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          • Saddlery
          • Orange Riots 1835
          • Underwater Section
          • 19th Century Policing
          • Fracas 1871
          • Ch Supt. J. Thomas
          • Supt. Charles Foden
          • Town Hall Explosion 1881
          • Transport Strike 1911
          • X-Ray Uniform 27
          • Police Strike 1919
          • The City That Lost Its Way
          • Sgt. Robert Tissyman
          • Co-op Wavertree Road
          • Twins of the Flying Squad
          • Wireless Radios
          • Radio Operators
          • Stranger Than Fiction
          • Thomas Skelton MBE
          • D/Sgt. Bill Prendergast
          • Cadets Buckingham Palace
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    • Murders
      • Mary Corrigan Murder 1873
      • Tithebarn Street Outrage
      • The Constable Killer
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      • PC James Gordon
      • The Sack Murder 1913
      • Nurse Alice Jones 1919
      • Julia Wallace Murder
      • Cameo Cinema Murder
      • PC Gutteridge Killing
      • Cranborne Rd Murder 1951
      • Knowsley Hall Killings 1952
      • Old Curiosity Shop Killing
    • Roll of Honour
          • Murdered
          • Other Casualty
          • World War I
          • World War II
          • William Pegler – River Police
          • William Shaw – River Police
          • William Smithwick
          • Charles Carlisle
          • Johnson’s Sacrifice
          • William Williams
          • Harold F. Claydon
          • Edward Crann
          • Ephraim Dybal
          • Francis Leo Gallagher
          • Eric Valentine
          • Edward Nichols
          • Robert Carswell
    • Awards
      • 1874 – 1879
      • 1880 – 1888
      • 1890 – 1892
      • 1893 – 1894
      • 1895 – 1896
      • 1897 – 1899
      • 1900 –
      • 1920 – 1930
      • 1960 – 1969
      • 1970 – 1979
      • 1980 – 1989
      • George Medal
      • Queen’s Gallantry Medal
      • Queen’s Commendation
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    MENUMENU
    • Home
      • About Us
      • Contact Us
      • Events
      • Acknowledgements
      • Guestbook
      • Disclaimer
      • Links
      • Privacy Policy
    • Photo Galleries
          • Police Cadets (A-H)
          • Police Cadets (I-M)
          • Police Cadets (M-S)
          • Police Cadets (T-Z)
          • Police Stations
          • Argyle Street Bridewell
          • Hatton Garden Police Station
          • Prescot Street Bridewell
          • Rose Hill Bridewell
          • Insignia Gallery
          • Truncheons Gallery
          • Police Vehicles Gallery
          • Traffic
          • Mounted Police Gallery
          • Dog Section Gallery
          • Toxteth Riots 1981
          • Bruche
          • Transport Strike 1911
          • Police Strike Gallery 1919
          • LFC Homecoming 1965
          • LFC Homecoming 1975
          • Miscellaneous
          • Old Photos of Liverpool
          • Police Recruitment Gallery
          • Miscellaneous Newsreel
          • Vintage Newsreel
    • Chief Constables
          • Liverpool City Police (1836 - 1967)
          • Whitty
          • Henry Miller
          • Dowling
          • Greig
          • Nott-Bower
          • Dunning
          • Caldwell
          • Everett
          • Wilson
          • Winstanley
          • Carnegie Martin
          • Smith
          • Balmer
          • Haughton
          • Liverpool & Bootle Constabulary (1967 - 1974)
          • Haughton
          • Merseyside Police (1974 - Today)
          • Haughton
          • Oxford
          • Sharples
          • Bettison
          • Hogan-Howe
          • Lawson
          • Murphy
          • Cooke
          • Kennedy
    • Departments
          • Mounted Section
          • Dog Section
          • Fire Brigade
          • Liverpool River Police
          • Magpies
          • Police Cadets
          • Main Bridewell
          • Policewomen
          • Band Section
          • J.L.O.
          • Special Constabulary
          • Traffic
          • Football Unit
          • C.I.D.
          • Special Section
          • Flying Squad
