X John Albert TAYLORDear Harry,Thank you for your nicely worded request forinformation concerning John you would be surprisedhow many enquires we get from people who never sayplease or thank you, but first I have to point outa few things. Sadly we do not have a photograph,that is to say we may, there are literallyhundreds of photographs of officers, but theirnames were never recorded on the reverse of thephotograph.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 his pension CJP20/2/1, 1857-1965.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 £81, so please be aware. The Museum charges,for searching the three volumes are on a reducingscale i.e. dependant on the information recorded,the maximum amount payable is £10, whichrepresents good value. Your remittance is £10 andas we are working on a trust basis please forwardpayment via cheque made payable to the 'Museum ofPolicing in Cheshire' and forward it to TheCurator, Mr. Peter Wroe, Museum of Policing inCheshire, Warrington Police Station, ArpleyStreet, Warrington, Cheshire. WA1. 1LQ.If you also read the history of the CheshireConstabulary "To the Best of Our Skill andKnowledge" which is on the Museum Web Site underthe drop down section marked 'History', 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.The Museum is open to the public Mondays andFridays, prior appointment is required. If youwish to visit please contact the Curator Peterbe delighted to show you around.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 beingcomplete. If you have any further questions pleasedon't hesitate to contact me. Jim Talbot. Trusteeand Researcher, Cheshire Museum of Policing.Collar Number/Rank. Sgt 209 John Albert TAYLOR.Born. 23rd June 1883 Antrobus, Cheshire.Date of Entry. 20th May 1905.Date of Leaving. 23rd May 1931.Final Date of Leaving. 23rd May 1931.How Discharged. To Pension.Initial Posting. HQ Reserve, Chester (Training)Other Postings and Dates. 1st August 1905Middlewich, 21st May 1908 Smallwood, Sandbach, 1stNovember 1913 Crewe. 1st December 1919 Knutsford.29th May 1921 Altrincham. 17th May 1925 Cheadle.On retirement Runcorn Division.Miscellaneous Information. Previous OccupationFarmer. Religion Protestant, Height 5' 9", Age 21,Eyes Brown, Hair Brown, Complexion Fresh, BuildProportional. No distinguishing marks. Age onretirement 47 years 11 months. Total service 26years 4 days. Died 9th October 1962. I note fromyour information that you have his date of deathrecorded as 23rd September 1962, this of coursemay be correct and the date we have is the daywhen his pension may have ceased to be paid.I also note from the Museum database that there isa PC54 Edwin Taylor, born 12th February 1870Antrobus, Cheshire; he was a member of theWarrington Borough Police from 1896 to 1911.However if you think he is connected to John insome way please let me know.Misconduct. No Misconduct reports recorded. (Thisbelieve it or not is an exception to the norm, asthere are not many officers from this time periodthat have clean records).Weekly Pay and Promotion. 20th May 1905 25/1d, 1stJune 1906 26/3d, 1st June 1907 26/10d, 1st June1908 28/-, 2th May 1910 29/2d, 1st April 191231/6d, 20th May 1912 32/8d, at November 1913Promoted Acting Sgt. 1st July 1915 35/-, 20th May1917 36/2d, 30th September 1918 44/4d, 10thNovember 1918 51/-, 1st April 1919 90/-. 1stDecember 1919 Promoted Sgt 100/-, 1st December1920 102/6d, 1st December 1921 105/-, 1st December1922 107/6d, 1st December 1923 110/-, 1st December1924 112/6d. Annual pay on retirement, £293. 10s. 1d. Discharged on a pension of, £195 13s. 4d.Awards/Good Conduct/Other information. 2ndNovember 1917 Praiseworthy Conduct in stopping arunaway horse at Crewe at personal risk, Gratuityof 10/- from the Chief Constable.Marriage RecordOfficer. John Albert TAYLOROccupation. Labourer.Age. 19 years.Condition. Bachelor.Place of residence at Marriage. Antrobus.Date of Marriage. 9th December 1902.Place Married. Registry Office, Warrington.Fathers Name. Francis Taylor.Fathers Occupation. Farmer, Lancaster.Spouse. Minnie ROWLINSONOccupation. Servant.Age. 18 years.Condition. Spinster.Place of residence. Warrington.Fathers Name. Joseph RowlinsonFathers Occupation. Farmer, Lancaster.