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Auction: 4004 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 159

Three: Sergeant J. Morton, Metropolitan Police Jubilee 1897 (P.C. G.Divn.), Coronation 1902 (P.C. G.Div.), Coronation 1911 (P.S.), all Police Issues, very fine, mounted as worn, with photograph of recipient in full dress uniform (3) Estimate £ 50-70 Sergeant Joseph William Morton, born 1866, Stratford, London; served R.W. Surrey Regiment; discharged 1893; joined Police Force, 'G' Division 1893; transferred 'M' Division 1904; transferred 'B' Division 1908 was, according to the family, present at the famous Siege of Sydney Street, and, again according to the family, he is one of the 99 people trying to squeeze into a photo next to Winston Churchill; resigned 'B' (Chelsea) Division 1919

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