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zPOL - HUMBERSIDE POLICE RECORDS
4 - Hull City Police records
5 - Staff records
3 - Registers of good conduct and offences
3 - Rewards and commendations, offences and punishment book
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Finding No
POL/4/5/3/3 page 279
Title
Rewards and commendations, offences and punishment book, entry for Alexander George Burton [part of POL/4/5/3/3]
Date
1895-1918
Description
Name and rank: Alexander George Burton
Date joined: 6 Dec 1895
Age: 20 years
Warrant number: 2163
Offences and punishment:
Rewards and commendations:
17 Jun 1896 advanced from 24 shillings to 25 shillings per week
17 Dec 1896 advanced from 25 shillings to 26 shillings per week
14 Dec 1898 advanced from 26 shillings to 27 shillings per week
17 Oct 1900 advanced from 27 shillings to 28 shillings per week
18 Dec 1901 advanced from 28 shillings to 29 shillings per week
16 Dec 1903 advanced from 29 shillings to 30 shillings per week
9 Mar 1904 advanced from 30 shillings to 33 shillings per week - Detective Department
13 Dec 1905 advanced from 33 shillings to 34 shillings per week
12 Apr 1906 commended by the Chief Constable for the arrest of two men for stealing wheat
18 Dec 1907 advanced from 34 shillings to 35 shillings per week
15 Dec 1909 advanced from 35 shillings to 36 shillings per week
10 Apr 1912 advanced from 36 shillings to 38 shillings per week - revised scale
11 Mar 1914 promoted to Detective Sergeant @ 41 shillings per week
12 Aug 1914 advanced from 41 shillings to 43 shillings per week - revised scale
13 Jan 1915 commended by the Watch Committee and awarded a gratuity of 20 shillings for smartness in the detection of a case of felony
22 Mar 1916 advanced from 43 shillings to 44 shillings per week
9 Jan 1918 commended by the Watch Committee and advanced one class (due Mar 18) and awarded a gratuity of 30 shillings for his work in connection with the Dry murder case
16 Jan 1918 advanced from 44 shillings to 45 shillings per week
13 Nov 1918 advanced to 64 shillings and sixpence per week - revised scale
Notes:
[A note states "Parchment 'Exemplary'" at the end of this officer's record]
Includes: dates of offences; type of crime committed; punishment and the age of offender; resignations and deaths; rewards (advancement) and commendations
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