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Women Police

  • First Women Police Gallery

    First Women Police Gallery

  • Gloucestershire's Pioneer Policewomen

    Gloucestershire's Pioneer Policewomen

    Despite the setting up of the Women’s Police Service in 1914 English police forces were generally reluctant to accept women ...
  • How Things Have Changed

    How Things Have Changed

  • Janet Gray

    Janet Gray

      Woman Police Constable Janet Gray. She transferred to Glasgow and became the first woman Inspector of Constabulary in Scotland.(Gloucestershire ...
  • Jessie Mildon Hagley

    Jessie Mildon Hagley

    Jessie Mildon Hagley joined Gloucestershire Constabulary on 6th May 1918 one of the original eight policewomen. She was born on 3rd ...
  • Marion Redfern

    Marion Redfern

    Following lots of research and help from various people we believe that this early policewoman is Marion Redfern. She was ...
  • Marion Sandover and Elizabeth Tonra

    Marion Sandover and Elizabeth Tonra

    Marion Sandover and Elizabeth Tonra seem to have developed a life long friendship. They had both been members of the ...
  • Women Police Gallery

    Women Police Gallery

  • Women’s Auxiliary Police Corps

    Women’s Auxiliary Police Corps

    In early 1939 the Government published its National Service Handbook with no plans for enrolling women as Special Constables. The ...
Diversity in the Police Force
  • Britain's First Black Police Officer
  • LGBT Police 1
  • LGBT Police 2
  • On Patrol at Gloucester Cathedral
  • Recruitment Poster
  • Where Did You Get That Hat
  • Women Police
  • 100 years of Women Police
Featured pages
  • Cheltenham Police Station, Crescent Place

    Cheltenham Police Station, Crescent Place

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  • We are Still Open for Business

    We are Still Open for Business

  • Police Stations and Houses

    Police Stations and Houses

    We are trying to identify as many police stations and houses as we can from the historic county of Gloucestershire . Can you help?
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