Palestine Police Badge 1920's-1940's
Today we found a newspaper clipping containing the death notices for
Maria Teeney who died 16th October 1945 at 33 Oregon Street, Belfast.
One of the death notices was from her brother Robert Morrow,
276 Alliance Avenue, Belfast. On his notice it is mentioned that
his occupation is “Palestine Police”.
I have contacted the Palestine Police Old Comrades Association
in the hope of getting some information on Robert and his role with the
Palestine Police. I will also be searching the National Archives online.
NEWS JUST IN!!!
Robert Morrow served with the Palestine Police
stationed at Latrun Detention Camp as British Constable 3784
from 09/07/1944 to 14/01/1947
on which date he was medically discharged from the Force.
His last known address was Sandown, Isle of Wight.
No other information is available at this time.
Information kindly provided by:
Graham Jenkins, Ex Palestine Police.
For background information on the Palestine Police
you can check out the links to these websites:
- Palestine Police Old Comrades Association
- Wikipedia Information on the Palestine Police
- Flags of the Palestine Police Force
- Middle East Centre Archive – British Mandate Palestine Police
Oral History Project at St. Antony’s College, Oxford - http://www.lawrencemcdonald.us/
The Tegart Fort at Latrun, Israel where Robert was stationed at
New information has been passed to me including service information, photo and further leads. (Thanks Sean!) I will post these up asap.
I have just been searching the Canadian Immigration Records for 1925-1935 and think I may have found William James Best’s record of landing.
Canadian Immigration Records (1925-1935)
Surname: Best
Given Name: William James
Age: 26
Sex: M
Nationality: Ir
Date of Arrival: 1928/08/05 (YYYY/MM/DD)
Port of Arrival: Quebec
Ship: ATHENIA, Anchor Donaldson
Reference: RG76 – IMMIGRATION, series C-1-a
Volume: 1928 volume 17
Page Number: 228
Microfilm reel: T-14746
Note: Due to the poor legibility of the original indexes, some information in this database may be incorrect and/or incomplete.
Source: FINDI76-609488
S.S. ATHENIA INFO
Two 13000grt replacements for war losses were delivered in 1923/24, becoming Athenia (2) and Letitia (2). These ships were similar to Cunard’s 13000grt A-Class. In 1935, Anchor Line went into voluntary liquidation, and Donaldson acquired their half of Anchor-Donaldson. The passenger route was renamed the Donaldson Atlantic Line. Athenia (2) was lost during the Second World War, being the first British merchant ship to be sunk by a U-Boat on 1st September 1939.
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