A Collection of Police Medals 749 Eight: Police Constable F. A. A. King, Buckinghamshire Constabulary, late Army Air Corps and Royal Military Police
1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (68294 S/Sgt. F. A. A. King. A.A.C.); Efficiency Medal,
G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (68294. Pte. F. King. R.M.P.); Police L.S. & G.C, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Const. Frank A. A. King.) the first seven mounted as worn, the last loose, nearly extremely fine (8)
£180-£220
Frank Alexander Abel King was born in Rochester, Kent, on 7 September 1920, and attested for the Royal Army Service Corps (Territorial Army) at Dunfermline on 22 March 1938. He served during the Second World War with the R.A.S.C., before transferring to the Corps of Military Police on 2 January 1944. He was awarded his Efficiency Medal per Army Order 196 of 1946, and subsequently served in post-War Palestine, before being discharged on 4 August 1947.
King joined Buckinghamshire Constabulary on 23 August 1948, and was posted to Slough in December of that year; to Eton in November 1950; and to Iver in February 1954. He was congratulated ‘for the efficient manner in which he and Police Sergeant Hannan dealt with a fatal accident which occurred at Iver on 12 March 1958’ by the Coroner at the subsequent enquiry, and was posted to Headquarters, Criminal Investigations Department, on 13 April 1960. He was discharged from Thames Valley Police in August 1976, and died on 17 October 1998.
Sold with copied service papers and other research, including a photographic image of the recipient. 750
Six: Inspector A. G. Herries, Glasgow Police, late Corporal, Royal Air Force
1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Police L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Inspr. Alfred G. Herries); Corporation of Glasgow Bravery Medal, 2nd type, silver (Constable Alfred G. Herries, Southern Division, 1947.); together with a Royal Life Saving Society Proficiency Medal, bronze (G. Herries Aug. 1946) in red leather case of issue, light contact marks, good very fine (7)
£140-£180
Alfred Graham Herries was born in Houston, Renfrewshire, and served during the Second World War as a Corporal in the Royal Air Force, from June 1940 to April 1946. He joined the Glasgow Police on 5 June 1946, and was awarded the Corporation of Glasgow Bravery Medal for stopping a runaway horse in Carnoustie Street on 5 March 1947. He resigned on 10 June 1948, but was re- appointed on 11 April 1950, and was promoted Sergeant in ‘C’ Division on 9 August 1960, on an annual salary of £745. He was promoted Inspector in ‘E’ Division on 2 April 1970, and was awarded his Police Long Service Medal on 24 June of that year. He was finally pensioned on 13 June 1975, after 27 years and 19 days’ service; during the course of his Police career he was eight times Commended by the Chief Constable.
Herries subsequently emigrated to Canada, and died at Hamilton, Ontario, on 1 May 1983.
Sold with copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient. 751
Six: Inspector A. Williams, Liverpool City Police, late Captain, Royal Artillery, who served as Superintendent of Police in Cyprus, 1956-58
1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (S.P. A. Williams.); Police L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Inspr. Arthur Williams) mounted as worn, very fine and better, the GSM scarce to rank (6)
£200-£240
Arthur Williams was born in Liverpool on 12 April 1915, and joined the Liverpool City Police on 3 August 1937. He served during the Second World War as a Captain in the Royal Artillery from 20 August 1942 to 10 April 1946, and later as Superintendent of Police in Cyprus from 29 September 1956 to 19 June 1958. He subsequently served as Deputy Commandant of No. 5 District Police Training Centre from 1 October 1958 to 1 October 1961, and was awarded his Police Long Service Medal on 5 November 1959. He was discharged to pension on 3 August 1967. He died in Liverpool on 5 June 1981.
Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient. 752 Three: Inspector L. P. Bates, Nottingham City Police, later Acting Superintendent, Uganda Police
Defence Medal; Police L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue (Inspr. Leslie P. Bates) in named card box of issue; Uganda Independence Medal 1962; together with a silver ‘Securicor’ Medal for good service, in named box of issue with service dates on lid; and the recipient’s related miniature awards for the first two, good very fine (4)
£100-£140
Leslie Pearson Bates was born in Shirley, Southampton, on 17 February 1910, and joined the Nottingham City Police on 15 April 1933. He was Commended by the Magistrates for good work in the apprehension of a man on 30 November 1945, and was promoted Sergeant on 9 April 1947, and Inspector on 26 May 1954. He also served for six years in the Reserve in the Royal Corps of Signals. Pensioned on 9 November 1958, Bates subsequently served as an Acting Superintendent in the Colonial Police Force in Uganda, prior to their Independence on 9 October 1962, and died in Southampton on 12 January 1979.
Sold with copied research. 753 Pair: Police Constable W. J. Collier, Metropolitan Police
Defence Medal, with Home Secretary’s enclosure, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. W. J. Collier, 7 Shamrock Street, Clapham, SW4’; Police L.S. & G.C.,
G.VI.R. (Const. William J. Collier) in named card box of issue; together with five prize medals, four silver and one bronze, two pertaining to the Royal Military College Scouts, and two pertaining to the Brixton Mid-week Football League, all named to the recipient, nearly extremely fine (7)
£60-£80 William John Collier was born on 8 January 1909, and served as a Police Constable with the Metropolitan Police.
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