Met Police officer help

[robsal]

Hi, l wonder if sks could give me some advice as to how l can gather more info on a Alfred Charles(or Charles Alfred) TAPLIN who according to the 1911 census was a Met police officer, he was born Portsmouth c1882 and at time of 1911 census was living in St Pancras with wife Rosina and children.

Any help or guidance would be very much appreciated.

Kind regards

Robert

[charlotteCH]

Robert, are there Police archives? That would have info surely, if it exists.

charlotte

[mshrmh]

Robert - the National Archives have some Met Police items, but I think most is elsewhere. This is a link to TNA's page "Looking for records of an officer in the police force":
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/policeofficer.htm?WT.lp=rg-3120
There are further links on there to the Met's site, as well as to an in-depth guide.

There's also a podcast on TNA of a talk on this subject from June 2011. You can either play from the link or download:
http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts/metropolitan-police.htm

[Bilge]

Could this be your man?

TAPLIN, ALFRED CHARLES Gunner Royal Marine Artillery (RMR/IC/76). H.M.S "Good Hope." Born 25 April 1882 Date of Enlistment: 08 December 1899 Killed in action Date of Death: 01/11/1914 Service No: RMA/8564 Memorial Reference: 6. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

[Bilge]

There is also a listing for an assault on a police officer under the THE BLACK SHEEP INDEX

PC TAPLIN        Metro Y624       Assaulted        1901


worth following up the lead check out The Black Sheep Index. I cannot publish the link as rootschat is blocking it.

[robsal]

A big thank you for all your help with this one, it really is very much appreciated.

Kind regards

Robert

[robbo43]

Have a look at the Police Orders website, they have a database of Met. Police Officers. The Black Sheep reference indicates he was in Y Division and his collar number was Y624

http://www.policeorders.co.uk/

Robert