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Hello Caroline,

I have had a quick look in the records that I have. I can find a Joseph Henry Parslow who joined the Force on January 5th, 1857 and who resigned July 9th, 1881. He left with a pension record MEPO 21/15 pension reference 5440. It lists him as being born on 12 September 1833. I have the Alphabetical Register Of Joiner page for him - Page 396 and click on actions -> view all sizes.

Hopefully that helps with the start of your research.

Yours, BarnabyP

Hello howe02,

Sorry I haven't answered until now. Unfortunately there is a gap in the main joining records from Apr. 1857 and Feb. 1869 and the Registers of Leavers didn't start until 1889. The only thing that I can think of is to look in MEPO 7, which are the Police Orders or try the Metropolitan Police Historical Collection.

Hope that helps, BarnabyP 

Hello Jane Medcalf,

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you.

From advice I have read elsewhere, your best bet may be to try the Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies or the Hertfordshire Constabulary.

Hope that helps, BarnabyP

Hello kesannah,

I'm not sure that with the records that I have I can be very helpful. The divisional number of 188K is the number that officers were issued when working within a division, in this case division K. Unfortunately these numbers weren't unique to a person, so when officer 188 moved to another division the next officer would inherit this number and so on.

Also I have had a look for a Joseph Watson and can't find him in the Registers of Leavers  - which only go as far as 1947. I've had a quick look on the Alphabetical Registers of Joiners and couldn't see a Joseph Watson in there either - it covered 1911 to 1933. Is it possible that he served in the City of London Police?

The best thing I can recommend is to contact The Met Collection (email on the linked page) and see if they can do a look-up in their records - as they have some which cover officers who joined later in the 1900s and have more records indexed. If you know when the officer with 188K served that should help narrow it down for them.

Sorry I can't be of more help , BarnabyP

Hello Sandiep,

I think your best bet might be The Met Collection. I believe they have some records from after the 1940s - which is the point to which the Registers of Leavers go - that they can search for you. If you click on the link it will take you to their webpage, where you can get their phone number, email address and physical address. If they can find a date when your officer left the force there might also be a pension record at the National Archives.

They also have a nice little museum over there - where you could talk directly to the staff about the history of the Met.

Hope that helps.

Regards, BarnabyP