| Description | Name and rank: William Oldfield
Date joined: 8 Aug 1898
Age: 24 years
Warrant number: 2245
Offences and punishment:
8 Jan 1904 being absent from his beat and being found in the North Eastern Railway Company's pumping station, Victoria Dock at 3.20am, severely reprimanded and fined 1 days pay by the Chief Constable
23 Dec 1904 refusing to take a man into custody and also failing to make a report of the felony, severely reprimanded and fined 2 days pay by the Chief Constable
Rewards and commendations:
15 Feb 1899 advanced from 24 shillings to 25 shillings per week
16 Aug 1899 advanced from 25 shillings to 26 shillings per week
17 Oct 1900 advanced from 26 shillings to 27 shillings per week
20 Aug 1902 advanced from 27 shillings to 28 shillings per week
17 Aug 1904 advanced from 28 shillings to 29 shillings per week
15 Aug 1906 advanced from 29 shillings to 30 shillings per week
19 Aug 1908 advanced from 30 shillings to 31 shillings per week
9 Mar 1910 commended by the Watch Committee and awarded a gratuity of £1 for smartness in stopping a runaway horse in Witham - 19 Feb 1910
17 Aug 1910 advanced from 31 shillings to 32 shillings per week
9 Nov 1910 advanced from 32 shillings to 34 shillings per week - Auxilliary Fireman
10 Apr 1912 advanced from 34 shillings to 36 shillings per week - revised scale
24 Dec 1912 advanced from 36 shillings to 37 shillings per week - Auxilliary Fireman (2 years)
20 Aug 1913 advanced from 37 shillings to 38 shillings per week
12 Aug 1914 advanced from 38 shillings to 39 shillings per week - revised scale
19 Aug 1914 advanced from 39 shillings to 40 shillings per week
21 Aug 1918 advanced from 40 shillings to 41 shillings per week
13 Nov 1918 advanced to 56 shillings per week - revised scale
15 Oct 1919 reduced from 95 shillings and sixpence to 92 shillings and sixpence per week - revised scale and reversion from Fire Brigade duty
18 Aug 1920 advanced from 92 shillings and sixpence to 95 shillings per week
Notes:
Includes: dates of offences; type of crime committed; punishment and the age of offender; resignations and deaths; rewards (advancement) and commendations |