D/Sgt 1932 15.6.1933 Sub Insp 1938 Inspector 1.9.1939 Awarded Col Police Long Service Medal 1941 Div Inspector Water Police Interned(see Wright-Nooth) 1.9.1945 Acting Asst Supt 1949 Director of Criminal Investigation
Retired 1951, became Civil Defence Organizer,Guildford,Surrey,UK
Prisons were then under the Capt Supt of Police and the junior officers (constables) were interchangeable,similarly with the Fire Services.A man usually served for 3 years and then reverted.This practice ceased as the other departments developed in strength and administration and eventually became independant.
Born Hartmere,Ipswich Suffolk.Departed UK along with a large number of other recruits,not by the usual route through the Med but to St John's ,Newfoundland and then presumably by rail to the west coast and on to HK across the Pacific.
As Sgt A 31 he was Commended for his part in the seizure of a large quantity of Dangerous Drugs in Western..Married Miriam Cottle in 1959 and died in the Ipswich area in mid 1959, aged 81.
Appears in a group photograph taken at his retirement from the Force in 1949,photograph offered for sale on E-Bay, " see Hong Kong Police,Collectables " etc.
The maths do not add up here, 1314. You state that he died in the Ipswich area in mid-1959, aged 81. Yet his d.o.b. is given as 1898, which would make him only 61. Is this a typo regarding either his age at death or the year of his death?
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L R Whant
Louis Rampling Whant b 10.4.1898
Apptd Warder HK 14.3.1921 PC 23.9.1922
D/Sgt 1932 15.6.1933 Sub Insp 1938 Inspector 1.9.1939 Awarded Col Police Long Service Medal 1941 Div Inspector Water Police Interned(see Wright-Nooth) 1.9.1945 Acting Asst Supt 1949 Director of Criminal Investigation
Retired 1951, became Civil Defence Organizer,Guildford,Surrey,UK
re: L R Whant
Thanks for the extra detail - I've updated his record.
Does your first note "Apptd Warder" mean he started off as a Prison Officer, and then moved across to the Police?
Regards, David
L R Whant
Prisons were then under the Capt Supt of Police and the junior officers (constables) were interchangeable,similarly with the Fire Services.A man usually served for 3 years and then reverted.This practice ceased as the other departments developed in strength and administration and eventually became independant.
L R Whant
Born Hartmere,Ipswich Suffolk.Departed UK along with a large number of other recruits,not by the usual route through the Med but to St John's ,Newfoundland and then presumably by rail to the west coast and on to HK across the Pacific.
As Sgt A 31 he was Commended for his part in the seizure of a large quantity of Dangerous Drugs in Western..Married Miriam Cottle in 1959 and died in the Ipswich area in mid 1959, aged 81.
Thanks for the extra
Thanks for the extra information,
Regards, David
L R Whant
Appears in a group photograph taken at his retirement from the Force in 1949,photograph offered for sale on E-Bay, " see Hong Kong Police,Collectables " etc.
Whant's age
The maths do not add up here, 1314. You state that he died in the Ipswich area in mid-1959, aged 81. Yet his d.o.b. is given as 1898, which would make him only 61. Is this a typo regarding either his age at death or the year of his death?
Thank you for clarification.
Whant
Typo