X Herbert JONES.Dear Harold (if I may be so bold)Firstly I apologise for the delay in replying toyour enquiry, I was out of UK visiting my motherin law on her 91st Birthday. Thank you for yournicely worded request for information concerningHerbert you would be surprised how many enquireswe get from people who never say please or thankyou, but first I have to point out a few things.Sadly we do not have a photograph, that is to saywe may, there are literally hundreds ofphotographs of officers, but their names werenever recorded on the reverse, we would thereforebe delighted to receive a scanned copy of Herbertfrom you.The Cheshire Constabulary was formed in April1857; there are many thousands of records, theseare held by the Cheshire Record Office, Chester. Ias a retired Police officer and voluntary PoliceMuseum Researcher am slowly extracting theserecords. Cheshire Police Officer Enrolment Recordsare held under Reference CJP7 Volumes 1-5. Thesefive volumes are very large and in poor condition,run from 1857- 22 March 1913; the informationwhich you seek would therefore be recorded inVolume 5. The information regarding his marriageis retained in CJP24/2, 1847-1966. And with regardto a pension CJP20/2/1, 1857-1965, but sadly withHerbert dying in 1919, only a small pension or alump sum gratuity would have been paid to hiswidow, your mother Ada. Again with him dying earlyin service his record is fairly brief.I say all this because I want to try and reassureyou that what I give you is as it appears in therespective volumes. However if you so wish, youcan of course have the records confirmed by theChester Records Office Archivist. But it would beremiss of me if I did not point out that TheRecord Office will charge you a minimum of £27 persearch per volume; therefore your total bill wouldbe £54, so please be aware. I am also delighted inview of the current financial turmoil and withrespect of your senior years to say that there areno charges to your good self for the informationwe have supplied.If you also read the history of the CheshireConstabulary "To the Best of Our Skill andKnowledge" which is on the Museum Web Site, I feelcertain that a useful picture can be obtained oflife in the force at the time, my own opinion isthat discipline was draconian and those whostrayed outside the rule's were fined way abovewhat they earned or dismissed. Also therestrictions on their private life, an officer wasnot allowed to drink on or off duty even in hisown home. It all comes down to the fact that upuntil the 1960's every Chief Constable of Cheshirewas an ex military officer and they of coursebrought with them the military codes of practice.I trust you will enjoy what follows and can I askyou when you get a moment would you send a quickmail so I can mark of your enquiry as completed.If you have any further questions please don'thesitate to contact me. Jim Talbot. Trustee andResearcher, Cheshire Museum of Policing.Collar Number/Rank. PC 19 Herbert JONESBorn. 1889 Wheelock, Sandbach, Cheshire.Date of Entry. 4th June 1910Date of Leaving. 10th March 1919How Discharged. Death in service.Initial Posting. HQ Chester.Other Postings and Dates. 24th July 1910 NewFerry, 30th September 1910 Altrincham, 30thSeptember 1911 Runcorn, 1st July 1912 StocktonHeath, 2nd March 1913 Grappenhall, 21st March 1915Hale Barnes.Miscellaneous Information. Previous Occupation,Striker, Religion Protestant, Height 5' 11", Age21/3m, Eyes Blue, Hair Light, Complexion Light,Build Proportional. Distinguishing Marks Nil.Promotion/Misconduct. No Misconduct or promotionreports recordedWeekly Pay. 4th June 1910 25/1d, 4th June 191126/3d, 1st April 1912 29/2d, 4th June 1912 29/2d,4th June 1913 30/4d. 4th June 1915 31/6d, 1st July1915 32/8d. 4th June 1917 33/10d. 30th September1918 40/10d, 0th November 1918 51/-.Awards/Good Conduct/Other information. Nonerecorded.Marriage Record.Officer. Herbert JONESOccupation. Police Constable.Age. 22 years.Condition. Bachelor.Place of residence. Altrincham.Date of Marriage. 30th September 1911.Place of Marriage. St Peter's Church,Ougthrington?Fathers Name. Joseph JONES (Deceased)Fathers Occupation. Not stated.Spouse. Ada READOccupation. Not stated.Age. 22 years.Condition. Spinster.Place of residence. Lymm.Fathers Name. John READFathers Occupation. Labourer.