Summer 2010 City Police Pensioners Newsletter

Jan Jones 2

Snow Hill Luncheon Club 12

CID Association 13

Norman Dore 14

Cloak Lane Association 15

In Memorium 16/17

The Senior Brigade 18-20

Golf Lodge 21

London Marathon results 22/23

Diary Dates 24

Contact Sheet 25

PENSIONERS’

NEWSLETTER W elfare Uni t

C i ty of London Pol ice

W alb rook W harf

78/83 Upper Tham es Street

London, EC4R 3TD

Summer 2010

S UMME R IN T HE C ITY

Inside:

Force Welfare Unit 2

Cadet Haydon 3

Safe Deposit-Jim Mason 4

Kiwi Watch-Ken Jones 5

PC 253B Len Woodland 6

Pensioners Down Under 7

Letters 8

Man in the Museum 9

Rob Jerrards Book Corner 10

Medical Notes 11

C I T Y O F L O N D O N

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Guest Editor...er, very

recently.

Welcome to the

Summer 2010 City of London Police Pensioners‘

Newsletter.

In this issue, as with all others of course, we have the

sad news of former colleagues and friends who have

recently passed away. Our thoughts and best wishes

go out to the families of those bereaved.

If anyone has any photographs or stories and memo-

ries of former colleagues please send them in for in-

clusion in the next issue.

The newsletter fails or succeeds of course, by the

quality of articles submitted by you. So thank you to all

those who have taken the time to put pen to paper or

fingers and in some cases thumbs, to keyboards.

I have now been ‗retired‘ and fortunate enough to

draw my pension for a whole year now! However I still

have some catching up to do on some of you old-

timers. I can honestly say, hand-on-heart, that I do

miss the job and my old mates just a tiny, tiny bit. I still

think that I am on a course or holiday of some descrip-

tion and will be going back soon. I suppose it takes a

little while to sink in.

It is nice to keep in touch and find out what old friends

are up to though and as well as the newsletter, you can

do that by logging on to www.citypensioners.co.uk

We now have about 250 members onsite and numbers

are growing.

The site is a secure site and can only be accessed with a

password after your City Police credentials have been

proven.

On the site, you can catch up with people that you have-

n‘t spoken to for years and can finally reclaim the fiver

you lent them all those years ago.

There are archived Newsletters and Force magazines

dating back to the 1970‘s. Also up to date Force maga-

zines and live links to the City Police website.

Forthcoming events and get togethers are published and

details of those who have passed away are also listed.

Finally, thank you for taking the time to read my ram-

blings and I wish you a long, hot and healthy summer.

Chris Pearson

(Guest Editor)

Force Welfare Unit.

Hi everyone, we just wanted to show our faces and let you know what we are up to these days. Firstly, I‘d like to introduce Trudi Cox who is a very welcome member of the team and has coped with the challenges of the unit very well. We‘ve had some name changes and Trudi is the Senior Welfare Adviser and she deputises for me in my absence. Yvette has a new title of Health, Safety and Welfare Assistant, and me I‘m Karen, Wel-

fare Manager.

I‘ve been in post almost ten years now and the work load of the unit bears no resemblance to what I did ten years ago. There is much more emphasis on the psy-chological well being of officers and staff. The old cop-ing mechanisms people used are no longer considered healthy and so we‘ve had to work on supporting people to stay in the job healthily by introducing counselling, psychological assessment and trauma support. People are also much more aware of their mental health and expect to be supported and not damaged by the work

they do.

So it‘s great having a balance to all the serious stuff by pro-viding support for all of the retired community and organis-ing the summer luncheon, helping people via the Widow‘s

and Orphans‘ fund and organising the Christmas gifts etc.

Also, whilst it‘s a sad task we take great care to provide a sensitive and helpful response to loved ones and families

when we hear of a death of a retired officer.

It‘s been a very busy and interesting year, with many changes to cope with and I‘d like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your patience and understanding when we‘re busy, or you cannot get a response immediately. We do enjoy talking to you or trying to help you out with que-ries, it‘s a welcome break in the day and the formal busi-

ness of ‗Welfare‘. With our very best wishes,

Karen Yvette and Trudi.

FRONT PAGE— thanks to former PC 175 Mark Fairhust for the

aerial photograph of the City and to

PC Chris Berry of the CNC for the cartoon of the summer pen-

sioner.

http://citypensioners.ning.com/main/authorization/signIn?target=http%3A%2F%2Fcitypensioners.ning.com%2F

Karen 0207 601 2706

karen.cattermole@city-of-

london.pnn.police.uk

Trudi 020 7601 2214

trudi.cox@city-of-


Yvette 0207 601 2081

yvette.Addo@city-of-


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The Force Welfare Unit

Left to right– Yvette, Karen and Trudi

Dear ―Ed‖,

Thank you for publishing my letter in the last issue of the ―Newsletter‖. As usual, your editorial skills were admira-ble but I have to say that I was intrigued as to how you came by the photograph of me on the beach…Clearly you

have managed to raid my family archives……!!!!!

Of course the picture is not of me……….it is actually an action shot of a long lost distant cross dressing relative –

twice removed (who the family prefer not to talk about) who I knew as ―Uncle Ossie.‖

Little is known about him. Briefly, the story is that he was born somewhere near the Afghanistan / Pakistan border some nine months after a British regiment passed that way in 1918, and spent most of his early life in seclusion in

a cave up The Khyber Pass.

I haven‘t got the faintest idea where the photo came from but I am sure that you ―Dear Ed‖ know the an-

swer…………..all good fun.

Keep up the good work with the magazine. Regards to all from

Chris Haydon

Bolzano, Italy.

Cadet Haydon

SAFE DEPOSIT One for the City Police annals by

Jim Mason

Back

in the early eighties there was a lot

of trouble between America and Iran

which was partly due to the storm-

ing of the American Embassy, by

various unruly mobs. There was a

lot of tit for tat retaliation between

the two countries.

