Police Records Inverness-shire

[johnr]

Thank Davie , For the reply, on Hugh Ramsay Wife Jane Anne Macmillan. Shepherd, Policeman that is him alright / Father John Ramsay& Mother Marjory Fraser[Kilmorack Inverness] My G Great Father  I know he was in the Isles of Skye Ar madale Castle as A few of his children where born there, and then he is Down in Angus as a Railway Policeman on the Census  with his family , then a tram car driver in Glasgow. The other Ramsay Is a James Ramsay Cousin of Hugh! Wife Elizabeth McGruer Kirkhill Inverness , Left for Stevenston Ayrshire , was a Police Sarg! there , retired ran a Grocers, in Stevenston . Some of th his Children Born Inverness and the rest Stevenston . P.S. Was my Direct Relation Hugh Ramsay A bad Boy or something !! As that is Hugh James Ramsay alright he lived till the 1919 Camlachie Glasgow! Ie . Thank-you again, I am pleased with your reply ! Cheers and all the best, John

[conner395]

Was my Direct Relation Hugh Ramsay A bad Boy or something !! As that is Hugh James Ramsay alright he lived till the 1919 Camlachie Glasgow! Ie . Thank-you again, I am pleased with your reply ! Cheers and all the best, John

Well if they are indeed diferent persons, then it may be that James suggested Hugh, or Hugh was aware of James leaving and made contact ASAP with Chief Constable Murray to seek to fill the vacancy.

As for the "cap in hand" bit, I wondered if they were the same person. Had they been, then going to ask for job back would require a lot of humble pie - but does not apply since, as you say, it was different folk.

Hugh could not have been much of a "bad boy" if he got taken on as Railway Policeman - would have had to mention his previous service, and CC Murray would surely have been asked for a reference. Can't blame him for not staying as Railway Policeman back then - it was likely policing for new line under construction (especially the navvy camps and escorting pay cash), and that would have been hard and dangerous work.

What a wealth of experiences he must have had - from quiet rural Skye, through the rail construction in Angus to the hussle  and bussle of Glesca.

Glad to be of assistance.

[conner395]

hello conner395, i saw your posts above and wondered if you could give me any info on the following photo.  it featured in my great granny's (Betsy (MacLeod) MacRae) collection.  i have no clues as to who this chap is.  clearly marked is number 28 on his collar, and i'm presuming its a policeman's uniform?  the imprint of the photographers name reads  The Elite Studio, 25 Bridge Street, Inverness.

Hope you can help :-)

Better late than never - Identification of the Constable #28 whose photo appears on page 1 of this thread:

It rather looks as though the officer depicted is PC Ewen Cameron, who joined the Burgh Force, aged 20, on 29/11/1921 after previous employment as a ghillie. His place of birth is given as Sleat (Skye) but is it recorded he was the son of Police Pensioner Ewen Cameron, Glenelg.

PC Cameron (senior) was a native of Glenelg who joined the Inverness-shire Constabulary on 3/3/1883 after 18 months previous service in Glasgow City Police. After his first two years in Lochaber, the remiander of PC Cameron (senior)'s service was spentl entirely within the Isle of Skye - Carbost (twice), Portree, Staffin, Colbost, Uig and Isleornsay (twice)(son born in his first stint there). Cameron (senior) retired to Glenelg from his last posting at Isleornsay (Sleat) on 10/5/1917.

PC Cameron (junior) in the Inverness Burgh Police was promoted Sergeant 5/9/38; Inspector 5/12/39; and appointed Deputy Chief Constable (still in Inspector rank) on 10/4/50. He retired on 1/7/1955 aged 54, or more likely 55.

The two group shots of the successful Burgh Police Tug-of-War team in 1923 show PC Ewen Cameron, and the one in uniform shows his collar number as "twenty-something".
see: https://www.flickr.com/photos/conner395/8558793084