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BOBBY HELMET PLATES AND DRESS HAT BADGES |
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Information about the "Current Constabularies" out of the book "Badges of Office" writen by M.B. Taylor and V.L. Wilkinson. |
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| AVON & SOMERSET CONSTABULARY | ||||
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Formed 1.4.1974 from Bristol City, Somerset and Bath and part of Gloucestershire. |
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Ayrshire Constabulary Kings Crown |
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| BEDFORDSHIRE CONSTABULARY | ||||
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First Established 21.3.1840. |
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Current force formed 1.4.1974 from Bedfordshire and Luton. |
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N.B., Luton Borough was re-established as a seperate force from 1964-1966. |
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| CAMBRIDGESHIRE CONSTABULARY | ||||
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First established 25.11.1851 |
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Current force formed 1.4.1974 from Mid- Anglia. |
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| CHESHIRE CONSTABLUARY | ||||
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First established 20.4.1857 |
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Current force formed 1.4.1974 from part of Cheshire and part of Lancashire. |
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| CLEVELAND CONSTABULARY | ||||
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Formed 1.4.1974 from Teesside, part of Durham, part of York & N.E. Yorks. |
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| CUMBRIA CONSTABULARY | ||||
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Formed 1.4.1967 from Cumberland, Westmorland & Carlisle, part of Lancashire, part of West Yorkshire. |
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N.B., Although Cumberland and Westmorland were seperate forces they were administered as one constabulary under one Chief Constable. |
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| DEVON & CORNWALL CONSTABULARY | ||||
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Formed 1.4.1967 from Devon and Exeter, Plymouth City and Cornwall County. |
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| DURHAM CONSTABULARY | ||||
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First established 1.1.1840. |
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Cuurent force formed 1.4.1974 from part of Durham, part of York and North East Yorkshire. |
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| ESSEX POLICE | ||||
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First established 1.2.1840 |
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Current force formed 1.4.1974 from Essex & Southend on Sea. |
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| GLOUCESTERSHIRE CONSTABULARY | ||||
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First established 24.10.1839 |
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N.B., On 1.4.1974 part of the Gloucestershire Police area became part of Avon & Somerset. |
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| GREATER MANCHESTER POLICE | ||||
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Formed 1.4.1974 from Manchester & Salford, part of Cheshire, part of Lancashire and part of West Yorkshire. |
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| GWENT CONSTABULARY | ||||
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Forst formed 1.4.1967 |
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Current force formed 1.4.1974 from part of Gwent and part of South Wales. |
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| HAMPSHIRE CONSTABULARY | ||||
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First established in December 1839. |
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Current force formed 1.4.1967 from Hampshire & Isle of Wight, Portsmouth City and Southampton. |
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N.B., On 1.4.1974 part of the force area became part of Dorset. |
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| HUMBERSIDE POLICE | ||||
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Formed 1.4.1974. |
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| KENT CONSTABULARY | ||||
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Established 14.1.1857. |
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| LANCASHIRE CONSTABULARY | ||||
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First establised 18.12.1839. |
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Current force formed 1.4.1974 when parts of the force area became parts of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside. |
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| LINCOLNSHIRE CONSTABULARY | ||||
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First established 1.1.1857. |
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Current force formed 1.4.1974 when part of the force area was lost to Humberside. |
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Manchester City Police Hat Badge (no picture) |
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| MERSEYSIDE POLICE | ||||
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Formed 1.4.1974 from Liverpool & Bootle, part of Lancashire and part of Cheshire. |
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| METROPOLITAN POLICE | ||||
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In 1798 the Marine Police was established with a strength ofr about 1000. This force policed the River Thames and, in 1839, was incorporated into the Metropolitan Police to form the Thames Division. |
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| NORFOLK CONSTABULARY | ||||
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Established 22.11.1839 |
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Current force formed 1.4.1974 from Norfolk Joint. |
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| NORTHAMPTONSHIRE POLICE | ||||
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First established 1840 |
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Current force formed 1.4.1974 from Northampton & County. |
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| NORTHUMBRIA POLICE | ||||
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Formed 1.4.1974 from Northumberland. |
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| NORTH YORKSHIRE POLICE | ||||
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Formed 1.4.1974 from part of York & North East Yorkshire and part of West Yorkshire. |
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| NOTTINGHAMSHIRE POLICE / CONSTABULARY | ||||
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Established 1840. |
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Current force formed 1.4.1974 from Nottinghamshire Combined. |
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| SOUTH WALES CONSTABULARY | ||||
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First formed 1.4.1968 |
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Cuurent force formed 1.4.1974 from South Wales, part of Dyfed-Powys and part of Gwent. |
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| SOUTH YORKSHIRE POLICE | ||||
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Formed 1.4.1974 from Shefield & Rotherham, part of West Yorkshire and part of Nottinghamshire. |
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| SUFFOLK CONSTABULARY | ||||
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Formed 1.4.1967 from East Suffolk, West Suffolk and Ipswich Borough. |
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| SURREY CONSTABULARY | ||||
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Established 1851. |
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Current force formed 1.4.1948 |
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On 1.4.1974 part of the force area was transfered to Sussex |
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| SUSSEX POLICE | ||||
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First formed 1.4.1943 by amalgamation of Sussex forces for the duration of the Second World War. |
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On 31.3.1947 the combined forces disbanded and reformed as seperate forces. On 1.1.1968 the forces again amalgamated. |
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| THAMES VALLEY POLICE | ||||
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Formed 1.4.1968 |
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| WEST MERCIA CONSTABULARY | ||||
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Formed 1.10.1967. |
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On 1.4.1974 part of the force area was lost to West Midlands. |
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| WEST MIDLANDS POLICE | ||||
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First formed 1.4.1966 |
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Current force formed 1.4.1974 from West Midlands, Birmingham City, parts of Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent, part of Warwickshire & Coventry and part of West Mercia. |
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| WEST YORKSHIRE METROPOLITAN POLICE | ||||
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First established 1.10.1968. |
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Current force formed 1.4.1974 as West Yorkshire Metropolitan from part of West Yorkshire, Bradford City an Leeds City. |
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On 1.4.1974 parts of the frce area transfered to Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Humberside, Lancashire, North Yorkshire and South Yorkshire. |
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| WILTSHIRE CONSTABULARY | ||||
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First established November 1839. |
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