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William
Leeson (1895-1905)
William Leeson was born in St John's New Brunswick and joined the Southampton Police on 11th October 1895. He was 50 years old, and was a musician by occupation. He had previously served in the 1st West Riding and 1st Lancashire Regiments. He cut a fine figure at 6' tall with brown hair and grey eyes. He had no previous police experience and was engaged as a Hackney Carriage Inspector and Bandmaster at £1 0s 0d per week. There is a possibility that he was shown 'on the books' to enable him to be paid for his duties as Bandmaster. The record shows that he resigned from the force on 2nd May 1901 but continued to serve as Bandmaster until 1905 when the Watch Committee Minutes show that he was retired as he was no longer capable of carrying out his duties because of his great age. If this record is correct then he would have been only 60 years of age; this tends to suggest that he was much older then 50 when he became Bandmaster.
William Leeson was born in St John's New Brunswick and joined the Southampton Police on 11th October 1895. He was 50 years old, and was a musician by occupation. He had previously served in the 1st West Riding and 1st Lancashire Regiments. He cut a fine figure at 6' tall with brown hair and grey eyes. He had no previous police experience and was engaged as a Hackney Carriage Inspector and Bandmaster at £1 0s 0d per week. There is a possibility that he was shown 'on the books' to enable him to be paid for his duties as Bandmaster. The record shows that he resigned from the force on 2nd May 1901 but continued to serve as Bandmaster until 1905 when the Watch Committee Minutes show that he was retired as he was no longer capable of carrying out his duties because of his great age. If this record is correct then he would have been only 60 years of age; this tends to suggest that he was much older then 50 when he became Bandmaster.
