Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Constable A. Keirl, Metropolitan Police

Jubilee 1887, clasp, 1897, Metropolitan Police (P.C., T. Divn.); Jubilee 1897, bronze (Alfred Keirl); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police (P.C., A. Div.); Coronation 1902, bronze, rev. inscribed, ‘Alfred Keirl’; Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C.) very fine and better (5) £180-220

Alfred Keirl was born in Bridgewater, Somerset. A Draper by occupation, he joined the Metropolitan Police Force on 31 March 1884, aged 19 years. Serving initially in ‘T’ Division, he later served in ‘A’ (Buckingham Palace) Division. He resigned from the Police Force on 4 April 1910 and died on 10 May 1949.