Odin Mk 3

Hello David

The book is still available but I see you live in Australia - I have just checked the cost of postage and other than sea mail which takes ages, the cost is around £19 for untracked postage as it is a heavy book and weighs over 1.7 kg when packed.  This almost doubles the price of the book which is now £22.  Also I'm not sure if they would hit you with customs duty  as well.  By comparison the cost to send it second class within the UK is just £3.

Because the postage for overseas mail has gone up so much I haven't sold any abroad for several years. 

I have tried to convert it to an e-book but failed I'm afraid.  I do have it in pdf format which I can e-mail out but I am a bit wary of doing that as it is possible to start a print run from that.  I have sent one copy to Canada on the understanding it was for the personal use of the recipient only.

It is annoying as I have about sixty copies of the book and most of the interest I seem to get now comes from abroad!

Given the above do you have any thoughts on what you want to do

Regards

J Kemp

Sorry I should add that my last two comments refer to John James - I got confused because I have been answered so many different queries in this same thread. 

For Percy his service sheets are not yet at Kew and so I can't tell you what he did before he joined the police. 

Sorry we have cross wires here - when you wrote - 'was told the pension records do not actually contain post service info' I assumed you meant that the pension records did not contain any details of positions a man had served in (ie posts he held while in service) - but now I see you meant what did he do post his police career.

The answer is no the Met were not really interested what he did after he left the police - some men never worked again while others did get another job - but why would the Met want to know that as it had no effect on his police pension.

All they tended to record in pension records was the man's address on leaving, his wife's name and usually they also show when he died (which stopped his pension).  If his wife got a widow's pension it was usually a flat rate small payment - in 1918 this was 10/- (50p a week). 

Unfortunately I don't have a service sheet for John James - his warrant number was 66101 which is too early for these so I can't tell you what he did before he joined the Police.  The 1881 census might help you there if you do find him.

I'll look at your latest addition but I think you are not quite right with what police stations were in which divisions.  It might be best if I start a new post which shows which police stations were in each division.