Wow, very interesting website, thanks !

http://www.gloucestershirepolicemuseum.co.uk/page_2346438.html

This prior thread mentions it plus an apparently excellent book too.

http://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=27152

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UPDATE 2018. The site has been revamped, the new link to Samuel Beard etc is here
http://gloucestershirepolicearchives.org.uk/content/finding-your-police-ancestors/lost-...