Coll 30/210(2) 'Bahrein Oil: Employment of U.S.Provost Personnel for Control of American labour.' [‎87r] (175/1013)

Ap jlioation and ggallflcatlopa of aalsctod qanaiiatg
Tos Inspector A«CJ*w®boxn#
I r?3|JOotfuUy beg to report that with refererk^ to Crd«r llo*2V^5
dated ?4tiu, iebr'uaiy, l%p f dirooting attention to BM Cffloe Circular
to. 55/45 cieted ebruary, 1945, regarding vacancies in r 3m
Bahrein tate . olioe to^ti er with oonditicm of ^rvioe.
In logerdanoe with penatasiao granted to zm by Thm Chief Constable
end H» lolloe Authority, X beg to oabnit herewith :-*y ap.ilioetion for the
ooneidentlcn of Ihe wier eoretaxy o* tate, Hodb Office, idiitehell, '.W.l.
I was bom at ?orfar, iootlaad, on 25ttu, August 1912, of riti^i
parents.
I ess educated at zmnerous aohoola the result of y father being a
soldier and t-oveliing a great deal. X attended Far-far cadet y Infant
School aikl ttnn Junior diools in Ireland and India. I returned fraa
TwAiA to attend Prissjy School at Forfar Aoadeny, ootland and wiion
fourteen rejoined qy parents in Bunas and tiiere attended an /insy chool.
I enlisted in the 2nd., Battalion The ueen Y s Own Caneror; tHollanders
on 16th., August, 1927, as a bey and continued to attend school in the
Arcy until eighteen years of age* X poaaess an lirst Claes
Certificate of education. During yr «sy 'ervioe I ans &vloyed in
Ihe uairter aster’s 'epart^ent and Hie Orderly ! '*oorj. hlXst still a bc^,'
I was ointod an E.O.C. i/o of the Dqys of the battalion. Cn attaining
\rny isMbood (18 years), I did uy recruits• training and was appointed
Banco Corporal. I was a First Class rifle, Jtevolver and owis Gun
shot. I represented ny Battalion in \thletics and was onoe elected
resarve to represent the Any. I was given the opportunity to attend c
tyal Military College, ^anihurst, but declined for financial reasons.
I purchased ay discharge on 17th., /pill, 1932, trying obtained an
a-.pointrasnt se a \ robiitianer with this Constabulary.
1 Jcii»d tbs Tfin tlien^itnnslil re CcnstpbBlary on 18th., April, 1932*
I attended a idawe months training oourse at Derbysliire Constabulary
Training chool on the completion of which I was ported to Kettering
(towns population 30 , 000 } v3iere I gained ny first patrol e^rienoe and
subsequently C.I.D. experience. After ei^iteen months in ottering 1
was posted to esdon nb-aection which is situated on The ailing itreet.
I there gained experience in dealing with heavy cco »roial road trafllo,
driving and testing vehicles of all descriptions and road accidents of a
serious nature and also of rural olioe Duties connoted with The
Coat igious ilssaass of Antonis.
I atrriad on 16th., June, X934, «n4 on that date «u transferred to
olitn^boroujji ('towns popul^Uon 2^,000) -tiere I gained further tom
sipsrl wiss*
Cn Mw, I ay, 1958, I «aa transferred to The County B rough of Hlghsm
Fex-ro-w, a tom of 3,000 population, where I was the only l olice cone table.
1 tliere co-»operatod with The Borough Anthorltios in the organisation of
all , . ♦ ervioes. -,i.xl;it itstlo—i ttMM X • to tiled thie local •• .as
Training Course, attended an instruct! nal visit to The Ysam Qfiioe Ibremio
uaboratory at I^ottinir.hsn and was aslected fear a C.I* ’•, couras at a cdield,
whicli wsui oanoelled bee tuae of the cutbreak of T was av«,xJed t .e
aoecial pay iner-ment for efficiency. I was pronotod erge nt on Mb.,
I'iovwnbc - 1959, "aad t anafer wd to Kette lng, wljsre I arn at present stationod
X am in posse sion of the usual > olioe qualifications of The
S Wohn’s itotolwiws issooiation and Hie kyal Fife having society*