SEPTEMBER 2021

A request for information about the Bermuda Dockyard Police on the Old Bermuda: Our Island, Our History Facebook page prompted action on this subject which I had been considering for a while.

My article documents the background to the creation of the Lists of former members of the Bermuda Police Force.  Well into the process, I started to come across men who were listed as Dockyard Police. 

My research into the Dockyard Police has grown but I have yet to find out when the Bermuda Dockyard Police Force was officially formed.  I believe it was created out of a unit of Royal Marines which may initially have been the security detail for the Bermuda Dockyard but I have no formal proof of that.  It may be coincidence that the Dockyard Police Force wore the uniform of the Royal Marines, but with their own DPF insignia.   

The Dockyard Police Force was probably in existence before the mid 1880s as the Royal Gazette of 6th January 1885 carries a story of an author falling foul of a Dockyard Policemen when on a tour of the Dockyard when the author tried to make some written notes.  

The Royal Naval Dockyard formally closed on Saturday 31 March 1951.  The Dockyard Police remained in service until the Bermuda Government took over the site and policing the area became the responsibility of Bermuda Police Force.

Some of the Dockyard Policeman also served in the Bermuda Police Force and these men are highlighted in bold.  Perhaps the most famous was Commissioner of Police, Leroy Maxwell ‘Nobby’ Clarke QPM, CPM.

Whilst I continue my research, below is the List of Names and the service of the Dockyard Policemen I am aware of so far. I believe there was a Dockyard civilian jail, (completely separate from the Military Prison), which came under the command of the Dockyard Police Force Inspector, in similar fashion to the early Bermuda Police Force history. Several men seem to move between the ranks of Warden and Constable and I have included both here. 

Many of the names are taken from the Baptismal Records of the Dockyard Church, (Inspector Galloway had 12 children baptized there), and others from a photo dated ‘1947’.  This is why there are so many In Service (is) dates. 

I hope that if you are researching your family history that you find this useful.  There must be many more names to include in this List and I ask that if you know of any, or find any errors or omissions in the List, please email me the details at xbpoaresearch@gmail.com.

 

DOCKYARD POLICE FORCE  MEMBERS

Rank

Service #

Last Name

Suffix

First Name

Date Appointed

Date Separated

Died

DP Constable

 

Adcock

 

John Newton

11-May-1907

11-Apr-1933

9-Feb-1936

DP Constable

 

Adcock

 

John Thomas

is 16 Dec 1875

c Feb 1906

18-Mar-1918

DP Constable

 

Aitken

 

Thomas Douglas

c 1880

c 1898

c 7 Feb 1902

DP Sergeant

 

Attree

 

Albert Percy

is 1940

is 1947

6-Jun-1983

DP Constable

 

Barnes

 

William George

c 1930

15-Jul-1936

15-Jul-1936

DP Constable

 

Bashir

 

William

is 1914

   

DP Constable

 

Bates

 

William

c 1910

is 09 Dec 1923

5-Apr-1961

DP Warden

 

Baxter

 

James

is 31 Jul 1849

is 25 Jan 1852

 

DP Constable

 

Baxter

   

is 1915

is 1915

 

DP Warden

 

Bennett

 

William

is 05 Dec 1858

   

DP Sergeant

 

Blackwell

   

is 1905

is 1907

 

DP Inspector

 

Bromby

 

Charles Mark

c March 1940

is 1947

 

DP Warden

 

Burnett

 

John

is 02 Jul 1854

is 13 Jul 1862

 

DP Constable

 

Butcher

 

A

is 1924

   

DP Constable

 

Calavas

 

D

is 1947

   

DP Constable

 

Carlyle

 

B

is 1947

   

DP Constable

 

Clark

QPM, CPM

Leroy Maxwell

is 1950

c Apr 1950

13-Mar-1993

DP Warden

 

Clerk

 

John

is 01 Sep 1855

   

DP Constable

 

Cochrane

 

J

is 1947

   

DP Constable

 

Cook

 

William John

is 1909

c Sep 1913

 

DP Constable

 

Cowling

 

Harold Victor

is 1948

 

12-Jan-2013

DP Sergeant

 

Curnock

 

Albert Victor

is Jan 1947

is Nov 1952

 

DP Sergeant

 

