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Auction: 21003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 569

Pair: Police Constable G. Mockford, Metropolitan Police

Coronation 1902, bronze (P.C. G. Mockford. H. Div.); Coronation 1911 (P.C. G. Mockford.), edge nicks, good very fine (2)

George Henry Mockford was born in Worthing, Sussex, on 29 January 1877, and joined the Metropolitan Police at Scotland Yard on 6 June 1898. Posted to ‘H’ (Whitechapel) Division, Mockford took into custody Peter Miller, who had on 2 February 1901 drawn a knife and stabbed thrice a man on Bureau Street. Mockford transferred to ‘J’ (Bethnal Green) Division on 21 February 1905, and retired on 10 June 1923, after 25 years and 5 days’ service; sold together with copied research.

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£100

Starting price
£20