House Numbering at Newham (General)

by peteressex , Friday, August 24, 2018, 12:14 (2283 days ago) @ RogerrGriffiths

As a point of family history interest, Roger, I wonder if you have ever heard any suggestion that Thomas Griffiths came across my grandfather William Frank Essex during his service in the Metropolitan Police. He became a Chief Inspector and was variously stationed (to the best of my recollection) at Brixton, Kennington, Golders Green and Finchley. He served 1911-1938. He was born in Cheltenham 1888, but soon moved to Lydney where he was married in 1913 and retired back to in 1946, dying there in 1961. He was the brother-in-law of Arthur Sterrey of Station Cottage, Newnham, mentioned earlier in this thread. Lydney actually produced another senior Metropolitan Police officer in that era in the form of Bob Sterry who ended up as Chief Superintendent at Uxbridge. Somewhere, I have seen a poster that was up in the Forest of Dean advertising opportunities in the police in London. It obviously worked!