History: Table of Contents

• The Thames Police - by Dick Paterson
1. Origins of the Thames Police
2. The Police Establishment
3. Government Sponsorship - From private to public domain
4. 1900 To WW2
5. WW2 To Present Day
• Thames Magistrates Court
1. The Early History of Thames Magistrates' Court by Stanley French
• History of Patrick Colquhoun Launches - by PC Bob Jeffries & PC John "Joz" Joslin (ret.)
1. WWII Veterans
2. The Green Parrots
3. The "Silver Role"
• The Princess Alice Disaster - PC John “Joz” Joslin (ret.)
1. 'It begs the question'.
2. 'When two lights you see ahead, starboard wheel and show your red'.
3. 'Green to green or red to red, perfectly safe to go ahead'.
4. 'The vessels collide'.
5. 'Thames Division officer on board'.
6. 'Amazing escapes'.
7. 'Crowds gather at scene'.
8. 'Old nuisance in attendance'.
9. 'The Recovery continues'.
10. 'Mass burials'.
11. 'Officials examinine the scene'.
12. 'Inquest findings'.
13. 'A Catastrophe'.
14. 'The Memorial'.
• The Wapping Coal Riot of October 1798 - by PC Bob Jeffries
1. Lead up to the riot.
2. Death in the High Street
3. Hyperlink to the Old Bailey trial site
• The Ratcliffe Highway Murders of December 1811 - by PC Bob Jeffries
1. The murders begin.
2. Panic spreads.
3. Harriott takes control.
4. A suspect is arrested.
5. A verdict is reached.
6. The grizly procession.
7. Did others escape justice?.
8. Was Williams the eighth victim?
9. Bibliography.
• Other
1. Kentish Independent Court Report. The trial of Inspector John Henry Hambrook - Saturday May 15th 1858

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