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WA cop Bill Fanderlinden awarded the National Police Service Medal. BILL Fanderlinden is living proof that good cops should always stick to their guns. More than 40 years after refusing to prosecute an indigenous man over a trumped-up charge that ultimately exposed police corruption, the 91-year-old has been recognised for his “unique contribution, significant commitment and ethical and diligent service” and awarded the National Police Service Medal. https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa/wa-cop-bill-fanderlinden-awarded-the-national-police-service-medal-ng-b88879254z.amp

Some additional information relating to this officer has come to light. PC 121 Trefor Roberts (Denbighshire Constabulary) passed his Sgts Qualifying Exam on 8/9 Sept 1937; and transferred from Wrexham to Acrefair on 31 July 1942. Trefor was at Colwyn Bay in 1945, and was at Llanddulas in 1953 in which year he was awarded the Coronation Medal. He had also served at Denbigh eventually retiring in the rank of Sergeant.

Constable Trevor ROBERTS Denbighshire Constabulary. Must have joined in the mid 1930’s as his LSGC is the 1st type E11R version (issued 1953-55). He is one of only 8 Denbighshire Constabulary officers to be awarded the 1953 Coronation Medal. His service during WW2 qualified him for the Defence Medal. He is one of three brothers who served within Denbighshire Constabulary, his brothers being Idris & Emlyn. His nickname was “Automatic” due to the way that he directed traffic. He appears in the local press several times, most noticeably on the 17th December 1953, when he rescued two boys aged 8 and 10, who had climbed a 100 foot cliff in the Kneeshaw Lipton line quarry in Llandulas. He also appears on the 11th June 1953, when he is named as one of the officers from Denbighshire Constabulary who is to be awarded the Coronation Medal, he appears to be stationed at Llandulas at this time. On the 22nd February 1945 he is mentioned in an article about his mother, stating that he is a Constable in Colwyn Bay and a member of Denbighshire Constabulary. He is also listed on the roll for the 1953 Coronation Medal.

Sgt 368 M. Roberts Sgt 519 B. Adams PC 122 H. B. Evans PC 168 M. Jones PC 412 J. C. Jones PC 721 K. W. F. Davies They all served at Manicaland.

Assistant Chief Constable Kerrin Wilson Lincolnshire Police. Kerrin was appointed Assistant Chief Constable in July 2018 Cleveland & Durham (Police) Special Operations Unit. Kerrin has 27 years of service with four North East Forces starting with Northumbria Police in 1992 and the bulk of her service with Cleveland Constabulary before moving to North Yorkshire Police on promotion to Chief Inspector and then joining Durham Constabulary in 2013 as a Superintendent. Kerrin has a background in a variety of disciplines at all levels of her career from operational uniform, CID and specialist roles. This has included Head of Tasking & Co-ordinating Command (Media, Resourcing, Intelligence, Research & Analysis, Control Rooms); Safeguarding; Volume Crime; Diversity Unit; Local Area Command; Neighbourhood Policing and serving on secondment to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office as the Director for Training the Iraqi Police based in Baghdad.

Commander Thelma Wagstaff Metropolitan Police. Thelma served in the Wrens for 3 years before entering into the Metropolitan Police Force in 1961. Rising through the ranks, she commendably went on to achieve the rank of Commander in the CID before retirement in 1988. Passed away on Sunday 28th March 2021.

Chief Superintendent Constance Hobbs Metropolitan Police. Connie was brought up in South London and joined the Metropolitan Police in 1954. She retired in 1979 notably at this time, having reached the rank of Chief Superintendent. Constance Elizabeth Hobbs (Connie). Died on 4th May 2021, aged 93 years.

Thought this might be of interest? 'Truly momentous occasion' as Covid-19 memorial unveiled in Barnsley town centre It's one of the first permanent memorials to victims of the pandemic in the country. It features seven figures cast in bronze, including a young girl, older man, volunteer, nurse, carer, police officer and a teacher, to represent those affected by the pandemic. https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/truly-momentous-occasion-covid-19-22242188.amp

I would imagine GSM’s to, Malaya, Kenya and Palestine are fairly common. You may have your work cut out finding a Northern Ireland example mind….

