Lot 191
H Division – Whitechapel 1888
At Sea, On Land & In The Air | M24003
Auction: 24 September 2024 at 18:30 BST
Description
A Police Pair awarded to Police Constable Francis Symonds, H Division – Whitechapel who served in 1888 at the time of the Whitechapel Murders, comprising, Jubilee (Police) Medal 1887, (PC, F. Symonds. H. Divn), Coronation (Police) Medal 1902, in Bronze, (P.C. F. Symonds. X Div.), lightly toned very fine (2)
Police Constable Francis Symonds Warrant Number 54716 joined H Division in 1871 and left on the 11th of May 1892. His name appears in the list of H Division personnel in “The Case Book of Jack The Ripper”
Sold with a “The Metropolitan” Patent Whistle
Please see Baldwin's film of the life of PC Francis Symonds at www.casebook.org/dissertations/h-division-personnel.html
