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 Biographies of Senior Officers in the Indian Police 1765-1961

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Date transcribed2025-06-26
Transcribed byDon Freer
CommentThis bibliography is not intended to be an exhaustive analysis of the careers of those people appearing in the List. Where possible, career details have been given of major contributors, Indian Policemen, and significant statesmen. Numbers in enclosed in Bold type refer to documents in the list.

View all other items of "Surname" with value "Bennett" in "Biographies of Senior Officers in the Indian Police 1765-1961" Surname  Bennett    
First Name  John Thorne Masey    
Title/ Rank  Sir    
Department  Indian Police (IP)    
Location  Punjab    
Birth Date  7 Oct 1894    
Joined Service  27 Nov 1914    
Career History  Asst Supt Jan 1919 ; Supt Jul 1924 ; Officating deputy Insp-Gen variously from Apr 1934 ; Insp-Gen and Joint Secretary to Punjab GovJan 1940 ; Deputy Insp-Gen CID Feb 1940 and Jan 1943 ; Insp-Gen and Joint Secretary to Punjab Gov Oct 1945 ; knighted Jan 1946 ; KPM Sept 1940    
Honours received  Knighted ; Kings Police Medal (KPM)    
Honour Date  Jan 1946 ; Sept 1940    
Documents in List  229    
Source reference  Mss Eur F161    
Source page  24    
Internal Ref  20250604_125256    
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Mss Eur F161 held by the British Library. Papers illustrating the work and history of the Indian Police, mostly collected under the auspices of the Indian Police Association to facilitate the writing of -To Guard My People: the history of the Indian Police- by Percival Griffiths (1971).
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