This auction is for two original
full-sized medals to a constable of the
CITY OF LONDON POLICE
King Edward VII Coronation (Police) Medal, 1902
King George V Coronation (Police) Medal, 1911
The medals, which were issued to the same man, are named, respectively, as follows:
P.C. R. MILES.
P.C. R. W. MILES.
Richard William Miles was born in Maidstone, Kent, on the
4th January 1877. He was the son of Richard Miles, a carter, and his wife,
Elizabeth Martha, née Lee. He was baptised at St. John the Baptist Church,
Thanet, on the 20th December 1889. In 1891 Richard William lived with his
parents and four siblings at 43, Byron Road, Margate, Kent. At that time
Richard William worked as an errand boy, his father was then working as a
general labourer.
In late 1901 Richard William Miles married Edith Kate Bones.
In 1902 Richard William Miles was serving as a Police Constable with the City
of London Police. In 1902 he received King Edward VII’s Police Coronation
Medal.
In 1911 Police Constable Miles and his wife, together with
their five years’ old son, Arthur, lived at 44, Ossory Road, Old Kent Road,
London. In 1911 Constable Miles of the City of London Police received King
George V’s Police Coronation Medal.
In 1939 retired policeman Richard Miles lived with his wife
at The Croft, Handville Green, Waltham, Kent. Richard William Miles is
believed to have passed away in 1957.
The medals were part of a late friend's collection.
Copies of research documents can be emailed
to the successful bidder.
We combine postage whenever possible.
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