A medal to the former 'Sergeant-at-Mace / Town Crier' of CambridgeA medal of considerable Barton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire local social history interestThe recipient Albert Edward Rayner - a former Police Constable with the Cambridgeshire County Police - was serving as a Special Constable in 1939 (The 1939 National Register for England & Wales refers - and the only person of the name Albert Rayner, serving in England & Wales in 1939), at which time he is is also shown employed in a civic capacity as a 'Sergeant-at-Mace' (an ancient civic appointment more popularly known as 'Town-Crier') in CambridgeAlbert Edward Rayner, son of Ephraim Rayner (an Agricultural Labourer & later Rural Postman) & Jemima Rayner (nee Rule), was a native of Balsham, Cambridgeshire, England, where he was born on, 25 June 1876. At the time of the compilation of the 1901 National Census for England and Wales, Albert E. Rayner is recorded employed as a 'Police Constable' and resident at 131 High Street, Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, England, where he was recorded as a 'Boarder'. Sometime during the fourth quarter of 1904, Albert Edward Rayner married Kate Ethel Mary Abbs (an Elementary School Mistress) at Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England. By the time of the 1911 National Census, Albert - who by now was no longer a serving policeman - is shown holding an appointment as 'College Gate Porter' at Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1911 the Albert and his family, comprising his wife and two children, daughter Vera Rayner, and son Claude Rayner, were living at 'The Schoolhouse, Barton, Cambridgeshire. By the time of the 1921 National Census, Albert, is recorded employed as 'Sergeant-at-Mace, & Town Crier' employed at the Guildhall, Cambridge, with the Cambridge Town Council. On, 9 April 1950, Albert Edward Rayner, a grieving widower, died under most tragic circumstances (self induced poisoning), that was widely reported in exhaustive detail in the local Cambridge press (for example see the 'Independent Press And Chronicle' issue of , 21 April 1950)Condition: About EF