it may prove a source ofdeep regret to them and their families".Weekly Pay. 15th July 1858 19/- to 20/-. 26thMarch 1860 19/- to 20/-. 15th September 1865 20/-to 21/-. June 1867 22/-. March 1870 23/4d. January1871 Merit Badge 2d per day in addition. May 1871Sgt at 25/2d. October 1871 26/2d. August 187227/5d. December 1872 29/2d. May 1874 30/4d. May1875 31/6d. January 1876 32/8d. April 1876 33/10d.27th January 1881 reinstated to 32/8d per week.1st February 1886 33/10d.Annual pay on retirement. £88. 4s. 2d.Discharged on Pension of. £58.16s.1d per annum.Total time on pension. 2 years 66 days.Total pension received. £128. 4s. 0d.Awards/Good Conduct/Other information. January1859, apprehending a Burglar, Reward of 10/- byChief Constable. January 1863 apprehending a NavalDeserter, 20/- reward by the Commanding OfficerH.M.S. "Majestic". October 1865 cash reward of 5/-paid under Poachers Act, by F. Aldersey Esq.Paoching Affray at Bostock, 25th November 1882."The Chief Constable has great satisfaction innotifying to the Force the good behaviour of theConstables lately engaged in the Poaching Affrayat Bostock, Near Middlewich, more especially thebravery and determination displayed by SergeantGosling and Constable Hodgkinson, and for theirgallant conduct on this occasion he promotesSergeant Gosling to 32/8d per week and ConstableHodgkinson to 28/- per week from the 2nd instant".