| Description | Name and rank: Richard Keal
Date joined: 13 Oct 1883
Age: 29 years
Warrant number: 1873
Offences and punishment:
7 Dec 1883 being drunk when off duty in uniform at 8.10pm [on the] 6th inst, fined 1 days pay and reprimanded by the Chief Constable
28 Apr 1884 being drunk when on duty on the Railway Dock, Sunday 4.45pm [on the ] 27th inst, fined 1 weeks pay by the Watch Committee
26 Nov 1885 being worse for drink and unfit for duty when on duty at 10.15pm [on the] 24th Nov 1885, fined 1 weeks pay by the Watch Committee
18 Feb 1888 absenting himself from B Sub-Division during the afternoon of the 18th inst also being worse for drink when he returned at 5.30pm, reprimanded and fined 1 days pay by the Chief Constable
25 Aug 1888 using insubordinate language to Inspector Elliott and refusing to obey orders at 8.15pm on the 24th inst, severely reprimanded and fined 5 shillings by the Chief Constable
30 Oct 1890 leaving the Division (Fire Station) without permission and using insubordinate language to Superintendent Elliott at 8pm on the 30th, severely reprimanded and fined 2 days pay by the Chief Constable
5 Nov 1893 being absent from the 9am parade and remaining absent till 10.40am and when visited at his lodgings was found washing the bar floor of the public house at Chesterfield while on strike duty, severely reprimanded and fined 2 days pay by the Chief Constable and informed that the next time a serious charge is proved against him he will be taken before the Watch Committee and dismissal recommended
Rewards and commendations:
13 Apr 1884 advanced from 4th Class @ 24 shillings to 3rd Class @ 25 shillings
11 Oct 1885 advanced from 3rd Class @ 25 shillings to 2nd Class @ 26 shillings
9 Oct 1887 advanced from 2nd Class @ 26 shillings to 1st Class @ 27 shillings
5 Jun 1890 advanced from 27 shillings to 28 shillings per week
2 Oct 1892 advanced from 2nd Class to 1st Class
23 Oct 1895 advanced from 1st Class to Service Class
17 Nov 1898 advanced from 30 shillings to 31 shillings per week
8 Feb 1899 advanced from 35 shillings to 36 shillings per week
23 Aug 1899 1 shilling transferred to the allowance column
17 Oct 1900 advanced from 36 shillings to 38 shillings per week
2 Dec 1903 advanced from 38 shillings to 40 shillings per week - Fire Brigade minutes
1 May 1909 superannuated
Notes:
[In reference to the entries under "Rewards and commendations" in 1890 there was an extension to the number of classes Constables could be designated as, going from four classes to six, therefore the previous designation of 1st Class became 3rd Class etc]
Includes: dates of offences; type of crime committed; punishment and the age of offender; resignations and deaths; rewards (advancement) and commendations |