War reserve constable

[2] Most officers were aged between 25–55 and undertook twelve hours of unpaid annual training.

[3] Despite British police traditionally being unarmed, officers were armed with Canadian Ross rifles during wartime for protection from enemy action, enemy sabotage and to assist with the armed forces.

[7] A total of three war reserve constables, listed below, were killed in the line of duty during WWII.

The WAPC was set up in 1939 and was similar to the WRC, except only some of its members were attested as constables.

[9] This was the first step towards allowing women to join the UK's special constabularies, which they had still been unable to do in 1939.