The first eight Police Women were sworn in in Gloucestershire on 15th May 1918. They were Elizabeth Brookes, Jessie Hagley, Catherine Kelly, Jennie Hopkins, Elizabeth Fowler, Marion Sandover and Elizabeth Tonra. They had all been members of the Women’s Police Service employed in the Munitions Factories during the First World War.
Marion Redfern joined on 10th June 1918 she too had been part of the Women’s Police Service, Gertrude Rowe Joined on 24th June 1918 and Ethel Gale who transferred from Bath City Police joined on 13th July 1918.
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