Description
Tynemouth Special Constabulary, Special Constable Badge, World War 1, officially named to W. Haddon, Special Constable.
The front of the badge reading: “1914 EUROPEAN WAR SPECIAL CONSTABLE” alongside the Tynemouth Arms crest of Tynemouth reading in Latin: “Messis Ab Altis”
The reverse buttonhole fitting is named in white enamel: “W HADDON SPECIAL CONSTABLE”
Rare surviving badge of a Tynemouth Special Constable.
There was only one living man with this name in Tynemouth at this time:
Walter Haddon, born 1883 in Northumberland, North Shields.
In 1911, he lived at 20 Denwick Terrace in Tynemouth, working as a Turbine Engineer’s Draughtsman.
