Category Archives: City of London Police Reserve

Supporting the Authorities

Posted on August 1, 2016 by Roger Pocock

Topic August/September 2016.  Supporting the Legal Authorities (even when their cause may be doubtful).  Although in most countries the Frontiersmen have not received official recognition, their services have regularly been sought. Sometimes the tasks they have been given may have … Continue reading →

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From the Hangman’s Noose to Royal Bodyguards (Topic June/July 2015)

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Roger Pocock

Many facets of human life across what used to be the British Empire, but is now the Commonwealth, contain links with the Legion of Frontiersmen. Here we investigate the greatest of two extremes of human life, from one Frontiersman who … Continue reading →

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The Frontiersman who wrote to the King

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Roger Pocock

“I’ve lost a good friend,” said a Frontiersman to one of the Padres officiating at the funeral of Henry Cecil Edwards-Carter on January 31st 1934. His coffin draped with the Union Flag was borne on the shoulders of eight Frontiersmen … Continue reading →

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