Arthur Ashley Ruck
1847–1939
Soldier and civic official. Entered the army in 1866; major, 1882; retired with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, 1886. Chief constable of Carnarvonshire after his retirement from the army until 1912.
Sources
Army list
BMD (Birth index)
Records of the Carnarvonshire Constabulary, GB 0219 XJ, XS/1234 (www.nationalarchives.gov.uk, accessed 17 January 2014)
The Times, 15 July 1939, p. 1.
Bibliography
Army list: The army list. London: printed for the compiler of the annual official army list; Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. 1815–1900.
BMD: General Register Office, England and Wales civil registration indexes. England & Wales birth index, 1837–1983. England and Wales marriage index, 1837–1983. England and Wales death index, 1837–1983. Online database. Provo, Utah: The Generations Network. 2006. www.ancestry.com.
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