Police War Reserves
Courtesy of: Stephen Morse. Uploaded: Apr 2009
Police War Reserves
Row 3: (at back) 1,2 George Bartlett, 3,4,5,6.
Row 2: (all standing) 1 Harry Price, 2, 3 (standing bejind), 4,5, 6 George Trotman (in glasses), 7 Alfred Crabbe, 8,9,10,11
Row 1: (all sitting) 1,2,3,4,5,6 Albert Morse,7,8,9.
Stephen wrote: "My dad, Albert Morse, was a miner, but during WW2 he joined the Police War Reserves, in charge of the "Dump" near Lydney Docks. He is shown 4th from the right on the bottom row, but I have no more names. It seems that dad thought the picture was taken 'when they were disbanded in 1944', but I have his P60 tax certificate at 5th April 1945 from the Gloucestershire Constabulary which suggests that he was still employed by them at that date".
Roy Trotman added: "... My father George Trotman ... was injured when helping to demolish a building in the Lydney Trading Estate to get bricks to enable them to build the police club at the rear of Lydney Police Station. Another policeman with them was killed in the same accident".
Thanks also to Wendy Benstead, Tony Preest and Jim Bartlett.
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