Have you looked at RG number: RG11 Piece: 543 Folio: 29 Page: 22  William Cox is marrried to Charlotte and birthlace for both of them is given as Hereford, but might be an error. They are living in Newington, surrey, so I would think the best starting place would be the Metropolitan Police Archive. http://www.met.police.uk/history/ There are also some police records held at the National Archive at Kew http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/policeofficer.htm?WT.lp=rg-3120 looks promising Retired in his context just means that he was no longer a policeman - nothing to do with age HB --- On Thu, 20/5/10, Margaret Nichols <mnichols@netspeed.com.au> wrote: From: Margaret Nichols <mnichols@netspeed.com.au> Subject: [BRK] Policemen To: berkshire@rootsweb.com Date: Thursday, 20 May, 2010, 14:15 Dear Listers Does anyone have any suggestions about where I could find police officer recruitment records? William George Cox told the 1891 census enumerator (Clewer) that he was a retired policeman? He was 37 in 1891, a little young to be retired. In the 1871 census he is not a policeman at age 17. He is untraceable in the 1881 census (not in Scotland, Wales or the Isle of Man).  Is Ireland a possibility? He is still a retired policeman in 1901 and his death certificate also mentions the ex-policeman. I have checked with the Berkshire County Record Office and the records they have do not mention him. Any help gratefully received. With thanks, Margaret Nichols (Canberra) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message