Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Police Constable J. Bell, 2nd (H.M. Dockyard Portsmouth) Division, Metropolitan Police

Jubilee 1897, Metropolitan Police, bronze (P.C. J. Bell. 2nd. Divn.); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police, bronze (P.C. J. Bell. 2nd. Div.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C. J. Bell.) mounted as worn, very fine (3) £80-£120

James Bell was born in Botley, Hampshire, on 8 January 1874 and joined the Metropolitan Police on 11 February 1895, being posted to the 2nd (Portsmouth) Division. He retired to pension on 14 February 1921

Note: From 1860 to 1922, the Metropolitan Police were responsible for policing Woolwich Arsenal (1st Division), as well as H.M. Dockyards Portsmouth (2nd Division), Devonport (3rd Division), Chatham (4th Division), Pembroke (5th Division), and, from 1916, Rosyth (6th Division).

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