Documents police officer Dordrecht.

Below you will find an interesting document set of Dutch police officer Petrus Hendrikus Philipsen, who worked in Dordrecht. Although the officer was originally born in Nijmegen, he eventually chose to work and live in Dordrecht. However, before that, he served as a military member, both as a conscript and a volunteer: P.H. Philipsen was enlisted on February 16, 1931, in the Corps Pontonniers & Torpedisten ( Army Maritime Engineers Corps ) as an ordinary conscript (GD). He was promoted to corporal on July 31, 1931. After several periods of extended leave in 1931 and 1935, he voluntarily joined the Corps Politietroepen (Police Troops) within the army on December 6, 1935. There, he once again became a corporal on March 28, 1936.

It is unclear in which of the two units Philipsen served at the outbreak of World War II. However, his service record does mention the following:

Due to the termination of his position, honorably discharged from voluntary military service with the granting of a pension, not at his request, as GD Corporal of the 1931 intake of the Corps Pontonniers en Torpedisten, on extended leave starting from July 15, 1940.

It appears that Philipsen was indeed a professional soldier in the Corps Politietroepen in May 1940. After his honorable discharge from military service, Philipsen applied for a position with the municipal police in Dordrecht, where he was appointed as an officer and later promoted to Sergeant on February 19, 1944. On September 5, 1944, he then became a member of the combat unit (S.G.) of the 1st company of the Dutch domestic forces in Dordrecht (District 14 South Holland-Zuid) and played an active role as an underground ( resistance )member. After the liberation, he became employed by the Military Police in September 1945.