Thread: KINGS POLICE MEDAL 1926

Does anyone know how Roderick William MacDonald earned his Kings Police Medal and when?



He was an Army officer seconded to the Burma Police in 1904 and retired in 1932 by which time he was Inspector General of Police.



Where can I find information on the Burma Police?

Hello





Try www.timesoline.co.uk or www.london-gazette.co.uk. These are newspapers where this type of thing owuld be posted,



alternatively National Archives



Citations can be found at this link



http://www.policememorial.org.uk/Gal...wards-Roll.htm



You have some replies dated 01/03/2010 on the www.forum.Familyhistory.co.uk where you have also asked for this help!





Elsabels

Hi Bala



I have not yet been able to pinpoint the exact circumstances but the London Gazette of 31st December 1926, records the award of the King’s Police Medal to Lieutenant-Colonel Roderick William Macdonald, DSO., IA., Inspector General, Burma Police.



His entry from Whos Who may give you some additional info re: his career etc.



MACDONALD, Lt-Col Roderick William

CIE 1927; DSO 1916



Born 22 April 1881; died 7 May 1959; 3rd s of late Malcolm Neil Macdonald of Tormore, Sleat, Isle of Skye; m 1911, Hilda Gertrude Jones; one d (adopted)



Indian Army, retired; Apple Farmer



Education - Inverness College; RMC, Sandhurst



Career

36th Sikhs, 1900–08, when seconded to Burma Police; reverted to military duty with 36th Sikhs, etc., 1914–19; (Mesopotamia, 1916–18 (despatches, DSO); reverted to Burma Police, 1919; Commissioner of Police, Rangoon, 1921–23; Inspector-Gen. of Police, Burma 1923–32; retired 1932; re-employed in HM Army, Aug. 1939; Group Commander, Pioneer Corps; returned to civil life, 1941; 7th Essex Bn Home Guard. King’s Police Medal, 1926; Indian General Service Medal, Burma 1930–32 Clasp; Defence Medal and War Medal, 1939–45



Address

Lealane Wood, Great Braxted, Witham, Essex

Wickham Bishops 279

Hello Bala



Try tis site



http://glosters.tripod.com/burmamem1.htm



also books containing entry's for your ancestor

www.books.google.co.uk, as they are not on line you may be able to get them through your local libray!



nationalarchives.gov.uk and the local part A2A which advises on what is held at local repository's



Last but not least the local newspaper of the are he was born and lived in also an obituary possibly Times or D Telegraph



Try typing Burma police in the search line as well as the name!



Elsabels

Hi, Not sure if I can help at this time, but looking for decendants of this family. Are you one? I am a relation of his mother Louisa Ethel Wright. Would love to make contact.
Regards,
Headbutts

Originally Posted by Bala

Does anyone know how Roderick William MacDonald earned his Kings Police Medal and when?



He was an Army officer seconded to the Burma Police in 1904 and retired in 1932 by which time he was Inspector General of Police.



Where can I find information on the Burma Police?