West Midlands Police.
West Midlands Police Museum Police Training Center Tally Ho!
Pershaw Road
Edgebaston
Birmingham
Tele 021 472 3201 ext 233
Curator: Mr Charles Elworthy Contact: Ps Pat Short Law Research Unit
CUPBOARD ONE
1. Discipline Report Book.
(i) 1920-1922 (ii) 1926-1927
Showing summary of charges and guide to classification.
2.
Discipline Book 'D' Division.
1920-1948
3. Complaints Against the Police 'D' Division 1963-1970
4. Conduct Book. 1890-1904
5. Call Book.
Incoming Messages. (i) 1943-1944 (ii) 1948-1949 (iii)1966-1966
6. Public House Register Sutton Coldfield 1897-1970
7. General Occurrence Book.
Halesowen and Oldbury Division. Oldbury Section. 1935-1937
2 vols 1937-1939 2 vols 1940-1942 6 vols 1943-1943 1944-1944 1947-1948 1957-1960 2 vols 1963-1963
8. Special Constabulary Minutes. 1943-1963
9. Enquiry Register. 1973-1974
CUPBOARD THREE.
10. Offenders Photographic Album c. 1959
CUPBOARD FOUR.
11. Assize Record Book. Shire Hall Stafford. 1894-1957
CUPBOARD FIVE.
12. Locksmiths Key Register.
Details and diagrams of Keys and Locks held by various
parties. i.e. Hereford City Prison. c. 1850
13. Habitual Drunkards Register. Details and Photograph. 1903-1906
14.
Detained Property Register.
1928-1956
15. Specimen Reports. c. 1930
CUPBOARD TWELVE.
16. Current Police Legislation.
1952-1961
17. Invasion Conditions.
(i) 74037/2. War time routes, Control of Roads, Immobilisation
of Vehicles under Invasion Conditions.
1940-1953
(ii) 74037/2A Use of Functional Signs on Vehicles. 1942-1945
18. Invasion Instructions No.2.
Civil Defence, War Zone Courts, Military aid to Civil Police.
19. Invasion Instructions No.3.
As Instructions No.2. (ref 18)
CUPBOARD FIFTEEN.
20. Ambulance Register. 'D' Division.
CUPBOARD EIGHTEEN.
21. Examination of Candidate for Situation of Constable.
8 vols. Questions and Answers giving full details including
age, occupations, marital status. 1840-1840
1855-1857 1883-1894 5 vols. 1896-1897
22. Offenders Photographic Register. c. 1960
23. Constables Lesson Notes. P.c. James Jenks. 1899
24. Inspection Book. Police Stations. 1882-1884
25. Watch Committee. Inventory Book. 1900-1919
CUPBOARD NINETEEN.
26. Seniority List. 1881-1958
27. Criminal Register. c 1940
28. Personnel Record Books. 7 vols 1863 1867 1873 1875 1878 1887 1890
29. Personnel Record Books. 3 vols. c1870-c1920
30. Index of Constables.
1839-c 1890
N.B. With abstract of City Police between October 1839-1841
CUPBOARD TWENTY.
31. Case Book, Sind C.I.D., Karachi.
Mr. J.W. Rourke, Inspector of Police. 1922-1940
32. Safe
Driving Bonus Record.
1929-1976
33. Wireless Message Log.
1943
CUPBOARD TWENTY FOUR AND TWENTY FIVE.
34. Permanent Police Orders. 49 Vols 1882-1968
CUPBOARD TWENTY SIX.
36. Register of Licensed Premises.
Registered Clubs, Licensed Premises and Music Licenses. 1899-1977
CUPBOARD TWENTY SEVEN.
37. Newspaper Cuttings. 1974
38.
Licensed Premises Register.
1887-1968
39. "R" Division Benevolent Society. Minute Book. 1919-1972
40. Special Constabulary Register. 3 vols. (i) 1919-1943 (ii) 1926-1951 (iii) 1940-1950
41. Special Constabulary Long Service Awards.
1940-1959
CUPBOARD TWENTY EIGHT.
42. Defaulters Book.
Reports of the Judicial Sub Committee of the Watch
Committee. 1924-1956
43.
Confidential Police Reports.
1949-1951
44. Register of Licensed Premises. c1903
45.
"Moon" Murder File.
1950
46. Police Recruits Index. 1965-1978
47. Detective Training Course Notes. Det. Supt. J. Davies. (i) Course No.4. 1939-1939 (ii) Course No.12. 1947-1947
CUPBOARD TWENTY NINE
48. General Log.
Record of all incoming messages. 1942-1942
49. Prison Committal Record. 1931-1956
CUPBOARD THIRTY ONE.
50. File
of Sundry Reports.
c1940
51. Criminal Intelligence Register. 0950
52. Pocket Note Book.
Revenue Officer John Achill. c1848
53. File of Summons and Warrants. 1890-1891
54. Capital Punishment. Various Files.
CUPBOARD THIRTY TWO.
