Metropolitan Police Service Records MEPO 4

[Odin Mk 3]

Having just answered a query on another thread, I thought members might like to know that the Service Sheets for Met Officers in the range of Warrant Numbers 74201 to 97500 are available at the UK National Archives and can be downloaded (Free of Charge). They don't contain a lot of information but do give the outline of the officers' service careers plus some basic information (dob, previous occupation etc) when they joined the force.

I have tabulated which files the information is in against the warrant numbers:

74201 - 74400 MEPO 4/361 | 74401 - 74600 MEPO 4/362 | 74601 - 74800 MEPO 4/363 | 74801 - 75000 MEPO 4/364 | 75001 - 75200 MEPO 4/365 | 75201 - 75400 MEPO 4/366 | 75401 - 75600 MEPO 4/367 | 75601 - 75800 MEPO 4/368 | 75801 - 76000 MEPO 4/369 | 76001 - 76200 MEPO 4/370 | 76201 - 76400 MEPO 4/371 | 76401 - 76600 MEPO 4/372 | 76601 - 76800 MEPO 4/373 | 76801 - 77000 MEPO 4/374 | 77001 - 77200 MEPO 4/375 | 77201 - 77400 MEPO 4/376 | 77401 - 77600 MEPO 4/377 | 77601 - 77800 MEPO 4/378 | 77801 - 78000 MEPO 4/379 | 78001 - 78200 MEPO 4/380 | 78201 - 78400 MEPO 4/381 | 78401 - 78600 MEPO 4/382 | 78601 - 78800 MEPO 4/383 | 78801 - 79000 MEPO 4/384 | 79001 - 79200 MEPO 4/385 | 79201 - 79400 MEPO 4/386 | 79401 - 79600 MEPO 4/387 | 79601 - 79800 MEPO 4/388 | 79801 - 80000 MEPO 4/389 | 80001 - 80200 MEPO 4/390 | 80201 - 80400 MEPO 4/391 | 80401 - 80600 MEPO 4/392 | 80601 - 80800 MEPO 4/393 | 80801 - 81000 MEPO 4/394 | 81001 - 81200 MEPO 4/395 | 81201 - 81400 MEPO 4/396 | 81401 - 81600 MEPO 4/397 | 81601 - 81800 MEPO 4/398 | 81801 - 82000 MEPO 4/399 | 82001 - 82200 MEPO 4/400 | 82201 - 82400 MEPO 4/401 | 82401 - 82600 MEPO 4/402 | 82601 - 82800 MEPO 4/403 | 82801 - 83000 MEPO 4/404 | 83001 - 83200 MEPO 4/405 | 83201 - 83400 MEPO 4/406 | 83401 - 83600 MEPO 4/407 | 83601 - 83800 MEPO 4/408 | 83801 - 84000 MEPO 4/409 | 84001 - 84200 MEPO 4/410 | 84201 - 84400 MEPO 4/411 | 84401 - 84600 MEPO 4/412 | 84601 - 84800 MEPO 4/413 | 84801 - 85000 MEPO 4/414 | 85001 - 85200 MEPO 4/415 | 85201 - 85400 MEPO 4/416 | 85401 - 85600 MEPO 4/417 | 85601 - 85800 MEPO 4/418 | 85801 - 86000 MEPO 4/419 | 86001 - 86200 MEPO 4/420 | 86201 - 86400 MEPO 4/421 | 86401 - 86600 MEPO 4/422 | 86601 - 86800 MEPO 4/423 | 86801 - 87000 MEPO 4/424 | 87001 - 87200 MEPO 4/425 | 87201 - 87400 MEPO 4/426 | 87401 - 87600 MEPO 4/427 | 87601 - 87800 MEPO 4/428 | 87801 - 88000 MEPO 4/429 | 88001 - 88200 MEPO 4/430 | 88201 - 88400 MEPO 4/431 | 88401 - 88600 MEPO 4/432 | 88601 - 88800 MEPO 4/433 | 88801 - 89000 MEPO 4/434 | 89001 - 89200 MEPO 4/435 | 89201 - 89400 MEPO 4/436 | 89401 - 89600 MEPO 4/437 | 89601 - 89800 MEPO 4/438 | 89801 - 90000 MEPO 4/439 | 90001 - 90200 MEPO 4/440 | 90201 - 90400 MEPO 4/441 | 90401 - 90600 MEPO 4/442 | 90601 - 90800 MEPO 4/443 | 90801 - 91000 MEPO 4/444 | 91001 - 91200 MEPO 4/445 | 91201 - 91400 MEPO 4/446 | 91401 - 91600 MEPO 4/447 | 91601 - 91800 MEPO 4/448 | 91801 - 92000 MEPO 4/449 | 92001 - 92200 MEPO 4/450 | 92201 - 92400 MEPO 4/451 | 92401 - 92600 MEPO 4/452 | 92601 - 92800 MEPO 4/453 | 92801 - 93000 MEPO 4/454 | 93001 - 93200 MEPO 4/455 | 93201 - 93400 MEPO 4/456 | 93401 - 93600 MEPO 4/457 | 93601 - 93800 MEPO 4/458 | 93801 - 94000 MEPO 4/459 | 94001 - 94200 MEPO 4/460 | 94201 - 94400 MEPO 4/461 | 94401 - 94600 MEPO 4/462 | 94601 - 94800 MEPO 4/463 | 94801 - 95000 MEPO 4/464 | 95001 - 95200 MEPO 4/465 | 95201 - 95400 MEPO 4/466 | 95401 - 95600 MEPO 4/467 | 95601 - 95800 MEPO 4/468 | 95801 - 96000 MEPO 4/469 | 96001 - 96200 MEPO 4/470 | 96201 - 96400 MEPO 4/471 | 96401 - 96600 MEPO 4/472 | 96601 - 96800 MEPO 4/473 | 96801 - 96975 MEPO 4/474 | 96976 - 97150 MEPO 4/475 | 97151 - 97325 MEPO 4/476 | 97326 - 97500 MEPO 4/477 |

