Special Constable - Reigate
Item
Title
Special Constable - Reigate
Who?
Walter James Garland
Item(s)
1 x Reigate Watch Certificate of Service
1 x Medical Exemption Card
1 x Special Constabulary Button
1 x Faithful Service Medal
1 x Wooden Truncheon (the strap fell off when it was played with after the war)
1 x Medical Exemption Card
1 x Special Constabulary Button
1 x Faithful Service Medal
1 x Wooden Truncheon (the strap fell off when it was played with after the war)
Story
Walter was too ill to serve, so he joined the Special Constabulary in Reigate. He carried a Medical Board Stamped Exception form to stop people asking him why he hadn't joined up. Walter worked as a printer before the war. He was born in Reigate in 1886 and died in 1944.
When?
1914-18
Where?
Reigate
Contributor
Peter Marshall Sturge (Grandson of Walter)
Collection Day
4th May 2019, Dorking Museum
This item was submitted on July 16, 2019