          • Regional Crime Squad
          • Special Branch
          • Fingerprints
          • Commando Squad
          • Operational Support Division
          • Serious Crime Squad
          • Mer.C.R.O.
    • Memories
          • Newspaper Articles
          • Ferry Coincidence
          • A Cadet Tale
          • Cadet Expeditions
          • West Germany 1958
          • Cadets 1961
          • A Grave Mistake
          • A Young Copper’s Tale
          • Information Room
          • Hope Street Seige 1975
          • Birkenhead Borough Police
          • Bootle Borough Police
          • Liverpool and Bootle
          • Southport Borough Police
          • St Helens Borough Police
          • Wallasey Borough Police
          • Liverpool Parks Police
          • St George’s Hall
          • Everton Terrace
          • Woolton Police Station
          • Brawlers
          • River Rescue 1923
          • Policewomen
          • Sgt Charlie Green
          • Constable John Storey
          • Constable 53H Nicholson
          • Constable 215A Garrett
          • Constable 179K Turner
          • Ephemera
          • The Day Walls Met
          • St John’s Precinct Fire 1979
          • Grand National 1997
          • Princess Diana
          • Liverpool Related Literature
    • Articles
          • Black Maria
          • Potpourri of Policing
          • Carbonora
          • Liverpool Body Snatchers
          • Bruche
          • Z Cars
          • What the Dickens
          • Mounted Section History
          • Saddlery
          • Orange Riots 1835
          • Underwater Section
          • 19th Century Policing
          • Fracas 1871
          • Ch Supt. J. Thomas
          • Supt. Charles Foden
          • Town Hall Explosion 1881
          • Transport Strike 1911
          • X-Ray Uniform 27
          • Police Strike 1919
          • The City That Lost Its Way
          • Sgt. Robert Tissyman
          • Co-op Wavertree Road
          • Twins of the Flying Squad
          • Wireless Radios
          • Radio Operators
          • Stranger Than Fiction
          • Thomas Skelton MBE
          • D/Sgt. Bill Prendergast
          • Cadets Buckingham Palace
          • Retaliate First
          • Stop and Search
          • Authority & Insurrection
          • The Icarus Paradox
          • Patricians & Plebians
          • Rugby
          • Sport
    • Murders
      • Mary Corrigan Murder 1873
      • Tithebarn Street Outrage
      • The Constable Killer
      • Murderous Widows
      • PC James Gordon
      • The Sack Murder 1913
      • Nurse Alice Jones 1919
      • Julia Wallace Murder
      • Cameo Cinema Murder
      • PC Gutteridge Killing
      • Cranborne Rd Murder 1951
      • Knowsley Hall Killings 1952
      • Old Curiosity Shop Killing
    • Roll of Honour
          • Murdered
          • Other Casualty
          • World War I
          • World War II
          • William Pegler – River Police
          • William Shaw – River Police
          • William Smithwick
          • Charles Carlisle
          • Johnson’s Sacrifice
          • William Williams
          • Harold F. Claydon
          • Edward Crann
          • Ephraim Dybal
          • Francis Leo Gallagher
          • Eric Valentine
          • Edward Nichols
          • Robert Carswell
    • Awards
      • 1874 – 1879
      • 1880 – 1888
      • 1890 – 1892
      • 1893 – 1894
      • 1895 – 1896
      • 1897 – 1899
      • 1900 –
      • 1920 – 1930
      • 1960 – 1969
      • 1970 – 1979
      • 1980 – 1989
      • George Medal
      • Queen’s Gallantry Medal
      • Queen’s Commendation
      • British Empire Medal
      • Kings Police Medal

Truncheons Gallery

A selection of photographs of Police Truncheons staves and staffs used by Police in Liverpool throughout the centuries.

  • Liverpool City Police Truncheons
  • 19th Century truncheon
  • PR-24 side handle baton
  • Asp friction locked baton

Constables Walking Staff 1827

The staff measures approxmately six feet in length and is dated 1827. This was the order of authority at that time because uniforms had not been introduced.

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