One of the American sanctions was

to confiscate all of Iran's assets,

including quite a lot of gold. After

months of negotiations it was

agreed that the gold would be re-

turned. However, America would

not send it to Iran, but agreed that it

could be sent to the UK. I t was then

arranged between the Bank of Eng-

land and the City that they would

hire two tail lift lorries and an armed

guard of two cars and six motorcy-

clists, as an escort.

We were to spend four days collect-

ing the gold from RAF Mildenhall in

Suffolk and delivering it to the B of

E. I was one of the chosen drivers,

but the only others I can recall were

Jim Miller and Willie King.

(Apologies to the others for not re-

membering their names, but it was a

long time ago). We were under or-

ders that on no account was the

convoy to come to a standstill on

either the outward or inward run.

Upon arrival at the air base we

found that they had built a large

compound surrounded by miles of

razor wire, with a machine gun

tower at each corner and dozens of

flak jacketed soldiers patrolling the

area. There was only one farm style

gate in or out , with extra guards on

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it. We were not allowed in, apart from

the lorry and driver.

I was chatting to one of the sentries

who was carrying an assault rifle

which had two barrels. I stupidly

asked why it needed two barrels and

was told that if a baddie was hiding

behind a wall (his words not mine), he

could blow away the wall with the big

one and take out the baddie with the

small one. ‗Some weapon‘ I thought.

All this time he was holding the rifle

with the barrels pointing upwards, the

butt resting in the crook of his elbow,

with his finger on the trigger. Sud-

denly, the farm gate swung shut trap-

ping his heel and he screamed out

and fell to the ground. He fell to the

ground fast but he didn't beat me. I hit

the deck first expecting a hail of bul-

lets to fly over our heads. Fortunately

he didn't fire and I felt a bit foolish until

I looked around and saw that every-

one else was on the ground as well. It

turned out that he had snapped his

achilles tendon and was later returned

to the USA for treatment.

There was only one other incident of

note. On one of the days the Commis-

sioner, Peter Marshal spent the day

with us and travelled in my car. On

the way back on the motorway we

were spread over all of the lanes so

that we could not be overtaken. I was

the leading car when some idiot tried

to overtake using the hard shoulder.

Mr. Marshal said "Can you stop him

Mason?" which I did by going onto the

hard shoulder and forcing him back-

wards. I was comforted when Mr.

Marshal said "Don't worry about any

complaints Mason, they will finish up

in the waste bin"

We had two American secret service

men with us and they said that whilst

the gold was travelling in America,

there were armoured cars

and helicopter gunships protecting it.

They cold not believe that with only

our little popguns, we had been able

to carry out this operation and not a

word of it was published in any UK

newspaper. We were finally told that

this was the largest transfer of bullion

in history, THIRTYFOUR BILLION

dollars!

Incidentally we did obey the orders

not to stop for any reason thanks to

the excellent work by the team of mo-

torcyclists led by Jim miller, but I wont

mention how many times the road

traffic act was flouted!

After all of the hoo-hah that had taken

place in the U.S over the transporta-

tion of the gold, every afternoon when

we arrived back , the B of E yard

would only take one lorry at a time

and consequently, the other lorry was

parked outside Wood Street nick

where we left one man guarding it ,

while the rest of us, including the se-

cret service men, piled into the can-

teen for a well earned cup of tea. In

mitigation I must say that we were

able to keep an eye on it from the

canteen windows. As I said before,

the yanks were astounded at our laid

back style, but nothing was stolen,

which was the whole object of the

exercise.

Best wishes to all ,

Jim Mason

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KIWI WATCH

Ken Jones, Tauranga,

New Zealand

Greetings from the land of the long

white cloud. Although lately we

haven‘t seen much cloud and we

are in a semi drought. It was very

appropriate to get the Winter news-

letter with the snow scene on the

front when you were having blizzard

conditions in the UK and we were

sitting out in the sun!!

I think I mentioned before that I am

a volunteer Police Community Sup-

port Patrol in downtown Tauranga

as the photo shows. ―Downer‖ on

the jacket is the name of the engi-

neering firm that sponsors our

―uniform‖. I ―work‖ 4 hours a week

on a Tuesday covering the lunch

period when the town is at its busi-

est mostly just walking around, an-

swering questions and checking car

security in the open car parks.

We are especially busy at this time

of year when a cruise ship is in, with

visitors mainly from OZ and the US

of A, with some rich Brits – they will

have to be rich with the poor rate of

exchange for the £ at the moment.

Great seeing all the photos of the

LMS, pity about the weather but I

thought that the Commissioner

looks very much like Michael Doug-

las and Trog like Stalin!!!

By the way Wanderlust, did you

know that you have a Backpackers

hostel named after you in Katikati

which is about ¾ hr drive north of

us.

Re the puzzle picture, the guy in the

plain clothes and bowler hat must

be a dog handler or is that a very

large cat sitting in front of him!!

Was it Supt Howard who used to

bring his dog with him when he

came round for his weekend in-

spections? I remember at Cloak

Lane shortly after he arrived and

being the office PC kicking the door

to the front office open with a tray of

tea in

my

hands

to

hear

much

yelp-

ing

and

get-

ting a

dirty

look

from the Guvnor. I suppose I got off

lightly really. I was on Walbrook

South every day for the next week.

(only joking

Best wishes to you all and if any of

you are in my neck of the woods,

give us a bell.

Ken

VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED

SSAFA Forces Help, a national

welfare charity supporting Serv-

ing and ex-Service personnel and

their dependents continues to

increase welfare and visiting

every year.

Every year our dedicated volun-

teers help over 50,000. Our Wel-

fare and visiting Activities increase

annually.

We need volunteers within our net-

work of 95 Branches. Within each

Branch there are a variety of roles;

caseworkers and visitors, as well as

treasurers and fundraisers. Our

Branch Office Holders are also volun-

teers, who help organise and run their

Branch. We offer team work, job satis-

faction and all out of pocket expenses.

Well over 800 serving and retired Po-

lice Officers are already working for us

throughout the United Kingdom.

SSAFA FORCES HELP NEEDS

YOU

The Charity exists to serve any-one who is, or has been in the Armed Forces, Reserves and TA. They and their families can call on us for the rest of their lives. More than 10 million peo-ple in the UK today are eligible for our help, good advice and

friendship.

