X PatronGerald Cavendish GrosvenorDuke of Westminster, KG, CB, OBE, TD, DLOur ref: JT45/2012William WARBURTONDear Heather,John Burton said you may contact but firstly thankyou for your nicely worded request for informationconcerning William you may be surprised how manyenquires we get from people who never say pleaseor thank you. Before we start there are a fewthings I must point out normally there would be acharge for the report however you have kindly saidyou will forward a photograph of William thereforein exchange no fee's required I hope this issatisfactory, right down to business.The Cheshire Constabulary was formed in April1857; there are many thousands of records, theseare held by the Cheshire Record Office, Chester.As a retired Police officer and voluntary PoliceMuseum Researcher I 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 is recorded in Volume 3. Theinformation regarding his marriage is retained inCJP24/2, 1847-1966. And with regard to his pensionCJP20/2/1, 1857-1965.Further, there are 33 Volumes each containingapproximately 400 pages of General Orders, theseare basically the everyday events of the CheshireConstabulary and date from April 1857 to 1946,they are also normally held at the Record Officein Chester under reference CJP4, however they arepresently held by the Museum. Each Volume ishandwritten and although they can be scanned theycannot be searched to extract the information asthe character recognition software just does notrecognise handwriting. They are therefore beingtranscribed into a searchable word document, whichis a very long and slow process, only the yearsfrom 1857 to 1884 are complete, however I havechecked through from Williams joining date untilhis retirement and any information between theseyears will appear within your report.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 search the records yourself or havethe records confirmed by the Chester RecordsOffice Archivist. But it would be remiss of me ifI did not point out that The Record Office willcharge you a minimum of £27 per search per volume;therefore your bill should you wish to have allthe above mentioned Volumes searched would amountto several hundreds of pounds, so please be aware.If you also read the history of the CheshireConstabulary by going to the web site, INDEX dropdown menu, HISTORY and look for "To the Best ofOur Skill and Knowledge" I feel certain that auseful picture can be obtained of life in theforce at the time, my own opinion is thatdiscipline was draconian and those who strayedoutside the rules were fined way above what theyearned or dismissed. Also the restrictions ontheir private life, an officer was not allowed todrink on or off duty even in his own home. It allcomes down to the fact that up until the 1960'severy Chief Constable of Cheshire was anex-military officer and they of course broughtwith 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 complete,this is important as whilst we are not funded bythe Cheshire Constabulary, they are still our'masters' so to speak and I have to account forthe information I send out. If you have anycomments good or bad and you wish to make themplease do so?If you have any further questions please don'thesitate to contact me.Jim TalbotTrustee and Researcher, Cheshire Museum ofPolicing.Collar Number/Rank. Sgt 154 and 317 WilliamWARBURTON. (His Warrant number would have changedon posting from one Division to another)Born. 1850 Warmingham, Cheshire (None of theearly records contain a full date of birth, but abaptism record for a William Warburton, with thenames of his parents as Ralph and Mary show a dateof his christening as 2nd December 1850, at Elton,Nr. Warmingham)Date of Entry. 4th September 1875Date of Leaving. 31st October 1901Re-appointed. Not applicable.Final Date of Leaving. 31st October 1901How Discharged. To pensionInitial Posting. HQ Reserve Division, Chester.Other Postings and Dates. November 1875 Nantwich.January 1879 Broxton. September 1880 Reserve HQChester.Miscellaneous Information. Previous OccupationTailor. Religion Protestant, Height 5' 8", Age 26,Eyes Hazel, Hair Brown, Complexion Fresh, BuildProportional. Distinguishing Marks. No finger nailon 3rd finger of left hand.Census returns. 1871 Union Street, Sandbach,Cheshire. 