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Ryde Borough Police amalgamated with the Isle of Wight Constabulary in 1922, mainly due to the Police Act 1919. As a result of the Act officers were entitled to better pay and pensions and the borough could not afford this on their own. In 1943 the Isle of Wight Constabulary was amalgamated with Hampshire Constabulary as a war time measure.
The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the counties of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in South East England. [ 6 ] The force area includes Southampton , the largest city in South East England , and the naval city of Portsmouth . [ 6 ]
The only significant present-day administrative link with Hampshire is the police service, the Hampshire Constabulary, which is joint between Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. [ citation needed ] From the closing decades of the 20th century onwards, there has been considerable debate on the Island over whether or not a bridge or tunnel should ...
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said a cordon was set up while the unexploded ordnance, which was described by the Royal Navy as a "small World War Two incendiary", was safely removed.
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The Lothians and Peebles Constabulary to Lothian and Borders Police; Northern Constabulary (name retained by its successor after merger) Perth and Kinross Constabulary most to Tayside Police to Central Scotland Police; Renfrew and Bute Constabulary to Strathclyde Police; Ross and Sutherland Constabulary to Northern Constabulary
The Isle of Wight Militia (IoWM) was an auxiliary military force on the Isle of Wight off the South Coast of England. From their formal organisation as Trained Bands in 1558 until their final service as coastal artillery, the Militia regiments of the island served in home defence in all of Britain's major wars until 1909.
The Isle of Wight was historically part of Hampshire. It became an administrative county in 1890, and a ceremonial county in 1974 when it gained its own Lord Lieutenant . Previous plans in Hampshire have included a Solent Combined Authority in South Hampshire (potentially alongside the Isle of Wight) and a "Heart of Hampshire" deal including ...