Place    From 1907  To 1934

First police training school

Categories: Armed Forces, Education

The first organised training school was opened in 1907 at Peel House in Regency Street, Pimlico. Officer recruits undertook a four-week training course before being posted to their beat. Moved to Hendon.
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First police training school

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First Peelers training school

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Major General Charles George Gordon

Major General Charles George Gordon

Army officer. Made his military reputation in China. Achieved lasting fame through his death at the siege of Khartoum. His name, and his marching band (which performs annually at the Whitehall sta...

Person, Armed Forces, China/Hong Kong, Sudan

4 memorials
W. H. Warner

W. H. Warner

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
F. Richards

F. Richards

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Flying Officer Herbert Harry Kirby, D.F.C.

Flying Officer Herbert Harry Kirby, D.F.C.

Herbert Harry Kirby was born on 20 March 1916 in Battersea, London, a son of Alfred Kirby (1886-1978) and Ann Elizabeth Kirby, née Seatry (1886-1981). His birth was registered in the 2nd quarter of...

Person, Armed Forces, Scotland

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Brigadier-General Sir George Henry Gater, GCMG, KCB, DSO & Bar, JP

Brigadier-General Sir George Henry Gater, GCMG, KCB, DSO & Bar, JP

Army officer and civil servant. Trained as a teacher. Moved to London in 1924, and became Director of Education at the LCC. 1933 became Clerk to the LCC. He advocated the development of Bloomsbury ...

Person, Armed Forces, Education, Politics & Administration

1 memorial