More than 50,000 call on us each year and a much greater demand is anticipated in the fu-ture. Our network of 95 Branches aim to serve the ex service com-munity and their dependents and you could help us to achieve

this.

If you like being part of a very important team, please volun-teer. Training is given and all out-of-pocket expenses are paid. You tell us how much time you

can spare.

Policemen and women, by the nature of their profession, are accustomed to offering help and support in the community. Well over 800 serving and retired po-lice officers are already working

for us.

Please contact: Mr. Glen Smith

Branch Support Advisor-

Membership

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London

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Telephone: 020 7463 9273

E-mail:[email protected]

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PC Len Woodland

Helping with Police Enquiries.

Mrs Betty Woodland, the widow of former PC 253 B Len Woodland (known as

‗Rob‘ to his family), has kindly sent some old photographs that she found whilst

sorting through some things at home.

PC Woodland (The very smart photo—top right), retired from the Force in 1961

and sadly, passed away in 1996. The photo at the bottom of the page is of the

City Police Joint Branch Board in 1957-58. The centre photograph is a bit of a

mystery though. Anyone any ideas?

Betty can remember Wally Hailes and Wally Stapleton, but would like to know if

anyone knows the whereabouts of Dick Kirby , who was a sergeant and also

Tom Hayward, who was responsible for introducing her and Len in 1951, which

was the beginning of 45 years together.

If anyone can help, please drop me a line and I can put you in touch with Betty.

Chris Pearson

City Police Joint Branch Board 1957-1958

anyone know the

whereabouts of

Dick Kirby or Tom

Hayward...

COLPASC News from Down Under.

Sandy PELLING

Gordon SIDNELL Ex PC 715 „E‟.

It was with great sadness that we received the news of the death late last year of Gordon SIDNELL 75yrs, who

had endured a long illness.

Gordon and his wife Pat moved to Australia after his retirement from the COLP.. He joined the Force in July

1956 and retired in April 1985.

A small group of COLPASC members attended his fu-neral, and according to the speakers he was a popular member of his community, sporting and otherwise. Our

thoughts and best wishes go out to Pat.

I

Brian (Jock) Garry and Dick Pelling on the ferry

SOCIAL

As all our group are based at different points around Port Phillip Bay we try and accommodate all, and vary our meeting points. So February saw Jock & Edna Garry and Dick & Sandy Pelling board a the Ferry at Sorrento for a very pleasant trip across the bay to have lunch with Jill & Keith Cronchey who don‘t seem to live anywhere near any real meeting point. Now most people bring photos of family, grandchildren etc to show around, but not the Cronchey‘s, they brought photos of the Bearded Collies that they breed. They also show the dogs and frequently travel around the world judging at dog shows. The ferry trip home was not quite as smooth and we managed to disembark just before a

storm hit.

Brian (Jock Garry) and Peter Murray

We met again in April to finally acknowledge Brian „Jock‟ Garry‟s entry into the senior brigade of Pension-ers. Peter Murray presented Jock with a pewter tankard

engraved with:

City Of London Police

Presented to

Ex PC 237E Brian Garry

First Australian Resident

To enter “The Senior Brigade”

COLPASC

17/9/2009 Melbourne-Victoria

Although the tankard was filled with beer on the day, we expect as a Scot it will contain something a little stronger

in future

More News.

Queensland member Ted Croften has just finished his latest bout of chemo for non Hodgkin‘s Lymphoma but is now having Radiation treatment, which entails a 200klm round trip to Brisbane every day for 3 ½ weeks. Thank-fully the Cancer Foundation runs a daily bus for residents in his area, but it still means hours of travel and waiting for everyone to receive their treatment before the bus can return. We all hope it works out well for Ted so that

he can join his wife Carmen on the bowling green.

Ann MERRY another of our ‗mob‘ who lives far away

has just returned from a successful trip to UK and USA only to be met by her partner Steve with a pen in his

hand ready for her to sign on the dotted line for their new house. How trusting, letting him chose! Let us hope the move goes smoothly and that they have a spare room for

us southern visitors.

PENSIONERS ‘ DOW N UNDE R’

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Whilst de-cluttering the house the

other day I came across this old photo and I thought it might jog someone‘s memory as to who some

of them are. I can name four of them:-On the right of the picture in civvies is Det Sgt Henry Davies (my Father). In civvies on the left I be-lieve to be Det Ch Insp Francis (father of Alan and Robin). In the front centre is Det Sgt Gilmour and looking over his left shoulder in D.C Jock Scrimger. The remainder I do not know. I hope the picture is of

some use to you and the magazine.

Roy Davies (ex 373A)

Dear Commissioner Bowron,

I wrote to you some time ago re-garding the possible award of a Sil-ver Policeman to ex Detective Con-

stable Dale Wilkinson.

I now write to thank you on behalf of myself and Peter Simmons for

authorising that award. I am sure

that Commander Rice has reported back to you that he presented Dale with his Silver Policeman at the recent Annual Lunch of the Asso-ciation of Ex CID Officers of the

City of London Police.

It was a complete surprise to Dale, and he received a standing ovation from all those present. I can tell you that when Dale returned to our ta-ble clutching the Silver Policeman

there were tears in his eyes.

Dale informs me that he is due to have yet another operation in the New Year, which this time involves a further repair to an artery which was damaged as a result of the

explosion in 1973.

Thank you again Commissioner for taking the time to authorise that award and for arranging Com-mander Rice to present it. Peter Simmons and I are eternally grate-

ful to you.

Andrew Day.

Retired D.C. 541‟E‟.

From Angela Brown- Widow of

the Late Colin Brown

Last one out

Young newly weds in Sep-tember 1966, Colin and I moved into our Police flat in Fermdale Court, Brixton, well

you have to start somewhere!

A large lounge overlooking the well kept Bowling Green, three double bedrooms, kitchen & bathroom. All this whilst we looked for a house not too far from the City of London. I also worked in the City; Head Office of the Pru-dential in Holborn, net to what

was the large shop Gamages!

