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William Tavendale at the Balhousie Castle ceremony. Last Wednesday (13/06/2018), Retired Sergeant William Tavendale received the Legion d’honneur from the French Consul General. See the HistoryBank article – Retired BTP officer receives the Legion d’honneur – for details. In 2014, French President Francois Hollande announced during the 70th anniversary commemoration . . . → Read More: Retired BTP officer receives the Legion d’honneur Hanover, 2009 A timely new entry in our Photo Gallery, with the Champions League Final featuring an English team today (Saturday 26/05/2018), Kay Clifforth shows us a clipping from December 2009, when she and Graham Naughton appeared in the BILD newspaper. Part of a BTP team sent to Hanover to escort Manchester United fans . . . → Read More: Champions League, 2009 Policing South Wales Docks – cover BTPHG Chairman, Viv Head, has returned to his roots to document the history of dock policing in South Wales. This new BTP related book is published today (15/05/2018). It is available from the publisher – Amberley Books, as well as Amazon, and all good . . . → Read More: Policing South Wales Docks- an Illustrated History Time for our annual reminder that in the ‘Pages’ column to the right of the screen we have a link called ‘Website Updates’. Unsurprisingly this links to the Website Updates page. If you are a regular visitor to the site it’s a handy page to look at to see what new articles . . . → Read More: Website Updates! BTP tree on ‘The Beat’ at the National Arboretum(July 2013) During a discussion this week at the BTP History Group A.G.M. there was mention made of the proposed UK Police Memorial, which will be on or in the vicinity of “The Beat” at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. In . . . → Read More: Roll(s) of Honour The advent of Social Media, and the embracing of Twitter by the BTP, has meant an exponential increase in the number of photographs available for us to see. Too many, if we are honest, for us to view and catalogue. But occasionally a real gem appears. And yesterday’s (Sunday 18th February 2018) tweet . . . → Read More: LPTBP Warrant Card
Our 2018 Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday 26th March at The Railway (formerly The Bright House), Public House, Hill Street, Birmingham, commencing at 12.30 hours. This venue is approximately five minutes’ walk from Birmingham New Street Station (map). A buffet will be . . . → Read More: Annual General Meeting 2018
A new promotional flyer for the History Group has been published. It is available as a glossy printed tri-fold leaflet or as a PDF download. For more information go to the Leaflet page. Superintendent Matthew Wratten, who led the operation to drive down theft on the London Underground and improve the service to victims has been recognised on the New Year Honours List. He has been awarded the Queen’s Police Medal (QPM) for Services to Policing. Supt Wratten joined BTP as . . . → Read More: New Year Honours 2018 A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all at the BTPHG 🎄 |
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