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Soft cover. Condición: Good. Gerald Green (1928-2019) was Constable No 2640 in the Police Mobile Force (PMF)'s Administration and Technical Company, Jenin (Nov 1946 to Mar 1947), then Armoured Car Troop Driver in Operational Patrols at PP HQ Haifa where he was badly injured in a terror attack (Sep 1947). The PMF was the Palestine Police's fully militarised strike force. Included here are his references, Constable's Manual, Notebook, correspondence about his injury, AMO propaganda, Service Record, 3 maps, 3 PP Magazines and plaque. REFEREES: WG Leishman, Lead Observer 14 Post Royal Observer Corps credits Green's identification skills (30 Jul 1946); and RH Cottrell, Cotswold Pharmacy his daring and initiative (4 Aug). CONSTABLE'S MANUAL: Deputy Inspector General AJ Kingsley-Heath, 2nd edition revised 1941 by O/C Police Depot and Training School J Munro. Blue wraps with PP emblem 11x17cm. Government Printer, Jerusalem. (4), xii, 143pp. G, torn along spine, archival tape to front hinge. Green's PMF details inside front. This covers the PP Constitution; Organisation; General Duty; Meetings & Processions; Investigation of Crime; Arrest & Search; Evidence; Criminal Procedure; Judicial System; updated Ordinances, Rules & Orders. Worldcat lists only the 1st edition (1931) and Hebrew edition (1934). NOTEBOOK: Navy cloth with silver PP emblem 10x15cm. 100pp refill (unused). (1)pp instructions for crime scenes in English, Arabic and Hebrew to record dates, statements, witnesses, persons, property, distances, marks, injuries, stained clothing etc. Green's details entered. G. HAIFA EXPLOSION: 2 letters from PP Assistant Inspector General FW Syer + 6 telegrams and 2 letters from Colonial Office Under Secretary for the High Commissioner informing Green's father and updating on progress: "dangerously ill", "doing well", "condition unchanged", "transferred from dangerously ill to seriously ill", "improved considerably", and "now out of danger" (30 Sep - 10 Oct 1947). His Service Record states 20 days off after this. ARAB MILITARY ORGANISATION: "For the Record - The following information has been gathered from Communiques and Press releases by the Government of Palestine - British Soldiers! British Policemen! British Civilians! Remember the following dates and keep alive in your memory the following names". Printed wraps 16x23cm. 23pp recording 44 "incidents of Jewish outrages against the Britons" from 6 Nov 1944 to 31 Dec 1947 with 170 dead and 418 injured. Green's is n35 (10 killed, 12 seriously injured), Lord Moyne n1, the King David Hotel n4. The AMO, attached to the Mufti's Arab Higher Committee, issued such material to urge British neutrality (George Milner Collection, St Antony's College). G. No other copies located. SERVICE RECORD: Pink card 36x28cm printed both sides with Green's photo, signature, and ms entries for personal and family; education; appointments; divisions served; courses attended; medical; arms and saddlery. G, folded. MAPS: (1) Palestine - Police Boundaries PDR Misc 3686, RE 13 Field Survey Squadron 6/47. Colour 1/500K 63x48cm. G, folded with small perforations. This shows Civil District, Sub District and Police Station Boundaries, HQ, District HQs, Divisional HQs, Stations and Posts. Worldcat records it with no locations // (2) Survey of Palestine Motor Map 1947. Colour 41x62cm 1/500K with town plans in illustrated panels with Ringart's Bookshop ticket 12x21cm. NF with Green's Armoured Car Troop details dated 31 Aug 1947 inside front / (3)-(4) 2 copies - Palestine North MDR 1509/12375 Jan 1946, colour 1/250K 65x91cm. G, folded, repaired, one with ms "RT-WT Control Room / Haifa Operational Patrols". PP MAGAZINE: Mar, Jun, Dec 1947 (v1, n1, 2, 4). Revived after suspension in 1942 due to paper shortage. Edited by LH Lovett, published quarterly by Force Welfare Officer. Illustrated wraps 17x24cm. 80, 71, 56pp. G. The latter names the Haifa fatalities. Rare. PP PLAQUE: Old Comrades Association emblem on wood base 15x18cm.…

?OUT OF BOUNDS? GUIDANCE FOR MEMBERS OF THE FORCES IN JERUSALEM Two-tone heliozincographed map with text to verso, map image measuring 235 by 328mm; folded, single spot, lightly marked along the fold lines on the verso. In very good condition overall. Jerusalem; re-printed by the Sarafind section, 512 Fd. Survey Coy.RE, Sept 1945. The first edition of an official army map of mandated Palestine with additional information for .the guidance of ALL MEMBERS of the forces visiting Jerusalem.? (verso). The map shows Jerusalem bounded by the Old City (NE), The Records Office and German Hospital (NW), and Allenby Barracks (S). Some of the map?s points of interest include the Y.M.C.A and key tourist spots including the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, David?s tomb and the Pool of Siloam. Rare. …