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Eric Nottingham

Eric Nottingham

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Capt. Eric Cato Nottingham MC CPM (9 May 1891 – 1972) was a British soldier and police officer who served as the Inspector General of Police of the Gold Coast Police Service from 8 October 1938 to 21 May 1944.[1]

Nottingham was born in Streatham, London, in 1891.[2] He received the Military Cross while serving in Belgium with the Royal Field Artillery in the First World War.[3] Prior to his work in Ghana, he was the Assistant Commissioner of Police in the Northern Provinces, Nigeria.[4]

He received the Colonial Police Medal in the 1941 New Year Honours.[5]

Nottingham died in Eastbourne, Sussex, England, aged 80.[6]

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    "IGP'S FROM 1924 -2013". ghanapolice.info. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
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    1911 England Census
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    "No. 31158". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 January 1919. p. 1682.
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    "Wedding at Coventry Cathedral". Coventry Herald. 20 March 1926. p. 8. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
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    "No. 35029". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1940. p. 43.
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    England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
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