Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. GVI issue (Sergt. Bernard. A. Graham)

Bristol Constabulary: Sergeant Bernard A. Graham, is confirmed as having been a long serving member of the Bristol Constabulary

Bristol Constabulary, also called Bristol City Police, was responsible for policing the city of Bristol in south-west England from its foundation in 1835 until 1974, when it was amalgamated under the Local Government Act 1972 with Somerset and Bath Constabulary and parts of the Gloucestershire Constabulary to form the Avon and Somerset Constabulary In 1945 the strength of the Bristol Constabulary mustered 814 x personnel. Unlike most city forces, the force was officially a constabulary (which name was given to 'County' police forces, as Bristol had the distinction of then being, a county as well as a city

Note: The recipient would also have qualified for a Defence Medal (un-named) for 3 years uniformed police service in Bristol between 1939-1942

Bernard Arthur Graham, son of Horace Meredith Graham (Police Inspector, Bristol Constabulary - promoted Inspector 9 September 1926, who served 1903-1928 lattery with 'A' Division) & Edith Harriet Graham (nee Beale), was a native of, Bristol, England, where he was born on, 8 October 1908. Like his father before him (his father died 'in service' in 1928), Bernard pursued a career as a Policeman, and joined the Bristol sometime prior to 1931. He is recorded as a 'Police Constable', when on, 14 November 1931, he married Edyth Frances Grant (born Barry, Wales, 1910) , at Bristol. The 1939 National Register for England & Wales records Bernard, as a 'Police Constable. Bristol', residing with his wife and two children (a daughter Bernardine Graham, and a son, Bruce M. Graham) at, 2 Camp Road. Bristol. After retiring from the Bristol Constabulary, with the rank of Sergeant, Bernard was employed through to the 1960's as a 'Police Clerk' with the force. Bernard, a widower, is recorded as having been residing at, Montrose, Pudding Pie Close, Langford, Avon, England, when he died on, 2 November 1978

Condition: About EF

Code: 22596