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Re: The Curious Case of the Missing Policeman
« Reply #9 on: Monday 11 July 22 17:23 BST (UK) »
I have wondered for years if the use of "policeman" is significant. RIC personnel were almost invariably referred to as RIC..XYZ, or vice versa.  James Richard had two sets of cousins in Chicago, and policeman has a US feel to it (in 1917).
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