Honouring Police Officers who died in Service

After a long and industrious Summer, the volunteers have continued to work hard on various tasks mentioned in the previous newsletter.

We have been particularly preoccupied with the search to trace the family of Herbert Hall, the last serving member of Gloucestershire Constabulary to be killed during World War ll. This is his picture and we are waiting for a higher resolution copy to use at our Remembrance event to be held at Police Headquarters in November. 

We are planning to share his full story on our website https://gloucestershirepolicearchives.org.uk/ shortly. We have continued to research past police officers as earlier this month, Gloucestershire Constabulary held a memorial service for all those officers and Police personnel who died on active duty between 1839 and 2025. This was a very poignant event for all those who attended. 

Over the next few months we will all be working away on our research including (we hope) a collaboration with the Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum. While doing that we will still be in the office to answer your queries and plan our talks and events for next year. 

If you have any police related photographs we are always happy to receive Jpegs via gloucestershirepolicearchives@gmail.com and queries can also be sent to the same email address. We are also able to scan photographs in our office at the Heritage Hub.  The Police Archive Office is usually open Monday to Wednesday until 2.30pm but it is worth checking before you make a visit , as we do go out and about quite often.