| Surname: | Keep |
| Initials: | J |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | P/12908 |
| Notes: | MFP. Served Home. 30/3/1918 discharged to Army Reserve from F Area, Northern Command. Info from Pension Index Card:- Keep, Jim, MFP, L/Cpl, P/12908, 14/12/18 to discharge, SFJ.3654, VI.210.4, Six Mile Bottom, Newmarket. Stamp: Ad 19/8/19 at 5/6 from 15/12/18 to 29/12/18, Chelsea No. MVO.2346, received 20/8/198. Jim Keep. Extract from the Cambridge Independent Press, 23/7/1920. POLICE HEROES, Roll of Honour for county Constabulary Ex-Service Men. List of Details. Thirty members of the County Police Force joined the Colours during the war, The County Chief Constable (Mr W Varney Webb) has arranged for a Roll of Honour, containing the names of the men, the date joining up, name of regiment joined, and particulars as to whether the men were wounded, killed, or received distinctions. The Roll of Honour will be the joint work of Messrs. Leach and Son of St Mary's passage, and Messrs Heffer and Sons, Sidney street, and when finished(probably next week), will be hung in the recreation room of the headquarters. The Roll will be subscribed for by members of the Force who did not served. PC 23 Jethro Linford, Military Foot Police, joined November 6th 1915. PC 37 Bertie Mann, Military Foot police, joined November 9th 1915. PC 30 Ernest Waters, Mounted Military Police, joined January 20th 1916. PC ? Luke Brooks, Mounted Military Police, joined September 22nd 1916, gassed on service in West Africa. PC 60 Jim Keep, Military Foot Police, joined September 22nd 1918. |
Decoration Record: | |
| Decoration: | Silver War Badge (London Gazette: WO 329/3243 Page: List MPC/139 Feb. 13, 1919) |
| Citation: | Badge No. B115130. First served abroad 23/9/1916, discharged 14/12/1918. 392 (xxva) A.O. 29/1919. Age 32years 7months. Served home. |