Force Orders 1941

X f TO BE C cu DTO ALLRANKS No. 39. OF THECHESH2RECONSTABULARY BOTHREGULARAND AUXILIARY. - 19th. December,194-1. The foUowing messageto a11 ranksof the Regalarand Auxiliary PoliceForceshas been receivedfrom the Secretaryof State:� ChiefConstableof Cheshire. "I sendmy cerewishesfor a happy Christmasand New Year to a11 members o� police for�es in England and P1a1es, the Police Yar Reserve and the SpecialConstabulary,to theirwivesand families,and to the womenand the boys who are workingside by sidewith them in the Women'sAuxiliaryPoliceCorps and the PoliceAuxlliaryNessengerService. 2 sendthe samegreetingto the policeofficersand SpecialConstableswho are servingtheircountry1n the Armed Forcesof the Crown,and to theirfamilies. ChriStmasmeansmuch to a11 of us. In time of war we may miss some o� the traditionalgood cheer,and the familycircleroundthe hearthmay be brokenby the absence.of5omemembera. But we shallmake the most of it; and 1et it be a reminderto us of the thingsfor whichwe are fightingin thiswar againstaggression,1awlessnessand tyra y. Christmasstands�or peaceand good will amongstmen, �or neighbourlinessand charity,for the home and family 1ife. The Nazi spiritis the antithesisof the Chrlstmasspirit,and it will be a sad Christmasindeed�or the millionswho,are sufferingunderHitler's yoke,a seasonof gloomrelievedon1yby the hope of an A11iedvictorywhich xi11 reetorecivilisationto occupiedEurope. Throughoutthe war the Britishpolicehave fullyjustifiedthe high reputationwhich theyenjoya11 over the wotld,and I like to thinkthat the contrast betweenour Britishway of life and the way o� lifewhichthe,Naziswouldimpose oa us is symbolisedby the contrastbetweenour police,the tr�stedguardians of the peaceof a� e� democracy,and the Gestapo,the toolso� a.crue1oligarchy, hatedand fearedeveriby theirown countrymen.2�ee1 surethat whatevertrials the New Yearmay bringyou will remainsteadfastto the greattraditionof serviceto the publicwhichyou have inheritedfr m yourpredecessors. (Signed) �HERBERTMORRISON".