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Sir Douglas Osmond (b. 27th June 1914. d. 20th April 2006) was the chief constable of Shropshire Constabulary and later Hampshire Constabulary. He is regarded as one of the first career chief constables in the UK. Hampshire Constabulary is the Home Office police force responsible for policing Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in southern England. ...
Biography
Douglas Osmond joined the Metropolitan Police in 1935 where he rose to Inspector before joining the Royal Navy during the Second World War. After the war he returned to the police and was appointed as the chief constable of Shropshire Constabulary (now part of West Mercia Constabulary) in 1946. At 32 he was one of the youngest to have achieved this position in the United Kingdom (The youngest was Sir Eric St Johnston who, in 1940 at the of 29, was appointed chief constable of Oxfordshire Constabulary). Equally remarkable was his rise through the ranks at a time when most chief constables were externally appointed. Chief Constable is the title given to the commanding officer of every territorial police force in the United Kingdom except the two responsible for Greater London. ...
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In 1962 Osmond left to become the chief constable of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Constabulary where in 1967 he presided over the amalgamation with the Portsmouth and Southampton city forces. At this point the force was renamed to Hampshire Constabulary and Osmond remained chief constable until his retirement from the post in 1977. Hampshire Constabulary is the Home Office police force responsible for policing Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in southern England. ...
He died on 20th April 2006 aged 91.
Honours During his life Osmond received the following honours: 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
OBE can mean several things, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, distinction of honour. ...
1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ...
The Queens Police Medal is awarded to police officers in the United Kingdom for distinguished service or gallantry. ...
1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...
CBE can stand for: Commander of the Order of the British Empire, a grade in the Order of the British Empire Calgary Board of Education, public school board for the city of Calgary, Alberta CBE (AM), callsign of the CBC Radio One AM station in Windsor, Ontario CBE-FM, callsign...
1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ...
This page deals with the order after its revival in the 19th century. ...
1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ...
A statue of an armoured knight of the Middle Ages For the chess piece, see knight (chess). ...
1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Deputy Lieutenant is the deputy to the Lord Lieutenant of a county. ...
Hampshire (abbr. ...
See also Hampshire Constabulary is the Home Office police force responsible for policing Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in southern England. ...
A Police Constable of West Yorkshire Police on patrol The United Kingdom is a unitary (as opposed to federal) state, and police forces, generally speaking, are organised at the level of administrative districts. ...
References - Rolling, S. (2006). Obituary - Douglas Osmond. Frontline (Hampshire Constabulary newspaper). June 2005. Portsmouth.
- (2006). Sir Douglas Osmond obituary. Daily Telegraph. 28/04/2006.
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