With a population in Scotland of 5.5 million and only 3000 of those speaking Gaelic. Compared with Wales at approx 3.3 million and 800,000 of those being Welsh speakers. I don’t think we’ll be seeing any Gaelic engraved police medals anytime soon……

In 2006 the 4 Welsh police forces, began having the option to have the ranks on their LSGC’s engraved in Welsh. This was due to the 1993 Welsh language act. https://gmic.co.uk/topic/68446-welsh-ranks-on-police-lsgc-medals/ As Scotland has a similar Gaelic language act, will be interesting to see whether the Scottish police force, follows suit? I’m not a Gaelic speaker so forgive me if the below potential police ranks are incorrect. But I believe they would be something along these lines. Constable - Constabal Sergeant- Sairdseant Inspector - Neach-sgrudaidh Superintendent- Stiuireadair It would appear that Constable would be the same Const, but the other ranks would be clearly identifiable as Gaelic. Would be interested to hear any Scottish Bobbies views on such a concept? Is Gaelic widely spoken north of border?

Welsh language act. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_Language_Act_1993 It appears that there is a similar language act in Scotland. Perhaps in time, we’ll see Gaelic ranks on medals too? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaelic_ ... _(Scotland)_Act_2005 Would be interested to learn what these ranks would be.

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A little bit more information has come to light, curtesy of the Kent Constabulary Museum. Theodore Sidney DEARDEN Collar number 720 Joined 27th August 1932 Retired to pension 20th July 1959

Above link is a bit temperamental. If you can’t get it to open yet this one. https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/554396723/greatest-shipwreck-mystery-the-loss-of-the-tsar-s-treasure-aboard-rms-republic-solved Thanks for sharing Capt B.

can anyone explain this to me? It was my understanding that we’ve had 50p’s for years? https://westminstercollection.com/lp2021/official-platinum-jubilee-50p-announcement.aspx?gclid=CjwKCAiA7dKMBhBCEiwAO_crFOzMUY1arua9yyzgV9E7166d7N4W8RAWLw7DUdmKuYW9G6uOgWRhnxoCalUQAvD_BwE

Don’t know if this helps or confuses matters. But there appears to have been a Constable William Ross up in Scotland, he appears several times in the Scottish papers. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results/1950-01-01/1999-12-31?basicsearch="constable william ross"&phrasesearch=constable william ross&retrievecountrycounts=false&sortorder=score&country=scotland https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results/1935-01-01/1944-12-31?basicsearch="constable william ross"&phrasesearch=constable william ross&retrievecountrycounts=false&sortorder=score https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results/1943-01-01/1953-12-31?basicsearch="constable william ross"&phrasesearch=constable william ross&retrievecountrycounts=false&sortorder=score This chap appears to have served with the Transport Commission Police and been injured during a crash?

Another example to a female Officer. Note her rank is engraved in Welsh.

Am currently reading The RUC a force under fire by Chris Ryder. On page 110, there is an interesting paragraph, that I’d never considered before. I wonder why it was dismissed and why the default setting was to send the army? On the 8 August (1969) a meeting took place between Chichester-Clark and James Callaghan, about the worsening situation in Northern Ireland. It was said that there was no question of British police being loaned to Ulster.

General Service Medal clasp Northern Ireland, to a Ministry of Defence Police Constable.

Example of a Welsh rank on an LSGC to a female Officer.

Has anyone got or seen an example of this medal? Am trying to ascertain the naming style and whether such a medal would be engraved Constable? If anyone can share a picture, it would be most appreciated!

Saw this group on another platform. Thought it was very interesting. It got me thinking whether there are any other groups out there, to officers who have served a considerable amount of time, but didn’t qualify for any medal(s) for whatever reason. This chap had a Defence Medal for his police service (unnamed of course), so without knowing it’s provenance, it would appear that he had no metallic recognition for all those years in the police. In the army it is not uncommon for a soldier not to receive an LSGC, due to disciplinary short failings, but has anyone come across an example of a police officer completing his service (or a vast amount of it) but not getting him be for whatever reason? I would assume that any conduct deemed inappropriate enough to discount an LSGC in all likelihood would normally lead to dismissal from the force, but there’s must be exceptions?

Thought this might be of interest? It was taken outside North Wales Police Headquarters in Colwyn Bay. The six officers are those from the force that deployed to Rhodesia in 1980. I believe their names to be Meurig JONES 168 (4th from left) Ken DAVIES 721 Brian ADAMS 122 Cliff JONES Maldwyn JONES (1st on the left) Maldwyn ROBERTS