Then only two months after our wedding day, my Colin had a bad car crash in Nov ‘66 and ended up in the West-minster Hospital. So I contin-ued to live in the Brixton flat on my own. By then we had found our house, which I am

still enjoying living in at Petts Wood,

backing onto the forest.

So many residents in Fermdale Court had already moved out, and more in the Jan and Feb 1967. Then in April ‘67 I moved out, and actually I was

the last person to leave there.

When I look back on it all, I think I must have some nerve walking into that large dark quadrangle of 200 flats in Brixton, knowing they were all empty…. So I really was the last one

out.

Sadly Colin passed away in 2008. Perhaps others remember living

there.

Angela Brown.

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At the age of 6 (1936) the family home was in Lambeth and I was taken to this newly opened war mu-seum by my maternal grandfather who had experienced four WW1 tours at the Somme in the Royal Flying Corps. The museum exhibi-tion was then small and all I can remember of that day was a large model of the Somme trenches with cotton wool depicting shell bursts. It is still there, now protected by a

large pristine glass case.

I have the privilege several times a month of meeting school parties at the Children‘s Exhibition. (Yes, I have been CRB checked!) The mu-seum now houses major exhibitions and has been much extended as a result of WW2 and wars across the

globe.

It is great to see children arrive dressed in 1940 style (yes, there are a lot of Richmal Crompton‘s ‗Just William‘) carrying sandwiches in cardboard gas-mask cases. On my last visit schools came from Greater London, Cardiff, Birming-ham, Southampton, Bristol, North-ampton. They have already downloaded questionnaires and it is heartening to experience their en-thusiastic interest in this modern

history.

I am able to help by telling them of my paper-round experiences, like seeing the 1000 USA bombers heading south in support of D Day landings, RAF bombers limping home to Hendon in the dawn, drop-ping flares to indicate injured on board, of seeing V1s coming over low (2419 reached London), of hearing V2s through the sound bar-rier (500+ reached London). Robin and I were lucky to not be evacu-ated to Canada – which was on of-fer from the school – for all those who agreed to go lost their lives when the ship City of Benares was torpedoed in the Atlantic. 97 died and there was just one Wembley survivor. (We still go to Preston Park School, Wembley in November

for the 2 minutes silence).

This year is the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, the ‗Benares‘ and the autumn blitz when there

were 57 consecutive night raids.

The last civilian (of 60,000) to be killed in a WW2 ‗air raid‘ lived at Orpington. Ivy Millichamp was the victim of a V2 which fell on 27th March 1945…our brave troops then over-ran the launching sites, and the war finished five weeks later.

Her grave has a military headstone.

When I joined the job there were many good men who carried the ribbons of two world wars, some decorated for bravery. I recall that on the occasion of H.M. the Queen‘s 1953 Coronation Review of police in Hyde Park the contin-gent of the City of London Police must have been specially picked for their medals, which ‗clinked‘ in rhythm with their marching. After getting out of earshot of the band at the saluting base they whistled ‗The Happy Wanderer‘ and thus kept in step – very impressive. Little did I think that I would later be among pensioner volunteers talking to schoolchildren about those vital six years whilst sitting on a Morrison shelter. I can mention the war at

IWM and get away with it!

Alan Francis Petts Wood

THE MAN IN THE MUSEUM Alan Francis

www.citypensioners.co.uk


Want to

chat about

the ‗good old

days‘ in the

Job?

looking

for

someone

that still

owes you

a fiver

From 1973?

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ROB J ERRARD ’S BOOK C ORNER

Ex Police Inspector Rob Jerrard

Has sent in the following book

Reviews. He says “Can you Mention me and my website www.rjerrard.co.uk\law\policela\police.htm

This is "Internet Law Book Reviews".

Publishers send books but no money Changes hands, the site provides academic independent reviews of law

books, but these are more general of interest.

Whilst I write this Review, my dog is staring at me and I know exactly what he wants. My dog along with the nar-rator of this book, would if he were French, say, ‗Je sais tout‘, because dogs have a way of knowing everything we

humans do and think.

The particular dog in this story is ‗Mr Mosey‘, who‘s fa-vourite toy is a battered latex chicken. This wouldn‘t ap-

peal to our dog who prefers his ‗reindeer‘.

This is a thoroughly enjoyable book, which I had great difficulty in putting down, it also takes a serious look at the duties of the Police Doctor/Surgeon and the duties of the Custody Sergeant, which suggests that it is written by somebody with inside knowledge of some the aspects and problems that are encountered daily by Forensic Medical Examiners, commonly known in my time as Police Sur-

geons, but now apparently Forensic Physicians.

Having performed the duties of a Custody Sergeant for many years, my mind wandered back to those busy shifts when I called out the Police Surgeon as regular as clock-work. In the City of London, before PACE the duties where carried out by the Station Officer of whom C H Rolph wrote in an autobiography, ‗Living Twice‘ Victor

Gollancz 1974. The Station Officer was an Inspector.

―I believe that the station officer is, and I am certain that he was, the mute inglorious Milton of the police service. He is the police system's only creative artist. During my own short period in this exacting role, I suppose three years at the most, I found the routine work stupefying, the telephone maddening, the Found Property fascinating, the duty parades faintly comic, the unlawful arrests a marvel-lous challenge to inventive lying, and the grape-shot of the

criminal law highly dangerous.‖

Police Surgeon Lethal Deception

Edition: First

Format: Paperback

Author: Pat Scott & Dr Tom White

ISBN: 9781906510084

Publishers: Matador

Price: £7.99

Publication Date: 2008

Publisher‟s Title Information

This is an excellent book, which could be enjoyed by everyone, because unlike so many crime writers, at least one of our authors has inside knowledge, and

yes, has actually stepped inside a Police Station. I

understand more books are planned in the series and

I look forward to them.

Rob Jerrard

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MEDICAL NOTES

It's too late to give Mr W the name and address of the ho-

tels in Croatia since he has been and, hopefully, come

back. I say hopefully because if it is true that the authori-

ties have arrested an illegal immigrant trying to smuggle

himself out of the country, anything is possible. For the

record the hotel in Dubrovnic was the Europa and the one

in Split, Gulag something or other.

