| 👶 Birth | 20 Oct 1873 | Wellhead, Westbury, Wiltshire 📍 ⓘFree BMD 📎 View Mother: Eliza Cornish formerly Snelgrove of Wellhead, Westbury Father: William Cornish, Yeoman |
| ⛪ Baptism | 27 Jan 1874 | All Saint's Church, Church Lane, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 3BT 📍 ⓘBaptism Records 📎 View |
| 🏠 Lived | 1881 (8) | Plough Inn, Bratton Road, Westbury, Wiltshire 📍 📎 View |
| 💼 Occupation | 1881 (8) | Scholar |
| 🏠 Lived | 1891 (18) | Birchanger Farm, Bratton Road, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4TA 📍 ⓘ1891 Census 📎 View 🏛️ Free elementary education |
| 💼 Occupation | 1891 (18) | Farmers Son ⓘ1891 Census |
| 💼 Occupation | 1894 (21) | Farmer |
| 💼 Occupation | 04 Mar 1895 (22) | Police Constable Whitechapel, London, Middlesex 📍 📎 View From Police Bio: 4 Mar 1895 – Joined Met; initially on H (Whitechapel); 5 ft 10.75 in tall, 11 stone 12 pounds, 36.5 in chest, fresh complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, no “Particular Marks”; previously a farmer, with Mr A. Stiles as last employer; single; previously living and working in “Stanton. Pewsey” (i.e. Stanton St Bernard, Pewsey Vale, Wiltshire); no previous army, navy or police service He joined the police on 4/3/1895 Warrant Number: 80297 Rank: PC Number: 377 Division H (Whitechapel) 🏛️ National Trust founded |
| 🏠 Lived | 1901 (28) | Commercial Street Police Station, Hoxton, London, Middlesex 📍 ⓘ1901 Census 🏛️ Second Boer War · Death of Queen Victoria — Edward VII accedes |
| 💼 Occupation | 1901 (28) | Police Constable Metropolitan Police, London, Middlesex 📍 ⓘ1901 Census |
| 💼 Occupation | 07 Apr 1902 (29) | Police Constable CID Whitechapel, London, Middlesex 📍 |
| 💒 Marriage | 07 Jun 1904 (31) | Catherine Rebecca SNELGROVE St James' Church, Church Road, Bratton, Wiltshire, BA13 4SY 📍 ⓘMarriage Civil Registration Index 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View The witnesses were Ernest Cornish and Frances Margaret Snelgrove Groom was aged 30, Bachelor, Detective Sergeant of Whitechapel, London and the bride was aged 28, Spinster of Bratton. William Cornish, Farmer and David Snelgrove, Farmer were their fathers. |
| 🏠 Lived | 1904 (31) | Whitechapel, London, Middlesex 📍 |
| 💼 Occupation | 1904 (31) | Detective Sergeant Whitechapel, London, Middlesex 📍 |
| 💼 Occupation | 09 Feb 1905 (32) | 3rd Class CID Sergeant Kennington, London, Surrey 📍 |
| 🏠 Lived | 1909 (36) | 65 Arcadian Gardens, High Road, Wood Green, London, Greater London 📍 ⓘWill |
| 💼 Occupation | 06 Sep 1909 (36) | 2nd Class CID Sergeant Westminster, London, Middlesex 📍 |
| 🏠 Lived | 1911 (38) | 142 Lower Kennington Lane, Kennington, London, Surrey 📍 with Catherine Rebecca SNELGROVE ⓘ1911 Census 📎 View 🏛️ National Insurance Act |
| 💼 Occupation | 16 Feb 1912 (39) | Police Sergeant CID Scotland Yard, A1 Department, London, Middlesex 📍 🏛️ Sinking of RMS Titanic |
| 💼 Occupation | 25 Nov 1913 (40) | Police Sergeant CID Scotland Yard, Marylebone Area, London, Middlesex 📍 |
| 🏠 Lived | 1914 (41) | 142 Lower Kennington Lane, Kennington, London, Surrey 📍 with Catherine Rebecca SNELGROVE ⓘBaptism Records 📎 View 🏛️ First World War |
| 💼 Occupation | 15 Apr 1916 (43) | Detective Inspector Kentish Town, London, Middlesex 📍 🏛️ Battle of the Somme |
| 💼 Occupation | 01 Apr 1918 (45) | 2nd Class CID Inspector Scotland Yard, A1 Department, London, Middlesex 📍 🏛️ Women over 30 gain the vote |
| 💼 Occupation | 01 Dec 1919 (46) | 1st Class CID Inspector Scotland Yard, Marylebone Area, London, Middlesex 📍 🏛️ Treaty of Versailles |
| 🏠 Lived | 1921 (48) | 49 Belsize Avenue, Palmers Green, London, Middlesex 📍 ⓘ1921 Census 📎 View 🏛️ Irish Free State established |
| 💼 Occupation | 1921 (48) | Inspector Marylebone Lane Police Station, London, Middlesex 📍 ⓘ1921 Census |
| 💼 Occupation | 12 Dec 1924 (51) | Chief CID Inspector Scotland Yard, C1 Department, London, Middlesex 📍 |
| 🏠 Lived | 1925 (52) | 49 Belsize Avenue, Palmers Green, London, Middlesex 📍 with Catherine Rebecca SNELGROVE ⓘStreet Index 📎 View |
| 🏠 Lived | 1927 (54) | 49 Belsize Avenue, Palmers Green, London, Middlesex 📍 with Catherine Rebecca SNELGROVE ⓘGrant of Probate |
| 💼 Occupation | 01 Feb 1929 (56) | Detective Superintendent Scotland Yard, C1 Department, London, Middlesex 📍 🏛️ Great Depression |
| 🏠 Lived | 1931 (58) | 49 Belsize Avenue, Palmers Green, London, Middlesex 📍 Executor for his aunt Matilda Catherine WELLS ⓘGrant of Probate |
| 💼 Occupation | 01 Oct 1933 (60) | Superintendent Scotland Yard, C1 Department, London, Middlesex 📍 |
| 🏖️ Retirement | 31 Oct 1933 (60) | Scotland Yard, C1 Department, London, Middlesex 📍 📎 View 📎 View |
