Winifred Barker
Winifred Theodora Barker CPM (c. 1909 – 1995[1]) was the third commander of A4 Branch (Women Police) in the London Metropolitan Police, from 1960 to 1966, and the second woman in the United Kingdom to hold the rank of chief superintendent, to which she was promoted on being appointed to the position in December 1960.[2][3] As a superintendent she had served as the senior woman officer with the British Police Unit in Cyprus,[4] for which she was awarded the Colonial Police Medal (CPM) in the 1959 New Year Honours.[5] She retired on 25 May 1966.[6]
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| Preceded by Elizabeth Bather |
Commander, A4 Branch (Women Police), Metropolitan Police 1960–1966 |
Succeeded by Shirley Becke |
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Footnotes
- ↑ England and Wales Death Index, 1916-2005
- ↑ "Met Police Female Police Officers history"
- ↑ Birmingham Daily Post, 13 October 1964
- ↑ Hastings and St Leonards Observer, 30 August 1958
- ↑ "No. 41589". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1958. p. 34.
- ↑ Reading Evening Post, 25 May 1966
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