Eddy It is surprisingly difficult to identify which detention Barracks or Military prisons existed in 1900, however there was certainly the infamous Glasshouse at Aldershot. As that was where LAW deserted from it is almost certain that is where he would have served his first sentence. Sentences of less than 28 days would probably have been served in the guardroom of his unit, at least that was the normal practice in the second half of the 20th century. Where were the Coldstream Guards stationed when he absconded from them? Aldershot would still be a good starting point for your census search, but if that is unsuccessful I suggest you contact the curators or two museums: that of the Royal Military Police at Fareham and the Adjutant Generals Corps at Winchester. Both include the Military Police Staff Corps within their interests and may be able to give you pointers to other locations. Their email addresses may be found on the general military museum site at http://www.armymuseums.org.uk Good Hunting Blair

My recollection, as a former soldier, is that, as Eddy says sentences of up to 28 days were served in the unit guardroom. The establishment at at Colchester was the Military Correction and Training Establishment (MCTC) where soldiers under sentence received military training whilst there. It was for relatively short sentence, usually where the soldier would subsequently return to normal duty after completing his sentence. In my experience, the training there was rigorous but fair and soldiers came back to the unit considerably improved and certainly physically very fit ! Longer sentences were served at the military prison at Shepton Mallet in Somerset which was purely a prison. I believe that it was closed down a considerable time ago, not long after the war. Not sure whether that sheds much light on the issue but hope it may be helpful. Richard Dawnay -------------------------------------------------- From: "Blair Southerden" <[email protected]> Date: 28 February 2012 11:59 To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Subject: [SOG-UK] Re Arthur Edward LAW > Eddy > > It is surprisingly difficult to identify which detention Barracks or > Military prisons existed in 1900, however there was certainly the > infamous Glasshouse at Aldershot. As that was where LAW deserted from > it is almost certain that is where he would have served his first > sentence. > > Sentences of less than 28 days would probably have been served in the > guardroom of his unit, at least that was the normal practice in the > second half of the 20th century. > > Where were the Coldstream Guards stationed when he absconded from them? > Aldershot would still be a good starting point for your census search, > but if that is unsuccessful I suggest you contact the curators or two > museums: that of the Royal Military Police at Fareham and the Adjutant > Generals Corps at Winchester. Both include the Military Police Staff > Corps within their interests and may be able to give you pointers to > other locations. Their email addresses may be found on the general > military museum site at http://www.armymuseums.org.uk > > Good Hunting > > Blair > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >