According to one newspaper report, detailing his retirement in 1946, hed been commended no less than 49 times during his career. And if not, give it a watch to find the cops and robbers in your family tree. Edith Smith was given her warrant card in 1915 with Grantham Borough Female police officers are to get specially-designed body armour to fit their bodies for the first time. ","copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/findmypast-titan/c408948d-a846-4367-8109-8a42252c5e8d_pw7.png?auto=compress,format"},"caption":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Inspector Alice Clayden in the 1930s. We suspect the respectable Ellen filled out the census form herself: the handwriting is different to that of her fathers in his signature. Women make up a higher percentage of constables than of higher-ranked officers. She was one of three original sergeants in the Womens Police Patrol. 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This is their story, told through the 1921 Census of England & Wales. She joined the Met in 1971 at the age of 27, where she served at Hornsey police station before moving to Leyton in The Home Office attributes this to the fact that women make up a higher proportion of the newer officers, who are less likely to serve in the higher ranks. Scotland Yard Celebrates First-ever Sikh Female The first women to be employed by the police were matrons. We are in the "closing arguments phase" of the local election campaign, deputy political editor Sam Coates says. They had one daughter, Theodora. 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Still living with her mother, who was now a cleaner, also in the household was an adopted son, Forrest, and two visitors, brothers Sidney and Harold Smith. Police In 1883, the Metropolitan Police recruited its first woman in the role, and within six years had 14. First female Asian police officer 'should be honoured Female police officers are to get specially-designed body armour to fit their bodies for the first time. The questioning lasted five hours, and Lilian planned to be the female officer present, before she was dismissed from the interview. UK police officer Her father Thomas died in 1920, possibly not from natural causes: we found a Thomas Owencroft attempting suicide in 1915. 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