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Northamptonshire Police officers to start wearing baseball-cap style protective hats". ITV News. 10 May 2017. http://britishpolicehelmet.co.uk/ an excellent collection of British police helmets, period photos and discussion. Northamptonshire Police and Leicestershire Police both replaced custodian helmets with gender-neutral caps in 2017, but later reinstated them in 2019 and 2022 respectively. [19]
http://gutenberg.polytechnic.edu.na/5/3/3/6/53360/53360-h/53360-h.htm will take you to a digital copy of‘TheHistory ofthe Indian Revolt and of The Expeditions toPersia, China, and Japan1856-7-8’, 1859. The traditional cork construction often led CID personnel to call their uniformed colleagues "woodentops" (the name of a children's TV programme). Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-12-28 . Retrieved 2010-12-13. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link)During the third quarter of the 1800s the evolution of the tropical sun helmet meant it lost its ‘air pipe/coxcomb’, leading to what was generally called the ‘Colonial’ pattern sun helmet and ultimately the official adoption of the ‘Foreign Service’ helmet. Taking advantage of these sun helmet developments, the Army ‘Home Service’ pattern helmet was developed in the 1870s and was officially adopted in 1878. It was only as these appeared that purely ornamental considerations seem to have come into effect on police helmets. It seems that even during the 1870s design stage of the Army Home Service Helmet the new pattern was offered by Christys to the various police forces as an alternative, more elegant pattern than the coxcomb? Many forces did indeed take up the new Army Home Service pattern helmet, often including militaristic ornamentation, probably in the interests of style and regional or divisional individualism. (1) What influenced the first Custodian’s shape? Apparently not one of the first 1863-1870 coxcomb helmets is still in existence today. As the main collectors of police helmets have been retired and current police officers one can assume investigations have been exhaustive and it is now unlikely that one will ever surface.
The Effectiveness of the Aluminium Foil ‘Drop Lining’ in WWII Wolseley Sun Helmets. A Simple Experiment. Since the 1950s, helmets have no longer been worn by police officers in Scotland, but may be seen worn by Metropolitan Police officers when on Royal duties in Scotland. They ceased to be worn in Northern Ireland after the 1920s, except for night patrol work in Belfast and Derry until the early 1960s.The custodian helmet is a type of helmet worn predominantly by male police officers in the United Kingdom, within England and Wales, and certain other places around the world. [1] First used by the Metropolitan Police in London in 1863, the BBC labelled the custodian helmet a "symbol of British law enforcement". [2] They are worn by male constables and sergeants on foot patrol. [3] A cultural icon, it has featured in films, TV series and other media involving British police. [2] History [ edit ]
As of September 2021, Essex Police no longer restricts any force-issue headwear by gender. Any new officer recruited since may choose between a custodian helmet or bowler hat, plus an additional peaked cap. [21] Identification [ edit ] Helmet from the United Kingdom The custodian helmet used by the Metropolitan Police Service in London Other private or specialised police forces, such as ports police or parks police, are again generally unarmed in Great Britain and rely on armed support from territorial police forces, if needed.www.discoverbritainmag.com ‘An accessory to history’ (2016) contains an interview with Christys & Co Ltd’s Managing Director, Steve Clarke. He does seem to imply that ‘custodian’ was the original name for the 1863 design. Others who made similar items may have called their model something else. As you say the name in an actual early dated helmet would be useful, although often only the makers stamp is present as the helmet shape itself discloses the model?
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