Other Information:Luke applied to join the police force on 29th August 1908. He was a married man without children, his wife was employed as a Matron. Luke’s occupation was a glassblower at Washington Colliery. He was 5' ft, 10+ inches tall. He was living at 206 Windsor Avenue, Gateshead. Luke was appointed by Gateshead Borough Police on 26th December 1908 and sworn in the same day. He was allowed to remain living at the above address. On the 1st May 1915 Luke resigned to join HMF and enlisted with the RAMC. Luke returned to police service on 27th January 1919 but they would not reappoint him as he was medically unfit for the police, possibly due to either war wounds or sickness caused by war service. He was allowed time to recover to see if he was fit to rejoin at a later date. He was living at 26 Fullerton Place, Gateshead at this time. He was officially discharged from the army on 16th February 1919, and discharged as medically unfit for further police service on 28th May 1919, he had not recovered from his war service. [Information researched and provided by John Grainger]
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