Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, GV 1st issue with 3 x further service clasps 'The Great War 1914-18', 'Long Service 1929' & 'Long Service 1939' (Herbert W. Flintoft)

Confirmed that the recipient served as a Special Constable with the Northumberland (Wallsend) Constabulary

Herbert Wilson Flintoft son of William Flinitof (a Mason) and Martha Flintoft (nee Walker) was a native of Lastingham, Yorkshire, England, where he was born on 9 September 1874. Herbert, a Yorkshireman had relocated to Wallsend, Northumberland sometime prior to 1901, as he is recorded living in Wallsend, employed as a 'Clothier' in the 1901 National Census. By the time of the 1939 National Register for England & Wales, Herbert is described as a Sports Goods Retailer - and shown as a serving 'Special Constable - residing with his wife, Mary Jane Flintoft, and their daughter, Bertha Flintoft (a Dancing Teacher) at their residence located at, 14 Park View, Wallsend, Northumberland, England. Herbert is confirmed to have died in Northumberland, England, on 3 September 1951

Condition: GVF

Code: 24464