| 🏠 Lived | 1939 (66) | Cherington, 134 Bourne Hill, Palmers Green, London, Middlesex, N13 4BD 📍 with Catherine Rebecca SNELGROVE ⓘ1939 NHS Register 📎 View 🏛️ Second World War |
| 🏠 Lived | 1949 (76) | Cherington, 134 Bourne Hill, Palmers Green, London, Middlesex, N13 4BD 📍 with Catherine Rebecca SNELGROVE 📎 View |
| 🏥 Illness | 04 Dec 1958 (85) | Friern Hospital, Friern Barnet Road, London, Middlesex, N11 3BP 📍 Admitted with 1 penknife & 3 keys on ring Email of 2nd October 2018: Thank you for your e-mail and form of 7 September 2018. Also, thank you for sending us a copy of the death certificate of George William Cornish. I'm afraid this has been a very frustrating enquiry for us. Although there is a good coverage of records for Friern Hospital, there is a frustrating gap in the admission registers. The registers go to May 1958, then there is a gap and then restart in 1960. However, the search wasn't completely fruitless. I made the followi… Show more |
| 🏠 Lived | 1959 (86) | Cherington, 134 Bourne Hill, Palmers Green, London, Middlesex, N13 4BD 📍 with Catherine Rebecca SNELGROVE |
| ✝️ Death | 06 Feb 1959 (86) | Friern Hospital, Friern Barnet Road, London, Middlesex, N11 3BP 📍 1 (a) Bronchopneumonia (b) L. Ventricular heart failure (c) Hypertension 1.1 Senility 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View |
| 🔥 Cremation | 10 Feb 1959 (86) | Enfield Crematorium, Great Cambridge Road, Enfield, London, Middlesex, EN1 4DS 📍 His ashes were scattered in Section C Cremation records (Tel: 020 8363 8324): Died 6th February 1959 aged 85. Retired. Married Last Address: 134 Bourne Hill, Palmers Green, London N13 Cremated: 10th February 1959. Ashes scattered on Section C Cremation Number: 36913 |
| ⚖️ Probate | 07 Aug 1959 (86) | High Court of Justice, London, Middlesex 📍 📎 View DIED INTESTATE: George William Cornish of 134 Bourne Hill, London N13 died on the 6th day of February 1959 at Friern Hospital, Friern Barnet, Middlesex. Catharine Rebecca Cornish of 134 Bourne Hill aforesaid the lawful widow and relict and only person now entitled to the estate of the said intestate. Estate £5500 : 0 : 0 (Equivalent value in 2002 £78,580.08) net £4615 : 18 : 6 Tax £92 : 6 : 4 Dated 7th August 1959 Hamilton Hill & Partners, 263 Green Lanes, Palmers Green, London N13 |
Children with Catherine Rebecca SNELGROVE
b. 1906, Palmers Green, London, Middlesex · d. 1939, Royal Free Hospital, Hamstead, London, Middlesex · m. Frank CLIFTON
b. 1914, 142 Lower Kennington Lane, Kennington, London, Surrey · d. 1977, 38 Hundred Acres Lane, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, HP7 9EA · m. Violet Jessie Bertha BUVYER
Notes
In 1935 he published a book "Cornish of the Yard" which was his reminiscences and cases. It was after a chance conversation he had with a London detective who visited his father's farm which led him to join the police.
Info from Police Museum Tel: 0208 305 1676
He joined the police aged 21. He was a Farmer born in Westbury, Wiltshire. Height 5ft 10
James Tattersall has four medals from his service in police:
Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Victoria 1897 [P.C. G Cornish H. DIVn]
Coronation of His … Show more
Info from Police Museum Tel: 0208 305 1676
He joined the police aged 21. He was a Farmer born in Westbury, Wiltshire. Height 5ft 10
James Tattersall has four medals from his service in police:
Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Victoria 1897 [P.C. G Cornish H. DIVn]
Coronation of His … Show more
Documents & photographs
📎 PhotoCornish George William 30 Jan 1935-Colorized
📎 PhotoCornish George Catherine Charles & Julia at Cherington-Colorized
📎 PhotoCornish George Catherine Charles & Julia at Cherington
📎 PhotoDocument
📎 PhotoCornish George William 2
📎 PhotoCornish George William 30 Jan 1935
📎 PhotoCornish George William 6
📎 PhotoCornish George William 5
📎 PhotoCornish George William 4
📎 PhotoCornish George William 3
📎 PhotoCornish George William pen-Colorized
📎 PhotoCornish George William pen
📎 PhotoCornish George William with colleague-Colorized
📎 PhotoCornish George William with colleague
📎 PhotoCornish Gerorge William of the Yard 2-Colorized
📎 PhotoCornish Gerorge William of the Yard 2
📎 PhotoCornish Gerorge William of the Yard 5
📎 PhotoCornish Gerorge William of the Yard 3
📎 PhotoCornish Gerorge William of the Yard 3-Colorized
📎 MarriageCornish Charles & Brickland Evelyn Marriage Family Photo
📎 PhotoCornish Charles & Family
📎 PhotoCornish Charles & Family-Colorized
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