55. Lloyd George Riots.
Documents and Statements. December 1901
56. "On and Off Duty".
Monthly Journal for Policeman. 1st June 1898.
57. Birmingham Police Institute. C1890
58. Home Office Circulars (Police) 3 vols. (i) 1882-1901 (ii) 1884-1907 (iii) 1885-1912
59. Police Review.
4 Copies.
(i) 17th June 1898 (ii) 24th June 1898 (iii) 2nd July 1915 (iv) 16th May 1919
60. Pay Sheets. 1912
CUPBOARD THIRTY THREE.
61. Hue and Cry.
Copies of Police Intelligence Dublin. ci899
62. Constable's Marriage Certificates. Full Certificate Details. 1900-1926
63. Watch Committee Minutes Index. 5 Vols.
(i) 1907.
(ii) 1904 - 1924. (iii) 1905 - 1925. (iv) 1907.
(v) 1931 - 1941.
64. Birmingham Bye-Laws. 1864-1911
65. Newspaper Cuttings. 1957-1958 2 vols 1958 1959
66. Forensic Science Circulars. 1936
67. Conditions of Service. Scales of Pay. 1936
68. Instructions for Describing Persons. 1923
69. Superannuation and Gratuities Book. (i) Gratuities. 1854-1946 (ii) Superannuation. 1861-1954
CUPBOARD THIRTY FOUR.
70. Historical Notes: Birmingham Police.
Chief Constable Moriarty.
c1928
71. Scrap Book.
Women Police.
1932-1976.
72. Memoirs.
Memoirs of Dorothy Olivia Gorginia Peto O.B.E. Prepared for MEPOL Historical Museum Advisory Board by Mollie Smith. March 1970.
73. 1st Police Reserve Warrant Numbers.
Numbers 1-526
3 vols
1914-1920
74. 1st Police Reserve Additional Constables.
1914-1920
75. 1st Police Reserve Defaulters Book.
1914-1931
CUPBOARD THIRTY FIVE.
76. Home Office Consolidated Circulars. Crime and Kindred Matters. 2 vols
(i) 1st January 1925 (ii) 1st May 1958
77. International Pickpockets. Photograph Album. 2 vols (i) 1956 (ii) 1963
78. Pickpockets and Race Course Criminals. Photograph Album. 5 vols.
(i) 1947 (ii) 1948 (iii) 1956 (iv) 1960 (v) 1963
79. Prisoners Photograph Album. 8 vols. (i) c1882 (ii) c1885 (iii) 1885-1892
(iv) 1896-1932 (Females) (v) 1893
(vi) 1892-1895 (vii) 1903-1907 (viii) 1928-1932
80. Supply Contracts. 1914-1916.
81. C.I.D. File.
Theft of F.A. Cup. 1885
82. Home Office Circulars. 1918-1940
83. Habitual Drunkards Register. 1903-1906
84. Folder Habitual Drunkards. c1903
85. Motor Vehicle Log.
D.S. Parker. C.I.D. Car 885 BOV. 1963-1966
86. Constable's Warrants.
Constables No. 1 to 93. Details of service. 25th September 1839-18th October 1839
87. Chief Constable's Telegram Book 1930-1934
CUPBOARD THIRTY SIX.
88. Watch Committee Minutes. 4 vols 1890-1919 4 vols 1925-1948
89. References by the Watch Committee and sub-committees to the Chief Constable.
2 vols
(i) 1890-1899 (ii) 1914-1919
90. Minutes of the Judicial sub-committee. 1919-1934
91. Minutes of the Finance and Fire Brigade sub-committee.
2 vols
1924-1933
92.. Chief Constable's Report Book
1919-1932
93. Superintendent's Reports and Confidential Letters.
1901-1923
94. Visits to Prisoners in Police Cells. 1907-1910
CUPBOARD THIRTY SEVEN.
95. Copy Letter Book.
Chief Constables Office. 1890-1891
96. Note Book.
Insp. Wm. Matthew. 1940-1943
97. Defaulters Book. 4th Div. 2 vols
(i) 1839-1840 (ii) 1876-190
98. Discipline Report Book. Index and Abstract. 1924-1933.
99. Orderly Room Book. 2 vols. (i) 1928-1933 (ii) 1933-1938
100. Aliens Register. 18 vols 1914
CUPBOARD THIRTH EIGHT. Records of Aliens Registry.
101. Register of Aliens.
26 Vols
Full Details and Description. 1st August 1914
102. Aliens Day Book.
3 vols
Numerical Register. 1914-1921
103. Casual Aliens Register.
Alien Enemies who have not been transfered to district.
1914-1918
104. Police Gazette Supplement 'C'. Missing Aliens. 2 Copies 1916-1918