2nd Class Constable 448, Frederick George Dunham. Fred was a native of Skillingthorpe, a Railway Servant and single, employed by the G. C. Railway Company, when he joined the Derbyshire Police aged 21 years46 on June 2nd 1913 whilst living at Old Hall, Upper Langwith near Mansfield. For the first year of his service he was stationed at Spondon, on the outskirts of Derby, where he dealt with a number of incidents including a lady’s attempted suicide by drinking chloroform and quite a high profile alleged offence of dangerous driving and assault by Captain Drury-Lowe’s chauffeur on a girl on Nottingham Road. In July 1914 he was transferred to the spa town of Buxton where he was serving when he was permitted to resign from the force on May 31st 1915 to enlist into the 2/6th Btn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment) The Battalion served in Ireland during 1916 helping to quell the uprising and embarked from Fovant on 12th January 1917 arriving at Boulogne, France on February 25th. Corporal Dunham (Service No. 26776) was killed in action on 30th November 1917. His name is remembered on Panel 8. Cambrai Memorial, Louverval.

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