Bristol City Police. Good Service Medal. Officially engraved (Con. J. Wigmore.)

The medal sold together with:

- Plush hinged leatherette case of issue. This with fitted recess and interior silk panel. The case a/f

The Bristol City Police Good Service Medal was instituted in 1926, and was awarded for 17 years service without default. Dated bars were, where awarded for each subsequent 5 x years of qualifying unblemished service. The medal was awarded through to June 1951, after which the national Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal was awarded to qualifying members of the force

Reference 'A Guide Medal & Awards to British Police by Local Authorities of the United Kingdom (David Picton-King, 2020) it is estimated that only 610 x medals were issued as under:

- No clasp medals: x 112
- One clasp medals: x 359
- Two clasp medals: x 105
- Three clasp medals: x 23
- Four clasp medals: x 11

Local uniform regulations of the Bristol City Police Force allowed for the medal to be worn on the left breast of the recipient's tunic

The recipient James Wigmore son of George Wigmore (a General Labourer) & Ann Wigmore (nee Merrick) was a native of, Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire, England, where he was born in 1877. James was serving with the Bristol City Police Force from circa 1901 (his marriage certificate issued on 9 September 1901) shows him as a serving Police Constable). At the time of the compilation of the 1911 National Census for England and Wales, James is recorded therein as a Police Constable, residing with his wife 'Minnie' Wigmore (nee Croom) and 5 x children at 18 Clarence Place, Cotham, Bristol. By the time of the 1921 Census, James Wigmore is still recorded as a 'Police Constable', and now living with his wife and family at, 1 Shrubbery Cottages, Redland, Bristol, his place of work given as Bridewell Street, Bristol - this the location of the Police Station. James Wigmore is recorded to have died at Bristol, England on, 24 February 1932

Condition: Toned about EF

Code: 25163