I do have this information to hand if members have a specific equiry re the odd officer

Edited April 10, 2012 by Odin Mk 3

[Mervyn Mitton]

Odin - that was a great deal of work to post all of these Warrant numbers and their ref. sheets. I am sure that this will

be very helpful to members in the future - you have our sincere thanks.

My warrant was 158277 (from 1967) - and all numbers start from the Foundation of the Met. in 1829 - with the numbers you have given what year does that take us up to ?

[Odin Mk 3]

Warrant No 74201 (G Allan) joined 28th Jan 1889

Warrant No 97500 (G McQueen) joined 15th Nov 1909

So they cover nearly 21 years and some 23,300 officers, many of whom received Jubilee and Coronation Medals (Police Issue)

Unfortuantely I don't think they had these sheets before Warrant No 74201.

No doubt in a few years time they will release more sheets for later warrant numbers but of these under 2000 will be relevant to the 1911 Coronation Medal.

Edited April 10, 2012 by Odin Mk 3

[Joy Dean]

Attached is my Grandad's retirement certificate. Unfortunately the documentation sent to me from the National Archives gave me no new information about him; I had hoped to see, for example, dates of his transfers between stations. I know more about him than they do :)

[Odin Mk 3]

Benjamin Newton was Warrant Number 96502

He joined as a PC 11/01/1909 in V Division (Wandsworth)

He retired as a PS 15/01/1934 in P Division (Camberwell)

The 1911 Coronation Medal appears to be his sole entitlement as a Met Officer

I can tell you that when he joined his Collar Number was 919V and he reamined a PC in V Div until 02/03/1918 (his Collar Number by then had changed to 1220V) when he was promoted to PS and transferred to P Div (with the Collar Number 79P)

When he retired from P Div his number was 23P - so it appears that he spent the whole of his career in these two divisions (V & P)

Unfortunately I can't tell you which stations he served at, just the divisions.

I assume you have his service sheets from the NAs (two pages) - if not I can add them here

Edited September 8, 2012 by Odin Mk 3

[Joy Dean]

Thank you. For some unknown reason we used to think that Grandad's number was 123.

I do have the two pages of his service sheets, yes, thank you, but would be grateful if you could add them here, please.

I also posted here about Grandad:

http://gmic.co.uk/in...ls/page__st__20

Edited September 9, 2012 by Joy Dean

[Joy Dean]

Thank you. For some unknown reason we used to think that Grandad's number was 123.

I do have the two pages of his service sheets, yes, thank you, but would be grateful if you could add them here, please.

I also posted here about Grandad:

http://gmic.co.uk/in...ls/page__st__20

I intended to post (but seemed to have omitted this in error) that they could be of interest to others; and I have a problem with reducing images in size sometimes. Thank you.

[Mervyn Mitton]

Joy - I see he was graded as exemplary. This was the highest of 5 grades on discharge. This was important

to men recently retiring , since they often found work in the City of London. The level of grade could make a

big difference - they usually worked in the mail rooms or, as messengers or, doormen. There was a lot of

competition for these posts and the level he was shown at could determine the job. Mervyn