Force Orders 1945_20
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TO BE CIRCULATEDTO ALL RAN S OF No. 20.
THE CHFSHIRECONSTA ULARY.
24thJu1y,1945.
EVACUATEDCHILDRENOF METRDPOLITAN
POLICE FFICER9ACCOMMODATEDIN CHESHIRE
Referringto CircularMemorandumNo. 91/44, I am forwardinga copy
of a letter I have receivedfrom the Com. iissionoefr the Metropolitan
Police, conveyinghis thanks to those members of this Force who volun— .
tarily providedaccommodationfor childrenof E'etropolitanPolice O£ficers
during the raids on London last year. '
Chief Constable of Cheahire.
COPY
NE'fSCOTLANDYARD,
19th Ju1y, 1945.
Dear Becka,
Now that the childrenof inembersof this Force who were so
generouslyaccommodatedin the homes of your officersduring the
period of the flying bomb and rocket attacks,have returnedto
London, I am writing to te11 you how grateful2 am £or the hospitality
af£ordedto them. Apart from the sa£etywhich they have enjoyed,the
childrenhave benefittedgreatlyfrom the change. I have heard from
many members of the Force how we11 the childrenwere looked after and
how appreciativetheir parentsare of a11 that was done for them.
Wi11 you pleaae conveymy persona1thanks to the members of your
Forcewho extendedtheir hospitalityin a time o£ need. Their great
kindness,in coming forward so readilywith assistancein those
difficultdays, wi11 always be rememberedand appreciatedby their
brother officersin the MetropolitalPolice.
Yours sincerely,
(Signed) AAROLD 5COTT.
Major kir Jack Becke, C.B.E.