Curnock

 

D

is 1947

   

DP Sergeant

 

Cuthbert

 

Charles Edward

is 1927

is 1948

17-Feb-1959

DP Sergeant

 

Cuthbert

 

Neil

is 1947

   

DP Warden

 

Dugard

 

Edward John

is 20 Dec 1896

   

DP Constable

 

Elliott

 

G

is Jul 1947

is Jul 1947

 

DP Sergeant

 

Fall

   

is 1921

   

DP Constable

 

Fisher

 

Roycel

     

DP Constable

 

Flood

 

Rudolph W

is 1947

   

DP Constable

 

Foreman

 

James Frederick

is 14 Nov 1894

is 1903

 

DP Constable

 

Foreman

   

is 1915

   

DP Warden

 

Fraser

 

John

is 24 Feb 1850

   

DP Constable

 

Frith

 

J

is 1947

   

DP Inspector

 

Galloway

M.C.P.

Richard

is 02 Nov 1885

23-May-1907

20-Jan-1919

DP Constable

 

Gilder

 

Terence Edward

is 1948

   

DP Constable

 

Grace

 

Alfred

is 16 May 1900

   

DP Warden

 

Harris

 

Charles

is 12 Jun 1873

   

DP Constable

 

Henderson

 

Robert James

is 19 Jan 1931

is 1947

25-Dec-1968

DP Warden

 

Hoare

 

Charles Edward

is 08 Oct 1896

   

DP Warden

 

Hookings

 

Henry

is 28 Nov 1872

is 21 Aug 1876

 

DP Constable

 

Hughes

 

J

is Jul 1947

is Jul 1947

 

DP Sergeant

 

Hughes

 

Jack

is 1908

   

DP Constable

 

Hughes

 

John

is 14 Jan 1925

   

DP Constable

 

Hughes

 

R

is 1933

   

DP Constable

 

Ingham

 

Robert Francis

is 19 Apr 1883

is 15 Mar 1888

 

DP Constable

 

Inns

 

John 

is 1924

   

DP Warden

 

Irvine

 

Arthur

is 05 Nov 1848

is 31 Jul 1853

 

DP Constable

 

Irvine

 

William

is 03 Mar 1881

is 14 Oct 1890

 

DP Warden

 

Jones

 

Joseph

is 30 Jul 1848

   

DP Constable

 

Kane

 

R

is 1947

   

DP Constable

 

King

 

F

is 1947

   

DP Constable

 

King

 

Robert Thomas Clifton

c 1914

12-Feb-1939

12-Feb-1939

DP Constable

 

Lewington

 

William John

is 21 July 1908

   

DP Constable

 

Llewellyn

 

 ??

is ??

   

DP Constable

 

Llewellyn

 

George Alexander

is 03 Feb 1901

   

DP Warden

 

Llewellyn

 

Thomas

is 28 Nov 1847

is 05 Sep 1858

 

DP Constable

 

Lune

   

is 1927

   

DP Constable

 

MacRonald

Roderick Dennison

c 1902

c Oct 1927

 

DP Warden

 

Massey

 

Thomas

is 17 Jun 1849

   

DP Warden

 

Massey

 

William

is 31 Mar 1849

   

DP Constable

 

McEwan

 

J

is 1947

   

DP Constable

 

McEwen

 

Charles

is 1943

   

DP Constable

 

McGinnes

 

P

is 1947

   

DP Constable

29

Moniz

 

Ernest

is 1947

   

DP Constable

 

Mountcastle

 

M

is Feb 1945

is 1947

 

DP Constable

 

Mullan

 

John Francis

is 1950

c 1950

31-Dec-2004

DP Constable

 

Munro

 

W

is 1927

   

DP Sergeant

 

Narramore

 

A

is 1947

c 1950

 

DP Constable

 

Nelmes

 

T

is 1947

   

DP Constable

 

Parker

 

John William

is 1911

is 31 Aug 1913

 

DP Constable

 

Perry

 

John

is Nov 1943

is 1947

 

DP Warden

 

Pickering

 

William

is 21 Nov 1869

is 04 May 1876

 

DP Warden

 

Pitman

 

John Joseph

is 04 May 1886

is 17 May 1888

 

DP Constable

 

Pitman

 

