The Hampshire Constabulary History Society was formed in 1986.
Its aim is to foster interest in the history of the force and the old City and Borough Police Forces that once existed in the two counties.
The aims and objectives of this society are:
To develop interest in items of equipment, records and photographs, including uniform and accoutrements.
The items on view are only a small part of a much larger reserve collection of memorabilia and artifacts.
We now hope that in time some of these items can be displayed here. This is a new site still undersonstruction – more photographs to added in coming weeks.
Wolseley 6/90 police car
Photograph taken in yard at old PHQ, Romsey Road, Winchester 1950s
Ross Fuller writes: “My father, Sgt Keith Harold Fuller, above, joined Hampshire’s finest in 1946 after returning from RAF duties in the war. He was PC 144 and went first to Christchurch then traffic at Lyndhurst and Winchester. Then Ropley beat man, Alresford. Finally promoted to Sgt at Basingstoke where he retired in 1972
Please use the new ’search’ facility – there are 106 pages. Why not start on the News page, on the right, with details of a new publication – March 2010!
All the material displayed
relates to the history of the Hampshire Constabulary
and its former constituent police forces
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Personnel Record from 1860s of a Portsmouth Borough officer. These records can be seen at Record Office, Portsmouth
PC John Higmam
Do you have items for inclusion on the web site?
The Museum’s Honorary Curator at Netley, Derek Stevens M.Ed, is always pleased to receive new items to add to the collection.
The Society welcomes relevant items for inclusion on these web pages. For instance do you have a report on an interesting police event, an amusing incident or old photographs?
Genealogists
Visit our ‘Publications’ page for details of latest book by Steve Woodward – 2010.
Most documents originally held by the society are now stored at HRO – visit their ‘online catalogue search’. Genealogists can obtain copies of their ancestor’s personnel records in the form of a two-page Examination Book, for the period 1839 to 1926, by visiting or contacting Hampshire Record Office
At the top right of this homepage is a photograph of Sgt. 4 John COLLINS who was serving with HC in 1890, when he transferred to the newly formed IoW Constabulary. He retired in 1907 after 24 and 5/12 yrs service on special pension of £48.10.11 p/a.
