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Auction: 5019 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 116

Pair: Constable A.E. Enticknap, Surrey Joint Police Force King´s Police Medal, G.VI.R., 1st ´Ind Imp´ Type, for Gallantry (Albert E. Enticknap. Constable. Surrey Joint Police); Defence Medal, good very fine (2) Estimate £ 650-700K.P.M. London Gazette 14.6.1945 ´About 1:20pm on the 14th September, 1944, a message was received at Walton Police Station that a man had broken into a house in Rydens Avenue. An Inspector, a Sergeant and two Constables, one of whom was P.C. Enticknap, immediately went to the scene of the occurrence. The Inspector posted one Constable at the back of the house and one in the front, the latter being joined by the Sergeant. The Inspector made two attempts to enter the house, but though he was able to get into rooms on the ground floor he found that the hall doors were locked. The man had already shown that he had a revolver and it seemed from the noise inside the house that he was barricading one of the upstairs rooms. The Inspector decided to go and get assistance from some soldiers who were nearby. Meanwhile the Sergeant went to the front door where there was a broken pane of glass and called to the man to come downstairs. He did so, pointing his revolver at the Sergeant. The officer dodged to the side and the man disappeared into one of the rooms at the back. It was then that P.C. Enticknap, who was posted at the back of the house, saw him through a window. The man pointed his revolver at the constable and he moved aside. The next thing that happened was that the Constable heard a window being opened at the other end of the house and saw the man running across the lawn. P.C. Enticknap immediately gave chase, shouting to the other officers, who followed him. The man jumped into the garden of the adjoining house, continuing to run for about 150 yards until he came to a hedge, where he stopped and turned round to face the Constable, pointing his revolver at him. Without hesitation the Constable closed with the man, who fell to the ground, dropping the revolver. By this time the other officers and the military had caught up and the thief was arrested.´

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