A Carmarthenshire interest Second World War 'Home Defence' and Police Long service medal pair: Constable Thomas Glyndwyr Beynon, Carmarthenshire Constabulary

- Defence Medal
- Police Long Service & Good Conduct Medal. GVI issue (Const Thomas G. Beynon)

Medals Verification: Medal rolls for the awards of the Defence Medal and Police Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, are not in the public domain as of 2026. However the general award criteria for each medal as would have applied to Police Constable Thomas G. Beynon was:

- Defence Medal: Awarded to British Police Forces for 3 years 'Home Service' in United Kingdom
- Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal: Awarded for 20 years unblemished police service 

Thomas Glyndwyr Beynon son, and only child of William Henry Thomas (recorded as a Coal Miner 'Hewer' in 1911 Census, and as a 'Tin-Plate Annealer' in the 1921 Census) and Margaretta Thomas (nee Jones) was a native of Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales, where he was born on, 10 December 1908. As a child growing-up, Thomas is recorded residing with his parents at, Pen-y-Wern, 69 Bigyn Road, Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales. On 8 May 1938, , P.C. Thomas G. Beynon married a widow, Olwyn Evans (maiden name Bowen) of the Furnace, Post Office. At the time of the compilation of the National Register for England & Wales in 1939, Thomas, recorded employed as a Police Constable, was living with his wife Olwen at their residence located at, Ardwyn, Llangendeirne, Carmarthenshire, Wales. Thomas Glyndwr Beynon of Belmont, 5 Bank Buildings, Llandeilo, Dyfed, is recorded to have died on 20 March 1981

The local Carmarthen newspapers of the 1930's to 1951 contain many mentions of, and some particular articles pertaining to Constable Beynon's police services - including high speed car chases - of which the below following sampler  published in 'The Welshman' issue of 23 June 1939, will provide a virtual 'whiff'' of the daily rigours of a rural Welsh Policeman in the 1930's:

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CARMARTHEN COUNTY PETTY SESSIONS

UNBURIED SHEEP CARCASE

Isaac Thomas, Torcoedfawr, Llangendeirne, was fined £1 for permitting a sheep's carcase to remain unburied, it being stated by P.C. T. G. Beynon, that the carcase was in an advanced state of decomposition. "One could smell it from the roadway and it was obvious that the dogs had been eating the carcase," added the constable.

Defendant said the sheep had been dead only a day when  the constable saw it. The sheep had been ill and he had attended it up to a day before it died.

The Chairman said he should have taken more interest in his sheep

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The medals mounted as-worn by the recipient in the swing-style. The original silk ribands suspended from a white-metal mounting bar that retains their fittings

Condition: About EF

Code: 26172