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Policewomen Collection (page 4)

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Woman police officer Ivy Cook in rowing team

Woman police officer Ivy Cook in rowing team
Woman police officer Ivy Cook (far left) taking part in a rowing team, May 1931. She joined the Met Police in December 1930. Date: 1931

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Woman police officer working at a police station

Woman police officer working at a police station, helping a woman visitor at the front desk. Date: circa early 1970s

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Two women police officers working at Kingston police station

Two women police officers working at Kingston police station. One of them is looking after a little girl, while the other is on the telephone. Date: circa early 1970s

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Police officers at work, Hammersmith, London

Police officers at work, Hammersmith, London
Male and female police officers at work in Hammersmith Police Station, West London. A sergeant sits at a desk making notes. The woman on the right is Matron Mrs Collins

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Assistant Superintendent Betty Barnes, Lagos, Nigeria

Assistant Superintendent Betty Barnes, Lagos, Nigeria
Assistant Superintendent Betty Barnes (front row, centre), at the time of her posting to Lagos, Nigeria. She served with the Met Police from 1950 to 1975

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Women police officers at Pembridge Hall Section House, WW2

Women police officers at Pembridge Hall Section House, WW2
Women police officers in the dining room at Pembridge Hall Section House, Pembridge Square, Bayswater, London W2. Date: circa 1940

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Barbara Denis de Vitre, Assistant HMI, in Berlin, Germany

Barbara Denis de Vitre, Assistant HMI, in Berlin, Germany
Assistant HMI (His/Her Majestys Inspectorate of Constabulary) Barbara Denis de Vitre, on a postwar visit to Berlin, where she was an expert consultant on the employment of women in the German police

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Three women police officers, Isle of Man, WW2

Three women police officers, Isle of Man, WW2
Three women police officers in an informal group photo while serving at an internment camp, Port Erin, Isle of Man, during the Second World War

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Three police officers, Isle of Man, WW2

Three police officers, Isle of Man, WW2
Three police officers in an informal group photo while serving at an internment camp, Port Erin, Isle of Man, during the Second World War. Their duties included luggage checks and guarding internees

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Women police officers in choir, Met Police, London

Women police officers in choir, Met Police, London
Group photo, women police officers in a womens choir, Met Police, London, with men in evening dress. Date: circa early 1960s

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Woman police officer, Isle of Man, WW2

Woman police officer, Isle of Man, WW2
Woman police officer (WPS Ivy Baxter) of the Met Police during the Second World War. In July 1940 she was promoted from constable to sergeant and posted to the Isle of Man

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Woman police officer off duty, Epsom, WW2

Woman police officer off duty, Epsom, WW2
Woman police officer (WPC Ivy Baxter) off duty, while stationed at Epsom, Surrey, during the early part of the Second World War (spring 1940)

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Woman police officer at Pembridge Hall Section House

Woman police officer at Pembridge Hall Section House
Woman police officer doing her hair in a mirror, sitting in her bedroom at Pembridge Hall Section House, Pembridge Square, Bayswater, London W2

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Women police officers off duty in Section House

Women police officers off duty in Section House
Women police officers off duty, relaxing in the Section House. Date: 1919

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Elizabeth House Hostel for women police cadets, London

Elizabeth House Hostel for women police cadets, London
Elizabeth House Hostel in Highgate, North London, acquired by the Met Police in 1951 for use as accommodation for women police cadets. Date: circa 1950s

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Pembridge Hall Section House for women police officers

Pembridge Hall Section House for women police officers, at 17 Pembridge Square, Bayswater, London W2. It opened in 1936. Date: circa 1930s

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Group photo, male and female police officers

Group photo, male and female police officers, SN Centenary. Date: circa late 1970s

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Group photo, women police officers, Met Police, Croydon

Group photo, women police officers, Met Police, Croydon
Group photo, seven women police officers, Met Police, Croydon Police Station. They are WPCs Pamela Allibone, Kay Parrott, Kathryn Neville, Margaret McNab, Jean Goodwin and Marian Sands

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Group photo, women police officers, Westminster, London

Group photo, women police officers, Westminster, London
Group photo of women police officers standing on Clive Steps, Westminster, London. At the front (left) is Superintendent Sophia Stanley

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Chief Inspector Celia May Cundy, Met Police, London

Chief Inspector Celia May Cundy, Met Police, London. Seen here sitting at her desk, working on documents with WPC Ethel Walker. Date: circa early 1970s

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Group photo, male and female police officers, London

