Metropolitan police help

[quiffdo]

Hello all

Can anybody help me or direct me on how I can find any information Austin Topping who was a police constable with the met police ranging from about 1880 onwards.

Any help would be great.

Danny

[marymog]

Hi

you will find him on the black sheep index, but you have to pay to see the information

google black sheep index

mm

[quiffdo]

Can I assume that he has not been as good I believe? Or is he on there as a police constable?

Thank you by the way.

Danny

[quiffdo]

Is there a search on the black sheep index or do you have to go through the alphabet?

Danny

[Elaine ..Spain]

He has a mention in the Huddersfield Daily Chronicle on 27 Nov 895 - receiving a certificate and award for saving a life at a fire. Taken from the 19th Century British Newspaper Collection.

Do you have access to these - if not let me know and I'll forward the image.

[Richard]

He was a P.C with Y Division (Holloway) at the time he left 7th May 1896. He Joined the force just over 16 years earlier on 1 March 1880. His warrant number was 64329. That is from his entry in the Register of Leavers which is up on Yourarchives website. There is an image there of the entry if required.

[Chris in Sussex]

I was going to suggest the 'Police Orders' Website

http://www.policeorders.co.uk/

You could search by surname ect but they are upgrading their website so no search facility.

Also try here...

http://www.met.police.uk/history/records.htm#numerical

Chris

[quiffdo]

Thank you everybody, all the help is much appreciated.

Danny

[TrevorFranklin]

A side story to this thread
Did any one see The Antiques Roadshow two weeks ago, where a young lady brought in some china and menus from her Grandfather, who was an ex met police Officer who became bodyguard to George V?

He was one of my Pursgloves and I have a number of Pursgloves who went into the Met from his immediate family line

[Little Nell]

If you have his warrant number - which you do now - you can ask The National Archives (Kew) to send photocopies of his record. You'll have to pay for copying and postage but it could be worth it, if you can't get to Kew yourself.

I have several Met police rellies and the records give their birthdates, last employer before joining the Met, a physical description etc. I also have pension record for one of them telling me how much he got a week, including extra money for working in the docks, for coal, and allowances for 3 children, plus his pension and the address where it was to be paid - which turned out to be his father-in-law's address.