bigjarofwasps Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 Hi,Can anyone tell me when Supt Olive was at X Div? Judging by his photo, I think it must have been early last century, can anyone shine any light on this for me. Also included in the photo are various Chief Insps and Insps....SygroveCollisonWhittleBallDingleDouglasBaxterReidTaylorMacerRickettsPerryInstanceDaunceySellorsCosgroveMorganBarrettParkerLvieRichards.All have at least two medals each. They are all wearing peaked caps, two of them are in civvies, which look late Victorian to Pre-WW1 style.If anyone has any thoughts I`d very much like to hear from you.Gordon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjarofwasps Posted July 27, 2004 Author Share Posted July 27, 2004 Here is the picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 Supt James Olive joined the Met in 1875. He was Supt of X during WW1 and was awarded the KPM and MBE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjarofwasps Posted August 21, 2004 Author Share Posted August 21, 2004 animal All the Officers on this picture are either Insp 0r Chief Insp, but all the ones in the fron row, are S.D Insp, and have stars on there collars. Can anyone tell me what a S.D Insp is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 Sub Divisional Inspector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjarofwasps Posted August 22, 2004 Author Share Posted August 22, 2004 (edited) Has anyone ever come across any of the medals to the officers in this picture? Edited December 3, 2014 by bigjarofwasps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjarofwasps Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 (edited) I started this thread a good 12 or so years ago. If anyone's interest? Insp COSGROVE's trio recently sold on ebay. I have not seen or heard about any other medals to any of the men on this photograph. George CosgroveWarrant #77150Joined Met: 16/11/1892 PC319D.Retired: 02/01/1922 as Sub Divisional Inspector. PC - 1897Sgt - 1902Insp. 1911 Edited January 15, 2016 by bigjarofwasps Updated service details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odin Mk 3 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Just seen this thread has resurfaced I have the 1902 medal to Richard Rickett (named to Ricketts) who is on that photo (middle row - fourth from left). All through his career they appear to have spelt his name wrong. In 1902 Rickett was a PS in C Div but had previously served as a PC in X Div. He was then a Station PS in Y Div before moving back to X Div as an Inspector in June 1909. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjarofwasps Posted January 19, 2016 Author Share Posted January 19, 2016 29 minutes ago, Odin Mk 3 said: Just seen this thread has resurfaced I have the 1902 medal to Richard Rickett (named to Ricketts) who is on that photo (middle row - fourth from left). All through his career they appear to have spelt his name wrong. In 1902 Rickett was a PS in C Div but had previously served as a PC in X Div. He was then a Station PS in Y Div before moving back to X Div as an Inspector in June 1909. Odin, many thanks for your reply. Not sure if you've got a picture of him? As best I can I've looked at all the officers medals in the photograph and other than Supt. Olive, the only one who appears to have the 1887/97 Jubilee Medal is C/Insp Parker. Can anyone tell me anything about his career? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odin Mk 3 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 (edited) Yes I have that group photo thanks William Parker joined the Met 2/5/1887 as a PC in D Division (Marylebone) with the Warrant Number 72533. By 1902 he was a PS in V Div (Wandsworth) and in Oct that year he was promoted to Station Sergeant and moved to Y Div (Highgate). In Feb 1904 he became an Inspector in T Div (Hammersmith) and was promoted to Sub Divisional Insp in J Div (Hackney) in Dec 1906. In Feb 1911 he moved to X Div (Kilburn) as Chief Inspector and in June 1918 was made Supt in charge of N Division (Islington). I'm not sure when he retired but he had definitely left sometime before 1929. He had certainly moved around London during his career. His medals will be named 1887 PC D Div, 1902 PS V Div, 1911 Ch Insp. Edited January 19, 2016 by Odin Mk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjarofwasps Posted March 11, 2016 Author Share Posted March 11, 2016 I thought it might assist other collectors if I added the initials of all these officers to avoid confusion... R. Sygrove A. Collison T. Whittle H. Ball W. Dingle J. Douglas (Res. Insp) W. Baxter J. Reid (Det. Insp) C. Taylor A. Macer R. Ricketts W. Perry F. Instance W. Dauncey A. Sellors G. Cosgrove (S.D Insp) H. Morgan (S.D Insp) E. Barrett (Det Insp) J. Olive (Superintendant) W H. Parker (Chief Insp) G. Lovie (S.D Insp) D. Richards (S.D Insp) Hope that helps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny980 Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 Hello. A great photograph. Do we know in which station yard it was taken? I'm a PS in modern day X Division. Kilburn is now part of QK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjarofwasps Posted June 1, 2017 Author Share Posted June 1, 2017 On 5/16/2017 at 21:56, Danny980 said: Hello. A great photograph. Do we know in which station yard it was taken? I'm a PS in modern day X Division. Kilburn is now part of QK. I would assume Kilburn itself as Divisional Headquarters, as I imagine that would have been where Olive was stationed. Being the senior officer, I assume that the other officers would have come to him for the picture as apposed to him going to another station? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjarofwasps Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 Just out of interest, are James Olive's medals known to exist? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Olive I think I'm right in believing that he's the longest serving police officer, I wonder whether the new changes to the police pension will mean at some point in the next few years he'll be superseded in this title? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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