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==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
Latest revision as of 14:39, 24 August 2013
Under the terms of the Metropolitan Police Act passed on 28 August, 1860, responsibility for the policing of royal dockyards was passed to the Metropolitan Police Force.[1] The first Inspecting Superintendent of the Dockyard Divisions was F. M. Mallalieu, latterly Superintendent of R Division (covering Woolwich). On 22 April, 1861, the strength of the Dockyard Divisions was authorised by the Home Secretary at:[2]
| NAME OF DIVISION. | STRENGTH. | DIVISION FORMED. | ||||
| Superintendents. | Inspectors. | Sergeants. | Police Constables. | All other ranks. | ||
| 1st or Woolwich 2nd or Portsmouth 3rd or Devonport 4th or Chatham 5th or Pembroke |
1 1 1 1 1 |
10 5 5 7 2 |
30 26 21 10 5 |
149 141 125 95 26 |
190 173 152 113 34 |
22 April, 1861 1 October, 1860 22 October, 1860 3 December, 1860 17 December, 1860 |
| Total | 5 | 29 | 92 | 536 | 662 | |
The authorised strength of the police in 1914 was:
| Dockyard | Portsmouth | Devonport | Chatham | Sheerness | Pembroke | West India Docks |
Portland | Total |
| No. | 152 | 155 | 128 | 39 | 35 | 9 | 15 | 553 |
Footnotes
- ↑ 23 & 24 Vict., c.135.
- ↑ General Regulations, Instructions, and Orders &c. p. 293.
Bibliography
- Metropolitan Police Office (1862). General Regulations, Instructions, and Orders for the Government and Guidance of the Metropolitan Police Force. London: For Her Majesty's Stationary Office.
