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Superintendent Morgans, Bala, c.1914
  • On 4 April 1915, two German prisoners of war escaped from Dyffryn Aled, Llansannan, Denbighshire. They were recaptured near Llanbedr, Merionethshire, on 11 April. This photograph was taken outside Blaenau Ffestiniog Police Station and shows the handcuffed prisoners accompanied by members of the local police force. Following a military hearing at Chester, the two German officers were sent to prison for 28 days.
Two German prisoners of war and local policemen outside Blaenau Ffestiniog Police Station, 1915
P. C. Oliver Cromwell Davies on duty at Fron-goch Prisoner of War Camp, 1914-18
  • David Lloyd George borrowed this policeman's helmet and whistle from Constable William Thomas in order to escape from the crowd following a public meeting at Birmingham on 18 December 1901. Lloyd George had made a speech against the Boer War when the crowd turned against him, forcing him to make a hasty exit disguised as a policeman.
Policeman's helmet and whistle worn by David Lloyd George in 1901
  • The impressive entourage of carriage and escort ready to convey the judge from the Castle Hotel in Brecon to the county Assize Court at the Shire Hall.
Carriage and escort for the Assize Court judge, Brecon, c. 1895
  • An escort of police and trumpeters for the Assize Court judge, returning by limousine from the Shire Hall to his lodgings in Brecon in the 1930s.
Escort for the Assize Court Judge at Brecon, 1930s