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Police ancestors

Here is where you may be able to find information about one of your police ancestors .

  • 1932 Forest of Dean Division with names

    1932 Forest of Dean Division with names

    Walter Williams, my maternal grandfather
  • An Interesting Photograph

    An Interesting Photograph

    We were given a photograph that was in several pieces.   Thanks to some help from David Hanks it now looks like ...
  • An Open Day Puzzle

    An Open Day Puzzle

    Jo and Christopher came to the Open Day on 14th September 2019 with a bit of a puzzle for the ...
  • Can you help?

    Can you help?

  • Caroline Symes

    Caroline Symes

      Caroline Symes joined Gloucestershire Constabulary on 3rd September 1975. She died after falling from her horse while off duty on 13th ...
  • Coalpit Heath Police Station

    Coalpit Heath Police Station

    We had a request from the owner of what used to be Coalpit Heath Police Station for further information. We had ...
  • From An 1866 Pocketbook

    From An 1866 Pocketbook

    We have a number of pocket books written in Wotton under Edge in the 1860s and 70s. Unlike today the ...
  • Groups of officers

    Groups of officers

  • How Did They Get There?

    How Did They Get There?

    A few months ago we received the following  email and have since been sent the medals. Over 30 years ago I ...
  • Impersonating a policeman?

    Impersonating a policeman?

    In early 1878 my second great aunt Ellen Caroline Alexander married George Charles Peters. The birth of their first child ...
  • New To The Archives

    New To The Archives

    Contact us for more information. Surname First name Date of birth Allsopp Alvin 19th November 1897 Anderson Donald James 20th June 1905 Angus Gilbert John 17th January 1897 Antell Herbert James 20th February 1883 Arbuckle William 10th July ...
  • Officers after 1950

    Officers after 1950

  • Police Constable 195 Samuel Bowkett

    Police Constable 195 Samuel Bowkett

    Samuel Bowkett joined Gloucestershire Constabulary on 20th January 1860 and retired on 23rd October 1886. We are very lucky to ...
  • Police Constable 74 James Smith

    Police Constable 74 James Smith

    Gloucestershire Police Archives received a request to identify an officer from a photograph. The photograph was the same as one that ...
  • Police Constable Holmes

    Police Constable Holmes

    My father Police Constable George Holmes stationed at Fairford 1954 to 1968
  • Police Orphanage

    Police Orphanage

    The Southern Provincial Police Orphanage was in Redhill Surrey between 1890 and 1947. Records are patchy but it is thought that ...
  • Reminiscences of a Police Officer

    Reminiscences of a Police Officer

    Evans RC 370(Gloucestershire Police Archives URN 7218) Course photograph thought to be February 1958. Ron Evans is 5th from ...
  • Ricky Coleclough

    Ricky Coleclough

    We have had a request for information about Ricky Coleclough’s police service. Ricky joined Gloucestershire Constabulary on 16th October 1964 and ...
  • Officers Before 1950

    Officers Before 1950 (24)

  • Register of Rural Constabulary

    Register of Rural Constabulary (24)

  • Special Constabulary

    Special Constabulary (30)

  • Chief Constable's Album

    Chief Constable's Album (23)

  • Cadets

    Cadets (6)

  • Where Officers Lived

    Where Officers Lived (5)

  • Superintendents

    Superintendents (14)

  • Archive of Police Officers

    Archive of Police Officers (26)

  • Lost on Duty

    Lost on Duty (2)

  • More About Named Officers

    More About Named Officers (17)

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  • King Charles lll

    King Charles lll

    His Majesty the King has a long association with Gloucestershire.
  • How Did They Get There?

    How Did They Get There?

  • Cheltenham Police Station, Crescent Place

    Cheltenham Police Station, Crescent Place

    Do you have any photographs?
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