Robert Noel

c 1945

c Aug 1950

 

DP Warden

 

Pitman

 

Vincent Byron McWarren

is 6 May 1868

   

DP Constable

 

Porter

 

Charles

is 03 May 1908

is 01 May 1910

 

DP Sergeant

 

Powell ne Higgins

Harry formerly Henry P

is 1907

is 1908

 

DP Inspector

 

Powell ne Higgins

Harry formerly Henry P

c sep 1919

15-May-1928

 

DP Constable

 

Puzey

 

John

Is 31 Mar 1901

is 1911

 

DP Sergeant

 

Puzey

 

Joseph

 

c Aug 1922

 

DP Constable

 

Ray

 

James

is 26 Jul 1905

is 17 April 1912

 

DP Constable

 

Ray

 

T J

is 1928

   

DP Constable

 

Redman

 

Alfred Edward

is 25 Apr 1915

   

DP Constable

 

Rice

 

George Henry

is 03 Feb 1881

is 31 May 1889

 

DP Constable

 

Ryder

 

Leslie

c 1950

   

DP Constable

 

Sayers

 

xx

is 1935

   

DP Constable

 

Semos

 

??

     

DP Constable

 

Seston

 

Abraham

is 02 Jul 1906

is 15 Feb 1911

 

DP Constable

 

Silva

 

Ralph Gilbert DeCosta

is 1947

   

DP Constable

 

Smith

 

??

 

c Mar 1918

 

DP Constable

 

Smith

 

Henry Hinson

is 01 Sep 1881

c 1885

 

DP Constable

 

Spanswick

George

c 1919

c Dec 1947

 

DP Constable

 

Stevens

 

Alfred R

is 1933

is 1947

 

DP Constable

 

Stevens

 

R

is 1947

   

DP Constable

 

Taylor

 

Albert

is 1928

   

DP Constable

 

Taylor

 

B

is 1947

   

DP Constable

 

Taylor

   

c May 1918

   

DP Constable

 

Tite

   

c May 1918

   

DP Constable

 

Todd

 

Jesse

is 20 Mar 1901

   

DP Sergeant

 

Trew

 

James William

c Sep 1896

c Sep 1933

16-Feb-1958

DP Constable

 

Trew

 

Joseph Henry

3-Jan-1904

7-Aug-1937

c Jul 1947

DP Constable

 

Trew

 

Joseph Henry

8-Sep-1939

c Dec 1945

c Jul 1947

DP Sergeant

 

Trew

 

R

is 1918

is 1924

 

DP Warden

 

Trew

 

William Thomas

is 24 Nov 1872

is 08 May 1873

 

DP Warden

 

Tucker

 

Joseph Thomas

is 30 Sep 1875

is 04 Dec 1879

 

DP Constable

 

Twitcham

   

is 1927

   

DP Constable

 

Twitchen

 

Harry

is 1928

is 1929

 

DP Superintendent

Underwood

Charles

is Jul 1947

is Jul 1949

 

DP Constable

 

Viera

 

Joseph

is 1941

   

DP Constable

 

Wall

 

Sidney Ewart

is 07 May 1922

   

DP Inspector

 

Walter

 

W B

16-May-1928

c March 1940

 

DP Constable

 

Whitecross

 

Albert

is 03 Oct 1878

is 14 April 1895

 

DP Constable

 

Whittle

 

Robert 

is 1947

is 1947

 

DP Constable

 

Willis

 

Cecil Thomas

c 1950

 

3-Sep-1991

DP Constable

 

Woodmore

 

James

c 1921

c 1950

 

DP Sergeant

 

Woolgar

 

Arthur E

is 1929

is 1947

 

DP Constable

 

Young

 

Alfred

is 1947

   

DP Constable

 

Young

 

George William

is 23 Apr 1905

 25 May 1906

25 May 1906

DP Warden

 

Young

 

James Barrett

is 20 Oct 1893

   

DP Constable

 

Young

 

Robert William

is 1902

is 12 Nov 1914

c Sep 1944

DP Constable

 

Young

 

Vivian

is 1947

   

DP Constable

 

Young

 

William Clarke

is 07 Aug 1884

is 07 Dec 1894

 

 

           

Is = Known to be in service this date;  c = Date is approximate