Following on from last month’s good news (below) about the intention to re-instate the presentation of the Keith Winter Cup, Project Manager Colin Sinclair has now completed an interim report on the history of the award.
This includes a full listing of recipients and the background to the award. There are, however, still some items that Colin could do some help with.
Please go to: Keith Winter Cup.
Colin Sinclair advises me that the Whitbread Shield part of his Project is almost complete. In the meantime he has prepared an extensive report from his endeavours so far.
See the update on the Whitbread Shield / Keith Winter Cup Project Profile page.
It comes complete with news of the Shield itself and a description of the merits that led to the granting of the awards.
For more information on other current BTPHG Projects go to the Projects page.
UPDATE: September 2012
And the good news is:-
I have just been advised by the Chief Constable’s Office that the Keith Winter Cup and the Whitbread Shield have been reunited at FHQ and that said office is working on a procedure to re-instate these awards for outstanding police work by a probationer and an established officer respectively. My personal thanks go to everybody who has helped to uncover these items, bring them into the daylight and back into the consciousness of the powers that be!In the meantime the Project continues on the remaining goals to achieved.
Colin Sinclair
We have made quite a few additions to the website in recent weeks.
In addition to our ‘Short Papers’ articles in the Police History section, we now have ‘Proceedings of the Old Bailey’ a series of historic transcripts from trials at the Central Criminal Court which have a connection to our subject. Additional transcripts will be added regularly over the next few months.
We have also begun posting extracts from our regular Newsletter – History Lines – and again, these will be added to on a regular basis.
Perhaps most fittingly, in early November, we have our second Roll of Honour. This time dedicated to Officers from the various Railway Police Forces who died serving their country in The Great War. This has been compiled by Committee Member and long time force historian Kevin Gordon and we are very grateful for his efforts.
Lastly there have been a couple of additions to the Photo Gallery.
Click this button to go to the Welcome to the BTP History Group page.
Interested in Joining? Click this button to go to the Membership page.
We have now have revamped the Projects webpage to identify the Project Manager for each Project.
This will enable people interested in a specific project to make contact directly.
UPDATE: February 2011
Just added new ‘Lifesaving and other Awards’ page. First table relates to Royal Humane Society Awards.