Group photo, male and female police officers, London
Group photo, male and female police officers on a Met Police CID training course for detective constables, taken on 13 March 1948

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Two women police officers at Hammersmith, London

Two women police officers at Hammersmith, London
Two women police officers (Sylvia King and Sylvia Humphrey, one of them in plain clothes) at Hammersmith Police Station, West London, with a male sergeant sitting at a desk. Date: 1952

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Two police officers on horseback, London

Two police officers on horseback, London
Two police officers, a man and a woman, on horseback in a London street. They are wearing protective helmets introduced in 1984. Women were appointed to the Mounted Branch in 1970. Date: circa 1984

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Four police officers on horseback, Central London

Four police officers on horseback, Central London
Four police officers, two men and two women, on horseback in a Central London street. Women were appointed to the Mounted Branch in 1970. Date: circa 1977

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Two women police officers with horses, London

Two women police officers with horses, London
Two women police officers standing with their horses in a Central London street. Women were appointed to the Mounted Branch in 1970. Date: circa 1977

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Two women police officers on horseback, London

Two women police officers on horseback, London
Two women police officers on horseback in Central London. Women were appointed to the Mounted Branch in 1970. Date: circa 1977

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Women police officers and others, Isle of Man, WW2

Women police officers and others, Isle of Man, WW2
Four women police officers and others in a group photo at an internment camp, Port Erin, Isle of Man, during the Second World War, where they were responsible for security, including luggage checks

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Four women police officers doing luggage search, WW2

Four women police officers doing luggage search, WW2
Four women police officers doing a luggage search at an internment camp, Port Erin, Isle of Man, during the Second World War

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Four women police officers having a tea break, WW2

Four women police officers having a tea break, WW2
Four women police officers having a tea break during a luggage search at an internment camp, Port Erin, Isle of Man, during the Second World War

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Woman police officer with horse, London

Woman police officer with horse, London
Woman police officer (Ruth Lindley) standing alongside her horse in a field. Women were appointed to the Mounted Branch in 1970. Date: circa 1977

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Woman police officer on horseback, London

Woman police officer on horseback, London
Woman police officer (Ruth Lindley) on horseback in Central London in front of a band of marching guardsmen. Women were appointed to the Mounted Branch in 1970. Date: circa 1977

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Police officers with dogs, conducting a search, London

Police officers with dogs, conducting a search, London
A group of police officers, male and female, belonging to the Special Patrol Group, with police dogs, conducting a search. The WPCs are wearing the Norman Hartnell uniform, introduced in 1968

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Police officers preparing to conduct a search, London

Police officers preparing to conduct a search, London
A group of police officers (including June Paterson, left), belonging to the Special Patrol Group, preparing to conduct a search with the aid of police dogs

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Woman police dog handler with drug sniffer dog, London

Woman police dog handler with drug sniffer dog, London
Woman police dog handler Sandra Kertzen with drug sniffer dog Snoopy in action, Met Police, London. The yellow labrador was one of the first to be trained by a WPC. (4 of 5) Date: 1971

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Woman police dog handler with dog, London

Woman police dog handler with dog, London
Woman police officer and dog handler (Amanda Reed, nee Longden) with police dog Zircon, Met Police, London. (3 of 4) Date: circa 1978

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Male and female police band members, London

Male and female police band members, London
Male and female police band members, Met Police, London, both in ceremonial uniform. The WPC in the foreground is holding a clarinet

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Chief Superintendent Jessie B Moss, Met Police, London

Chief Superintendent Jessie B Moss, Met Police, London. Date: circa 1970s

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Queen Elizabeth with Superintendent Peto, WW2

Queen Elizabeth with Superintendent Peto, WW2
Queen Elizabeth accompanied by Superintendent D.O.G. Peto of the Metropolitan Police, taking part in a visit to Pembridge Hall Section House during the Second World War

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Woman police officer Shirley Becke, London, WW2

Woman police officer Shirley Becke, London, WW2
Shirley Cameron Becke (nee Jennings, 1917-2011), later to become Commander of the Met Polices A4 (Women s) Branch from 1966 to 1973

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Superintendent Sophia Stanley, woman police officer

Superintendent Sophia Stanley, woman police officer
Superintendent Sophia Stanley, who served from 1918 to 1922 as the first Superintendent of Women Police in London. The new uniform for policewomen, introduced in 1919, was named after her

Background imagePolicewomen Collection: Woman police officer in updated hat, London

Woman police officer in updated hat, London
Woman police officer in the new style hat which went with the updated uniform introduced in 1977, with a range of mix and match options



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