1881 11 Thompkinson Street, Chester.1891 41 Hamilton Street, Chester. 1901 45 HamiltonStreet, Chester. We are aware that there was anactual police station in Hamilton Street but sofar we have not been able to pinpoint it.Age on retirement. 52 years.Total service. 26 years 58 days.Died. 31st December 1916 Bredbury, Stockport, aged67 years 2 months.The Generations NetworkPromotion. 25th July 1892promoted Acting Sergeant. 15th February 1896promoted Sergeant.Misconduct. October 1876 Neglecting to fill up hisjournal from 22nd to 31st October, Fined 5/- byChief Constable and cautioned.7th October 1898 Disobeying the Orders ofSuperintendent Leah in charging Henry McDermottwith assaulting him (the Sgt) in the execution ofhis duty at Chester Railway Station on 6th October1898 and neglecting to make out the report of theapprehension of the above named. Fined 10/- byChief Constable.Weekly Pay. September1875 23/11d. March 187624/6d. November 1877 25/8d. June 1878 26/10d.October 1878 28/-. June 1881 29/2d. 1st July 189132/8d. 15th February 1896 Sgt at 34/5d. 1st March1898 35/7d. 1st March 1900 37/4d.Retired on annual pension of. £64.17s.9d.Total time on pension. 15 years 61 days.Total pension received. £984.2s.5d.Awards/Good Conduct/Other information. March 1880for Service, 1 Good Conduct Badge. June 1881 Longand Faithful Service, Merit Badge and 2d per dayadditional pay.Marriage RecordOfficer. William WARBURTONOccupation. Tailor.Age. 20 years.Condition. Bachelor.Place of residence at Marriage. Sandbach,Cheshire.Date of Marriage. 23rd June 1870Place Married. Calvinist Chapel, Sandbach.Fathers Name. Ralph WARBURTON.Fathers Occupation. Farmer, Cheshire.Spouse. Emma PARKESOccupation. Silk Thrower.Age. 24 years.Condition. SpinsterArea of residence. Sandbach, Cheshire.Fathers Name. Walter PARKESFathers Occupation. Boilermaker, Cheshire.Where the reference BSI appears in the Museumdatabase this applies to a website known as theBlack Sheep Index www.blacksheepindex.co.uk thisis a site that carries newspaper articlesconcerning Police Officers. On occasions theofficer's full name is not given, but we havetried to make a match against what the MuseumRecords show. In 1900 it shows "Royal HumaneSociety Saves Man", it refers to William havingsaved the life of someone. Normally it would statethis in his police personal record but sadly itdoes not, however further enquiries can be madethrough the Humane Society in London contactablevia the internet, but again the cost ofresearching with the Humane Society starts at £50,In 1901 William also received a Presentation atChester, I presume this was for his retirement.There are charges involved to obtain thesenewspaper cuttings direct from the owner of thewebsite. It is emphasized that the Museum does notknow the contents of these cuttings and takes noresponsibility for them. The Museum is onlyshowing this as an aid that there is furtherinformation from another source. Should you decideyou would like these articles when requesting themplease make reference to this Museum, whilst youwon't get it any cheaper it may just speed up theprocess?This Museum has access to the British NewspaperArchives on line I have searched around the abovedates but sadly nothing turned up, I presume theBlacksheep Index information has been taken fromother sources. In essence I think if I was goingto obtain the information about the Humane Societyentry I would firstly obtain the cutting from theBlacksheep Index, which I understand will beconsiderably less than the Humane Society.Lastly in September 2011 a gentleman named PhilipGriffiths contacted this Museum requestinginformation on Sergeant William Warren and SargentWilliam Warburton, we had no record of SergeantWilliam Warren but in essence Philip said that hebelieved William Warren was his great grandfatherand that William Warburton had adopted WilliamWarren around 1900. You may be able to shedfurther light on this information and I feelcertain that Philip will not mind if I give youI will of course send him a mail after this justto let him know your interest and connection withWilliam Warburton.Museum of Policing in Cheshire,Warrington Police Station, Arpley Street,Warrington. WA1 1LQTel : 01606 36 3848/5803www.museumofpolicingincheshire.org.uk/