City Police - South Division

City Police South Division at Wollaton HallA splendid photo of the officers (and horses!)of Nottingham City Police (Southern Division) taken at Wollaton Hall.

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The mounted officers are left to right:-

PC 137 Jack Terry,MM( awarded after an abortive raid against Rommel's desert HQ ) when his senior officer Captain Geoffrey Keys was killed. Jack made his way back through the desert alone for nearly a month.
PC Oliver( nothing further known)
PC Sidney Godfrey and PC Chester Booth, who later became a sergeant on the mounted section.

 

Nottscops on Horses