City of London Police Medals to the Police - help with I.D.

[David B 1812]

Within my large medal collection, I have a few named medals

which have been issued to the POLICE - merely in the collection

as medal TYPE examples, and not because I collect police medals.

They are:

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OK so nothing hugely exciting in this short list of medals to the police,

except that I have two QUESTIONS, which are:

What / where is M Division?

and,

F Division?

Any other comments?

Thanks, guys.......

488 Walkden, E.C. c1955 1 Special Constabulary Long Service Medal (EIIR)

517 SAP14589 1/D/Sgt Van Wyk, J.C. S.A. Police 1939-1945 1 ASM

23 537 Corpl Sinclair, R Military Foot Police 1899-1902 1 KSA - bars: SA01; SA02

289 3363 Constable M'Mugambi, L. Civil Police Forces 1952-56 Kenya 1 1902 Africa G.S.M., bar: Kenya

129 Jacobs, E.W. c1910-1936 1 Special Constabulary LS Medal (GVR)

307 P.C. Gray, F. M Division c1900-1902 1 Coronation Medal, 1902 (Police) (EVIIR)

437 Inspector Collins, T F Division c1880-1887 1 Jubilee Medal, 1887 (Police)(VR)

308 Pol.Sgt Butt, J London Met. Police c.1900 + 1 Coronation Medal, 1911(Police)(GVR)

580 Bunn, John H. Special Constabulary 1914-1918 1 Special Cons. Faithful S.M. bar Great War 14/18 GVR t.C

[Spasm]

From the Met Police web page:

The Metropolitan Police Act 1829 defined the original Metropolitan Police District as an area of about seven miles radius from Charing Cross. Within the next year seventeen police divisions were set up and centred on the following areas:

A - Westminster; B - Chelsea; C - Mayfair and Soho; D - Marylebone; E - Holborn; F - Kensington; G - Kings Cross; H - Stepney; K - West Ham; L - Lambeth; M - Southwark; N - Islington; P - Peckham; R - Greenwich; S - Hampstead; T - Hammersmith and V - Wandsworth.

M Division is Southwark and F Division is Kensington (I'd rather be walking Kensington than Southwark).

[David B 1812]

Excellent, thank you for that interesting snippet.

I will make a note.

Best regards,

David B 1812

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[Odin Mk 3]

You listed three Met police medals above:

307 P.C. Gray, F. M Division c1900-1902 1 Coronation Medal, 1902 (Police) (EVIIR)

This is PC Frank Gray Warrant Number 75389 who joined as a PC in M Div 10/03/1890 and was pensioned as PC in B Div (Chelsea) 23/08/1911

His full entitlement is the 1897 Jubilee Medal (PC M Div), 1902 Coronation Medal (PC M Div) and 1911 Coronation (PC).

437 Inspector Collins, T F Division c1880-1887 1 Jubilee Medal, 1887 (Police)(VR)

This is almost certainly Inspector Thomas Robert Collins who joined the Met 25/05/1868 as a PC and was pensioned as an Inspector in F Div 28/05/1894 - his Warrant Number was 50466 - the 1887 Medal is his sole entitlement.

308 Pol.Sgt Butt, J London Met. Police c.1900 + 1 Coronation Medal, 1911(Police)(GVR)

Not totally clear from your post but this looks like James Butt who joined as a PC in G Div (Finsbury) 31/08/1903 Warrant Number 90045 {note he did not earn the 1902 Coronation Medal} and was pensioned 18/03/1927 as a Det Insp in S Div (Hampstead) . His sole entitlement is the 1911 Coronation Medal as a PS.

[Ivan75]

Hi Dave B 1812

 

I see you have 308 Pol Sgt J Butt I have been looking for this medal for some time, I also, note the date you posted on the forum. So by chance do you still have this medal?