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Patrica

Patrica Report 27 Jul 2005 20:23

Hi all You can search for past members of the Metropolitan Police in their data base via this website: www.policeorders.co.uk. Go to the left column and press on search db. You then can enter last name or warrant numbers to bring up details of their basic career sheet (ie stationed etc). I have found great great uncle and auntys grandfathers career details here. Happy searching

Christine in Herts

Christine in Herts Report 27 Jul 2005 22:57

The full address is http://www.policeorders.*co.uk (remove *) I found a chunk of info about a friend's g-uncle. Christine

Unknown

Unknown Report 28 Jul 2005 00:26

Once you've found the warrant number you can look him up at Kew and find out how tall he was, how much he weighed etc. nell

Unknown

Unknown Report 20 Aug 2006 10:04

No available anymore as under development. Last time I searched Met Police all archives where being managed Ancestry.co.uk and are fee paying. Im ex Met was was trying to trace other retired collegues

Unknown

Unknown Report 20 Aug 2006 11:00

Paul I was unaware that Ancestry had this site, I thought it had been discontinued. However, for folk researching the police, information about the Met is at Kew and this is the Nat Archives research pages about them: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=104 This gives information about individual police records, police forces and a wealth of other records - photos and plans of police stations, crime reports etc. There's also a link to the Transport Police Records at Kew. YOU WILL HAVE TO GO TO KEW TO LOOK AT THE ACTUAL RECORDS, this is just a guide to what there is and where to find it. City of London police records: Corporation of London Record Office, PO Box 270, Guildhall, London, EC2P 2EJ (Tel: 020 7332 1251). nell