Sergeant Harry Daley is the first openly gay police officer in Britain and despite his sexuality being illegal, he upheld the law while gaining popularity through his caring and intelligent personality.

Information:

  1. Stephen Bourne - Fighting Proud: https://stephenbourne.co.uk/fighting-proud/

  2. Evening Standard: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/sergeant-harry-daley-met-first-police-gay-officer-honour-b920356.html

  3. Historical Association - https://www.history.org.uk/publications/resource/10045/real-lives-harry-daley

  4. London News: https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/trailblazing-harry-daley-was-the-first-openly-gay-copper-in-the-met/

  5. Exploring Surrey Past: https://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Harry-Daley-script.pdf

  6. Dorking Museum: https://dorkingmuseum.org.uk/harry-daley/

  7. WW1 Plays - Prisoners of War: http://www.ww1plays.com/2016/05/the-prisoners-of-war.html

  8. Westminster Abbey - Lord Hugh Trenchard: https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/hugh-trenchard

  9. J R Ackerley: https://www.jrackerley.com/about

  10. Imperial War Museum - https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/15-powerful-photos-of-the-blitz

  11. Google Earth - https://earth.google.com/web/

  12. Simplon: Lowestoft - https://www.simplonpc.co.uk/Lowestoft.html / https://fishingnews.co.uk/features/lowestoft-of-herring-and-a-harbour/

  13. Trove: Lowestoft Disaster - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10116142

  14. Evening Standard - Zeppelin Raid: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/wwi-centenary-the-terrifying-zeppelin-menace-that-plagued-london-during-the-first-world-war-a3984946.html

  15. London Police: https://www.vintag.es/2022/04/london-1900s.html / https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpatimes.org%2Ftransforming-law-enforcement-in-19th-century-london%2F&psig=AOvVaw1uVHRZcOTK1cpD_bK7BTO9&ust=1673203475956000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CBAQjhxqFwoTCJDMoeiOtvwCFQAAAAAdAAAAABBs /

  16. https://www.lookers.co.uk/blog/on-the-road-with-the-british-police

Music:

  1. Rhapsody in Blue | George Gershwin

  2. From My Heart, BDKSonic (VN Video Editor)

  3. Better Days, Bensound.com

Additional Resources:

  1. Money Valuation: https://www.in2013dollars.com

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