X John GRIFFITHSDear Rosemary,Thank you for your nicely worded request forinformation concerning John you would be surprisedhow many enquires we get from people who never sayplease or thank you, but first I have to point outa few things. Sadly as I said 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.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. 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 Museum charges,for searching 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 via 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. incidentally the Museum can bevisited on Monday's and Friday's via priorarrangement with the curator and he may beIf you also read the history of the CheshireConstabulary "To the Best of Our Skill andKnowledge" which is on the Museum Web Site, youwill find this on the main page on the left is adrop down menu marked history I feel certain thata useful 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 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. Sincere best wishes JimTalbot. Trustee and Researcher, Cheshire Museum ofPolicing.Collar Number/Rank. PC 264 John GRIFFITHSBorn. 1865 Eyton, Near Wrexham. (This is all thatis shown in the record, I think further researchwill be required as it could well be on the bordernear Shropshire or Flint)Date of Entry. 13th November 1886Date of Leaving. 31st October 1919Final Date of Leaving. 31st October 1919How Discharged. To Pension.Initial Posting. HQ Chester (Reserve)Other Postings and Dates. 30 December 1886 Wirral,04 August 1883 Northwich, 08 August 1891 PrestonBrook, 25 April 1896 Knutsford, 26 August 1899Sale, 19 January 1901 Ashton on Mersey, 19 August1906 Northwich (Rudheath).Miscellaneous Information. Previous OccupationGardener. Religion Protestant, Height 5' 10", Age21, Eyes Blue, Hair Brown, Complexion Fresh, BuildProportional. Testimonials and Character "Good"sent 4th November 1919. Age on retirement 54 years7 months, Total service 32 years 330 days, Died27th September 1946. Approximate time on pension27 years, Approximate pension received £4500.Misconduct. 2nd April 1893 Absent from ConferencePoint at Tickles Farm Gate at 4am on the 30thMarch, Fined 5/-, 11th April 1898 Neglect of dutyin not apprehending J. Mahon on Commitment atKnutsford, Fined 5/-. 11th August 1899Carelessness in not seeing that two witnesses in aStabbing case attended Court to give evidence atKnutsford, Admonished.Weekly Pay. 13th November 1886 23/11d, 25th June1887 24/6d, 9th July 1888 25/8d, 1st April 189026/10d, 1st July 1891 28/-, 1st December 189129/2d, 1st December 1893 30/4d, 1st December 189831/6d, 1st April 1912 33/3d, 1st July 1915 38/6d,30th September 1918 44/4d, 13th October 191845/6d, 10th November 1918 54/2d, 1st April 191995/- Discharged on a pension of £165.2s.4d perannum.Awards/Good Conduct/Other information. 13thOctober 1918 Long Service and Good Conduct, MeritBadge and 2d per day additional pay.Marriage RecordOfficer. PC264 John GRIFFITHSOccupation. Police ConstableAge. 26 years.Condition. BachelorPlace of residence at Marriage. Somerford.Date of Marriage. 9th August 1891Place Married. Brereton Parish Church. (St Oswald)Fathers Name. James Griffiths.Fathers Occupation. Farmer, Cheshire.Spouse. Fanny ASHMOREOccupation. Servant.Age. 21 years.Condition. SpinsterPlace of residence. Brereton.Fathers Name. Daniel Ashmore.Fathers Occupation. Game Keeper. Cheshire.