I have just come back from the Lake District but I think it is

the last visit. I cannot walk too far now and walking in the

Lakes was something of an annual treat. It is irritating to

watch geriatrics older than me strap on their walking boots

and stride off into the wild blue yonder, so why torture my-

self. With that in mind, during my recent check up at the

Queens I told my specialist of my regrets and the growing

discomfort, even whilst walking short distances. After some

Hmmmms she gave me a prescription and the warning

"Take just one only, before exercise". Off to the hospital

pharmacy to hand it in. The lady on the counter looked at

the form, sucked her teeth and said "Have you had these

before?" "No" says I. More Hmmms. Forty five minutes

later a gorgeous girl, with teeth to die for, and a beaming

smile called me to the counter and handed over the pills.

She dropped her eyes demurely to the packet and said,

"Remember only one before exercise". My God what's in

these pills? I have not taken one yet so there they sit on

the kitchen worktop, large yellow zoom tablets, the packet

throbbing with repressed energy. I think I might take one

and ask J to lock me in a darkened room to await the ef-

fects Mr Hyde style. Incidentally whilst I was standing at

the animal proof customer hatch at the pharmacy counter

a man collapsed in the seating area, people rushed to help

as they do and I heard a woman offer the information that

it was very sad since he had just been discharged from

the ward! I replied that I had just paid a £1 for a cup of the

worst coffee this side of Montenegro and I thought I saw

him in the queue.

I am sorry that it is all medical this time but the amusement

supplied free of charge by the NHS keeps me cheerful.

For instance having seen my specialist she told me to

book an appointment for 6 months hence. Once upon a

time the date would have been settled there and then but

they have improved the system. We will write to you, and

so they did. The appointment was in October with Dr

Yusef. January to October is not six months even with my

fevered brain in top gear and Dr Yusef is not my doctor. I

eventually got through and changed the appointment. The

lady said they would write and confirm it. They did but still

with Dr Yusef. I thought my attempts to get through on the

telephone were a model of self control. Having pointed out that

the name of the doctor was wrong she told me that anybody

who had an appointment in the rheumatology department got

Dr Yusef because his name was the only one the computer

recognised, honest you can't make it up. Having heard my

laughter she asked me if I needed an ambulance. I declined

on the grounds that I did not have enough life left to wait. I am

sorry to read of so many colleagues in ill health, I know the

NHS is the butt of my jokes but in all honesty the Queens

Hospital in Romford is new, clean, the staff nice people and

my treatment is second to none.

Thinking of the torture previously mentioned I recall that a

young missionary was sent out to the Congo to recruit converts

but he was told not under any circumstances to interfere with

local customs. The tribe put on a magnificent feast for him. To

his horror he saw what he thought was a human head mean-

dering about in the pot. Every now and again someone would

rush out of the audience and hit the head with a huge ladle.

Caution was thrown to the winds and he protested to the chief

about the torture. The chief was mystified, "What torture, we

are just trying to stop him eating the vegetables". (I know it is

an old joke but it still makes me laugh, probably because it is

so delightfully not politically correct). Well, dawns coming up,

time for the box.

Regards to all.

Allan Coleman,

Gidea Park

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SNO W HILL AD MIN LUNC HEON CLUB 2009

Snow Hill Admin Luncheon Club 2009

For ―The Piggy‘s‖, 2009 was another good year. How we managed to squeeze our

lunches in, considering our busy life styles amazes me. Between deciding what time to

get up, shall I cut the grass, pop down to B&Q (only on a Wednesday) to where to go on

holiday? Do I go with Saga or Thompsons, on a Cruise or ―All In‖? All this along with how

do I get out of going down to Sainsbury‘s. Gentleman I can only thank you for managing

to do so because without your efforts there is no Snow Hill Admin Luncheon Club, It would

be quite lonely if I had to drink by myself.

In 2009 we welcomed several new Guest‘s. Wally Unit, Peter Woodley, Paul

Wybrow, Eric Locke, Bob Hennessy, Phil Seymour, Brian Tib- benham and Fred Blease and we look for-

ward to seeing them throughout this year.

This year we managed to raise a total of £647.00 for charities. Our Christmas Lunch, with 38 members, donating

£310 of that amount. I would like to thank those members who, when unable to attend, were more than happy to for-

ward a donation.

The charities we supported in 2009 were Macmillan Cancer Support, British Heart Foundation, Little Haven Chil-

dren‘s Hospice and Cancer Research UK. Our grand total donated stands at £7132.70.

On behalf of all the charities I would like to thank for you continued support

March 2010

At our March lunch we welcomed Alan Goss. As always it is nice to see the younger pensioners and to hear new

stories and anecdotes. We also celebrated Bob Hennessey‘s 60th Birthday; we enjoyed a nice soft, fruit topped

sponge cake (thinking of our teeth) and welcomed him to the Freedom Pass and B&Q Gold Card club. Our sup-

ported charity was Macmillan Cancer Support, donating £163.00.

For all of you reading this entry in our magazine, which ever division you were stationed at, I would like to extend a warm welcome if you would wish to attend the luncheon club. It is a special way of meeting old friends and col-leagues, enjoying good food, excellent wines and beers, humour in the City Police tradition, and at the same time giving an enormous amount of help to some very worthwhile charities. For any further information please contact me on my mobile or email address. Mobile: 07939499905 email: [email protected]

The lunches are held four times a year at ―Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese‖ Fleet Street,

The remaining dates for 2010: Tuesday 7th September & Tuesday 7th December 2010

2011 Proposed dates for your Social Diary

Tuesday 8th March 2011

Tuesday 7th June 2011

Tuesday 6th September 2011

Tuesday 6th December 2011

mailto:[email protected]

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ASSOC IATION OF EX -C ID OFFIC ERS

Association of Ex-CID Officers

The Association is still going strong with 163 members in this country and across the

world. Sad to see some old colleagues have left us. The memorial service in the City for Tony Drain was really well attended with the rector commenting that his church is not normally so full! Wally Hailes, Peter Gwynn, Fred Brennan and Ernie Bransgrove were all past colleagues, although not all members (not that that matters) - and we have seen the loss of some of our old uniform colleagues as well, real characters amongst them! Peter Moynan from the Met also died. Peter was well known to many City officers who served with him on the RCS at East Molesey and the Anti-Terrorist Squad. Goodbye old friends.

