Edward Raven - Essex County Constabulary.
Served from 4th April 1859. Died 7th August 1886.
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Police Constable Edward Raven was born at Steeple in Essex, working
as a labourer prior to becoming a policeman when he was 23; his brother
Elijah joined the City of London Police.
Edward Raven's first posting was to Chelmsford till June 1862, but for
the next 20 years he was one of the Essex police officers whose wages
were paid by the Burnham Oyster Company to protect their fisheries; it
seems likely that he already had some previous knowledge of boats from
his upbringing in a riverside village. In 1882 the Burnham Oyster Company
reduced the number of its officers, and Edward Raven worked in his birthplace
before volunteering for the Foulness beat.
On 7 August 1886 Edward Raven had taken his mentally handicapped son
back to the Colchester asylum. He was returning to Foulness in a small
boat when it capsized in the strong breeze, and he was drowned. He was
51.
Police Constable 213. Serial Number 1214.
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