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Acknowledgements
We are pleased to acknowledge the considerable contributions made by Mr
Roger Keight and Mrs Ann Sumner in terms of time
and hard work, without which this online index would not have been possible. |
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Staffordshire Police Force Registers, 1842-1920
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Staffordshire Police
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| The Staffordshire Constabulary was established in 1842 as the main police force
for the county of Staffordshire, although a number of boroughs maintained their
own forces until as late as 1968. The force went by a number of different names
through its history - Staffordshire Constabulary, 1842-1929; Staffordshire
County Police, 1929-1967; Staffordshire County and Stoke on Trent Constabulary,
1968-1974 – and since 1974 has been known as Staffordshire Police. |
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The Force Registers
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| Amongst the archives of the Staffordshire Police deposited at Staffordshire
Record Office is a complete series of county police Force Registers, covering
the dates 1842-1977, and containing the main personnel record for every officer
who served in Staffordshire Police. The registers are in bound volumes which
are not photocopied for reasons of conservation. |
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| The registers give information about the officer’s age and place of origin,
their appearance and their career as it progressed, and about their leaving of
the service. A full breakdown is given on the Ordering a Transcript page. |
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| View a sample
transcript for Thomas Hill, appointed 1 June 1914 |
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About This Index
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| This index covers the period 1842-1920 (Staffordshire Record Office,
C/PC/1/6/1-2, and C/PC/12/1/29/3). A successful surname search in the index
will provide you with the surname, forename(s) and year of appointment to the
force. This information can be used to order a transcript of the full entry in
the force register (see details above). |
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| Further Information
About This Index |
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Other records of interest
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| The Staffordshire Police archive also contains other records of biographical
interest, particularly the superannuation registers which record the pensions
paid to men who had left the service, or gratuities paid to dependants. Dates
and circumstances of death are noted, where applicable, also some comments as
to poor health or lack of fitness to serve. |
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| The Archive Service is able to undertake further research in these records. For
details of this service please see the
Staffordshire Records Research Service page on the Archive Service’s
main website. |
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Records of Officers who joined Staffordshire Police after 1920
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| Staffordshire Record Office also holds police personnel records from 1920 to
1977. These volumes are not normally open to public inspection because they
contain personal information about people who may still be living. If the
police officer is no longer living we can provide a transcript of the entry.
The records will often give the officer’s date of death but where this is not
the case we will ask you to provide evidence, such as a copy of the death
certificate. If you would like to order a transcript for a police officer who
entered the Staffordshire Police after 1920 please contact us by email or
letter. You will need to confirm that the person is deceased, and let us know
at what dates they were in the force and where they were living. For personnel
records from 1978 onwards please contact Staffordshire Police (http://www.staffordshire.police.uk/). |
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