We had a very successful Annual Reunion Lunch in the Warrant Officer‘s & Sergeants Mess, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, Wel-

lington Barracks in Westminster. 180 members and guests enjoyed a lunch, afternoon and for some…….an evening as well in the excellent surroundings of the Garrison Mess, with some ex-guardsman particularly becoming quite dewy eyed – although the ex cadets seemed to be made of sterner stuff! Mustn‘t forget Gerry Wallace who unfortunately was unable to attend – but very kindly sponsored the Port – well done Gerry!

Chairman Fred Simmons presided over a fine lunch and amongst the guests present were Lord Peter Imbert, C.V.O., Q.P.M, D.L., Graham Cole Esq. and Brigadier Martin Roberts, O.B.E. who responded for the guests in the absence of Sir John Dellow, C.B.E., D.L., who was unwell. Former Commissioner Perry Nove, C.B.E.,Q.P.M., attended along with Commander Patrick Rice who repre-sented the Force.

It was a memorable day for Dale Wilkinson. Dale, a former Scenes of Crime Officer, was seriously injured in the Old Bailey bomb blast in 1973 with over 400 pieces of metal in his body. Dale left the City Force as a result of his injuries, but his service with the City Police was at last recognized with Commander Rice presenting him with the Silver Policeman.

One sad feature was the death in Afghanistan of Regimental Sergeant Major Darren Chant of the Grenadier Guards, one of five soldiers killed in one day in November 2009. It was Darren whom we met and who gave permission for us to use the Garrison Mess for our lunch. He was an impressive man. Guardsman Scott Blaney, badly injured in a mine explosion was also a special guest and was presented with a City of London Police plaque by the Chairman for the Mess. A City Police Helmet collection during the Lunch raised over £2,000 for the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards ―Soldiers in Afghanistan‖. A very memorable day and we look

forward to returning this year on 2nd December 2010.

We managed to arrange the April Spring Buffet in the Wakefield Mess right in the middle of the proposed train strike…..and Sod‘s Law resulted in the strike being called off shortly after a new date was fixed! Anyway, it was a good turnout and enjoyed by all. The only panic was the goods lift door becoming stuck with the draught bitter inside. After a 20 minute delay whilst a technical solu-tion was sought….a pair of size 13s eventually came to the rescue!

Whilst we really enjoy getting together from time to time, we also remember those members and their families who are going through more difficult times and we send gifts and remembrances to all those we hear about, plus contact with old friends and our

very best wishes.

Jim Jolly

Secretary

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NORMAN DO RE

Barbara Dore has asked the Welfare Unit to pass on her heart felt appreciation to all of you that contacted her after the passing of her husband ex Inspector Norman Dore.

Barbara especially wants to thank all of you that attended the funeral and also those of you of you gave support in way of donation to The Pilgrim's Hospice.

Our thanks to Bob Cottrill for sending in the Order of Service.

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C LOAK LANE ASS OC IATI ON ANNUAL GENE RAL MEET ING

Friday 19 March 2010

A few years ago I bought an old Citroën 2CV as a restoration project. The chassis had more plates welded to it than the Graf Spee and had to be replaced, along with the floor, bulkhead and several other bits that fell apart as soon as they were touched. My garage reverberated with the noise of banging and crashing for several weeks, including the odd shout of ‗ouch - that hurt‘. In fact the only thing noisier in Harold Wood was the continuing laughter of the man who sold me the car. It took me a long time to find the engine, until I realised that the little Singer sewing machine under the bonnet was in fact the engine, although not quite as powerful. Anyway, I finally finished the job and within

my limited talents, it wasn‘t too bad a job.

For the last couple of years I‘ve neglected the little car, so I recently took a week off work to get it back on the road. I found that it doesn‘t really want to get going in the morning, and it is now certainly showing its age. It‘s not that bad on downhill bits, but, like life, uphill is a struggle. Its joints aren‘t quite what they were and I‘m sure there are more creaks and groans than there were. It‘s taxed out of all proportion to what it‘s worth, and I don‘t suppose it could pull like it used to. That might be something to do with the fact that it sometimes leaks a bit. The only good news is that it seems to perk up a bit when it‘s well oiled, and for some unknown reason I‘m reminded that I‘m supposed to be tell-

ing you about the Cloak Lane AGM.

We had quite a good turnout, and as always it was good to see some new faces. When I say new, I mean old, but you know what I mean. The only one who really bucks the trend is the ever young Ken Dodsworth, who is living proof that there exists somewhere an elixir of life, for his has truly supped deeply from it. He is the only person I know who

has had Cosmetic Surgery to make him look older, otherwise he wouldn‘t be allowed anywhere near the CLA

I‘m sure you will all be pleased to discover that the Officers were all re-elected without all the razzmatazz of the un-seemly rabble that make up our Parliament. You will also be pleased to know that rumours of extravagant claims for maintenance of the moat at Keating Towers have been greatly exaggerated. Lord Keating responded from his office

on duck-house island to say that he had been advised to never plead guilty.

The dates for the next meetings are as follows:

Summer Meeting Friday 26 June 2010

LMS Meeting Friday 12 November 2010

AGM Friday 18 March 2011

Cliff Rowlinson

Secretary

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IN MEMORIUM

STAN MILLS

My family and I would like to thank all who sent cards and letters on the death of my husband, Stan Mills,

also to those who attended the funeral.

Stan enjoyed his 30 years as a City of London Policeman and made so many very good friends during

that time.

I was very proud to see the City of London Police

Drape on his coffin at his funeral.

Barbara Mills

HILARY GRAY

Hilary died on Monday 8th March at Yeovil Hospital aged

77. She was the Commissioners PA until her retirement

and was the wife of Colin.

Colin Gray (PS 69E)

High Acres 48 Barn Close Crewkerne Somerset TA18 8

BN

01460 76316

07989 296193

[email protected]

MAUREEN ROWE

The sad news is that my dear wife Maureen died sud-

denly on 11th December.

