Hi all,
Thought it would be beneficial to note all things to do with Constable Simpson here. I'd like this to be a DNA/shawl free zone, so please, no mention on the M or S words, unless directly related to Simpson.
Firstly, here is the family recollection of Simpsons career.
"Amos Simpson was born in 1847 at Acton, Sudbury, Suffolk. He joined the Metropolitan Police in 1868 and was posted to Y Division (Kentish Town). In 1881 he was promoted to Acting Sergeant and in 1886 he was posted N Division (Islington). At its Southern point N Division is very close to the City boundary and Mitre Square. Simpson retired sometime around 1893 and he died on 10th April 1917 at Barrow Hill, Acton."
I'd like to point out that Simpson move from Y to N Division was not down to transfer in the traditional sense, but rather down to the divisional boundary changes of 1886, which saw Cheshunt PS move jurisdiction from Y to N division. Therefore Simpson went with it and became an N Division collar number.
This, I feel, explains his continual acting sergeant rank across Y and N, and points heavily, as Ed Stow has suggested elsewhere, that Simpson was predominantly based as Cheshunt PS, at the northern point of N Division, for most of his Met career.
The chances of him being located 'very close to the City and Mitre Square', seem remote.
Monty
Thought it would be beneficial to note all things to do with Constable Simpson here. I'd like this to be a DNA/shawl free zone, so please, no mention on the M or S words, unless directly related to Simpson.
Firstly, here is the family recollection of Simpsons career.
"Amos Simpson was born in 1847 at Acton, Sudbury, Suffolk. He joined the Metropolitan Police in 1868 and was posted to Y Division (Kentish Town). In 1881 he was promoted to Acting Sergeant and in 1886 he was posted N Division (Islington). At its Southern point N Division is very close to the City boundary and Mitre Square. Simpson retired sometime around 1893 and he died on 10th April 1917 at Barrow Hill, Acton."
I'd like to point out that Simpson move from Y to N Division was not down to transfer in the traditional sense, but rather down to the divisional boundary changes of 1886, which saw Cheshunt PS move jurisdiction from Y to N division. Therefore Simpson went with it and became an N Division collar number.
This, I feel, explains his continual acting sergeant rank across Y and N, and points heavily, as Ed Stow has suggested elsewhere, that Simpson was predominantly based as Cheshunt PS, at the northern point of N Division, for most of his Met career.
The chances of him being located 'very close to the City and Mitre Square', seem remote.
Monty
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