Peter Rowe

DAVID DAVIES

(Died 12/03/2009)

On the first anniversary of the death of dear Dave I would like to express belated, but sincere thanks on behalf of myself and my family to all those who helped make his funeral such a tribute to him. His sudden death was a tremendous shock to us all and

is taking time to come to terms with.

A special thank you to Des Knox who helped with the arrangements and has been a huge support. It was such a privilege to have the City of London Drape and also the police outriders. Dave‘s career in the City of London Police meant so much to him and he

would have been really proud.

The guard of honour provided by friends and col-leagues especially dear to him and the fact that over three hundred people attended the funeral speaks volumes about a man who touched the lives of so many, always passing on his encouragement and

enthusiasm for life.

Finally thank you for the donations to the Epsom Medical Equipment fund on Dave‘s behalf. The money has gone towards buying 5 monitors for Ep-som Hospital. They are used in A&E to monitor per-centage of oxygen in the blood, pulse rate, tempera-ture etc. Our daughter Julie and I presented them to the hospital and the doctor who accepted them said hundreds of people will benefit from them daily and they will save thousands of lives.

Judy Davies

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RICHARD STURMAN

It is with sadness that we have to inform you of the death of Ex Police Sergeant 103 'A' Richard Sturman.Richard died at the age of 53 on the 1st March. He joined the COLP on the 31st August 1976 and retired on 21st Febru-

ary 2008.

LETTER FROM IAN HARMER

I first met 'Dickie' Sturman in 1977, shortly after he joined the City. In the years that followed, Richard was promoted and became my sergeant I served with him in the Force Communications Centre. From that day, we became good friends, a friendship that continued throughout the remain-der of my service and after my retirement from the City.

We would regularly meet and go for a pint ands a natter.

It is only 6 weeks ago that we were putting the world to

rights over a pint and 'swinging the lamp' together.

Richard was one of the kindest people I have ever met, always there for his friends in time of trouble, ready to ad-

vise and help whenever he could.

I think his life truly changed when he met Anne and there

was no one happier than me when I discovered on my

wedding where they were guests, that they themselves had qui-

etly married a few months previously.

It is so cruel that their lives together have been cut so drastically

short.

So goodbye old friend. The world will be a sadder place without

you. You'll always be remembered as one of life's' best.

Your friend,

Ian Harmer (Ex Tex 781A)

MARY BENDER

Ex PC642D Roy Bender would like to inform us that sadly , his wife of 57 years Mary passed away on the 22nd January 2010.

TONY DRAIN

Ex T/D.Ch I. Anthony Drain Tony passed way on Mon-

day 28th December 2009. He was 56 years old.

Tony joined the COLP on 7th March 1976 and was pen-sioned on 24th November 2002. Tony passed away in

Portugal where he lived.

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‘THE SENIOR BRIGAD E’

80 or over on 21st June 2010 Age Pensioned Rank

William White 97 10/08/72 PC 633E

Walter Stapleton 93 01/07/76 Ass Commissioner

William Gallafent 91 31/08/76 PS 93E

Philip Coppack 89 30/05/78 Det Chief Supt

Eric Ellwood-Wade 89 28/04/75 Ch/Insp

Annette Turner 89 14/11/66

Francis Stubbs 88 07/01/74 PS 23B

Frederick Chamberlain 88 20/09/76 PC 700E

Sidney Smith 87 02/10/79 Ch/Supt

Frederick Butterfield 87 01/06/76 PS 75C

George Fell 87 04/10/82 PC 172B

Laurie Lacey 86 23/01/78 PS 27E

Stanley Geale 86 01/07/77 Insp

Cyril Breeze 86 17/09/79 PC 658D

John Aitken 85 23/12/76 PC 274B

Kenneth Short 85 10/05/76 Ch/Supt

Ernest Jordan 85 03/09/79 PC 678D

Albert Parry 84 03/05/83 PS 44E

Cyril Tolhurst 84 28/01/85 PS 35E

John Leppard 84 01/11/82 Det Ch/Insp

Ronald Goldson 84 21/02/86 PS 8B

Marcus Kirkwood 84 21/11/84 Det Ch/Supt

Ronald Edrupt 84 21/04/81 PC 645D

William White 83 31/08/84 PC 709E

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‘THE SENIOR BRIGAD E’ cont inued


Donald Bull 83 01/03/78 Insp

Gordon Muffett 83 13/06/83 PS 104C

John Thacker 83 04/07/77 PC 477B

Charles Torrance 83 06/02/78 PC 606D

Leslie Hollett 83 03/09/79 DC 458E

Francis McPherson 83 01/11/76 DC 723E

Gerald Wallace 83 06/02/87 Det Insp

William Webster 83 21/02/77 DS 912E

Ronald Enston 82 17/08/83 DS 921E

Ronald Scriven 82 05/11/73 PS 78E

John Sherlock 82 01/07/83 PC 468E

Andrew Graham 82 05/10/83 PC 420C

Richard Johnson 82 13/04/78 PS

Geoffrey Lorton 82 21/03/83 Insp

David Pronger 82 05/09/83 PC 644E

Donald Smith 82 29/02/84 Ch/Supt

Robert Wilson 82 18/02/84 PC 445E

Ronald Westgate 82 29/10/84 PC 192E

Denis Edwards 81 28/08/84 PC 460E

Ernest Jones 81 01/03/78 PS 108E

Leonard Wilson 81 28/02/83 DS 904E

Stanley Roberts 81 01/09/83 PC 453E

James Miller 81 28/01/85 PS 61E

Albert Garry 81 22/12/84 PC 237E

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‘THE SENIOR BRIGAD E’ cont inued


Edward Hughes 81 14/09/83 PS 94D

Joseph Anders 80 18/04/84 PC 484E

Thomas Angus 80 18/01/85 PC 483E

Roy Barron 80 24/09/84 PS 99C

Ronald Buckland 80 14/11/83 Ch/Insp

Peter Emeny 80 01/12/82 DS 939E

Alan Francis OBE 80 01/02/78 Ch/Supt

James Gargate 80 20/02/85 PC 475E

Michael Golden 80 28/01/85 DC

Derrek Hall 80 21/05/79 DS

Dennis Pratt 80 20/01/86 PS 79E

Ernest Thomson 80 29/10/84 Det Ch/Insp

Douglas Cooper 80 01/10/87 PC 411E

Peter Couzens 80 04/11/85 PC 454C

Congratulations to all those newly arrived on the ‗Senior Brigade‘ list, please let me know of any inaccuracies in ages or da tes etc.

On that note, many apologies to Bill Gallafent who was omitted from the last list. Bill still attends some functions throughout the

year and was a little worried about turning up at events and shocking those who may have thought that he was no longer with us!

Bill is still in good health.

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DAVE McGINLEY’S GOLF LODGE

City of London Police Golf Society

Annua l Fix tures 2010

Tuesday 15th June

Muswell Hill

Guest Day

27 holes

AM - Stableford.

PM Lascelles Trophy

Dinner – Jacket/Suit required.

Monday 5th – Friday 9th July

Tour – North Devon

Jacket/Suit required.

Tuesday 20th July

Lambourne Golf Club

27 holes

AM – Stableford

PM - Sid Pearce Trophy


Friday 13th August

Worplesdon

AM – 18 holes

PM – 18 Chairman‘s Cup

Sandwiches afterwards – No jacket required.

Tuesday 7th September

Muswell Hill

Force Championships

36 holes

18 AM for the Foxon Trophy.

18 PM for the Seniors Force Championship(Open to all 49

years and over)

Dinner – Suit required

Friday 24th September

Warley Park

Captain‘s Day

AM – 9 holes

PM – Captain‘s Prize


Friday 15th October

Theydon Bois

18 holes

Match against Guildhall Society

The cost of each fixture will be dependant upon amount of mem-

bers attending and the fee charged at individual golf clubs. Each

match includes coffee, bacon rolls in the morning, lunch, plus

high tea or dinner afterwards.

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2010 VIRGIN LONDON MARATHON RESULTS

Trevor Holden 3 hours 8 minutes 50 seconds

Ryan Shipman 3 hours 13minutes 29 seconds

John Shickel 3 hours 26 minutes 57 seconds

Dave Wood 3 hours 49 minutes 42 seconds

Steve Brooks 3 Hours 51 minutes

Scott Fisher 3 hours 53 minutes 54 seconds

Eamonn Keane 3 hours 55 minutes 25 seconds

Paul Claydon 3 hours 55 minutes 44seconds

Richard Fullbrook * 4 hours 8 minutes 23 seconds

Graham Riddell 4 hours 11 minutes 31 seconds

Daniel Berry 4 hours 12 minutes 57 seconds

Jonathan Gilbert 4 hours 14 minutes 54 seconds

Dave Manley 4 hours 15 minutes 14 seconds

Rhea Evans 4 hours 17 minutes 36 seconds

Jonathan Witt 4 hours 17 minutes 56 seconds

Luke Harley 4 hours 18 minutes 47 seconds

James Swift 4 hours 25 minutes 1 seconds

Jeremy Lee 4 hours 36 minutes 37 seconds

Scott Reeves 4 hours 49 minutes 55 second

Joanne Rinn 4 hours 49 minutes 56 seconds

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2010 VIRGIN LONDON MARATHON RESULTS

Continued

Jonathan Sanders 4 hours 57 minutes 7 seconds

Neil Hossack 5 hours 4 minutes 33 seconds

Turkel Mahmout 5 hours 4 minutes 33 seconds

Andre Cundall 5 hours 6 minutes 59 seconds

David Foy 5 hours 7 minutes 7 seconds

Alison Youles 5 hours 7 minutes 29 seconds

Giles Otomewo 5 hours 15 minutes 27 seconds

Stephanie Petty 5 hours 26 minutes 3 seconds

David Carter 5 hours 26 minutes 12 seconds

Peter Digby ** 5 hours 49 minutes 38 seconds

Katie Balls *** 6 hours 23minutes 13 seconds

* 2nd Marathon in 7 days

** carried a fridge!!!?

*** 2 x visits to St Johns Ambulance for a sprained ankle

PC Trevor Holden wins the DARREN PIKE CUP—First male finisher.

PC Rhea Evans wins the LORNA GREEN TROPHY—First female finisher

DC James Swift wins the STEVE DYER CUP— Most improved finisher

T/Supt Dave Wood wins the new DAVE DAVIES CUP—First novice finisher.

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2.30pm Tuesday 10th

August - The Chatsworth Hotel,

Eastbourne.

6.30pm Thursday 12th

August - Conference Room,

Bishopsgate Police Station -

NARPO and COLPPA Meetings

2.30pm Tuesday 14th

September - The Cliffeside Ho-

tel, Bournemouth.

2.30pm Tuesday 12th October

2010

Sands Restaurant

Western Esplanade

Southend-on-Sea

Essex

SS1 1EE

Saturday 13th November -

Cheshire Cheese, Fleet Street -

Lord Mayor's Show.

Due to unacceptable increased costs at the Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff, the venue and date for the October Seaside Meeting

has now been changed, see ‗Sands Restaurant‘ above. This is a modern restaurant situated adjacent to the Pier and Ad-

venture Island. It has views over the Estuary and an outside veranda with seating. They will provide the usual afternoon

tea of sandwiches, scones, tea and coffee. They also have Bar facilities for those who wish to avail themselves of a beer or

glass of wine. Please support this new venue as we have a quote based on 30 to 40 attending.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

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WELFARE CONTACT FORM

Information held on record by the Welfare Unit

Title:

Forename:

Surname:

d.o.b.

Rank/Collar number:

Pension number:

Address:

Postcode:

Telephone number (home)

Telephone number (mobile)

Fax number:

Email address:

Next of Kin:

Date joined:

Date retired:

RESTRICTED

Please confirm if you are happy for your contact details to be shared or used only by the Wel-fare Unit. Please complete and return to Yvette Addo, City of London Police, Welfare Unit. Walbrook Wharf. 78-83 Upper Thames Street. London EC4R 3TD

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