Bennett, John Thorne Masey, Sir, 1894-1949, Knight, police officer in India

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1914 joined the Indian Police; 1915-1920 served with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers; 1922-1929 superintendent of police, Attock, Ambala and Rawalpindi; 1929-1934 assistant inspector general of police, Punjab; 1933 CBE; 1934-1941 deputy inspector general, Criminal Investigations Department; 1936 King's Police Medal; 1939 CIE; 1940 Indian Police Medal 1941-1943 additional inspector general of police and director, civil defence; 1943-1947 inspector general of police and joint secretary to the government, Punjab Home Department; 1946 Kt; 1947 KCSI.

Epithet: police officer in India

Title: Knight

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referencedIn Indian Police Collection, 1765-1961 British Library
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North-West Frontier Province, India
North-East Frontier, India
Pondicherry, India
Delhi, India
Manipur State, India
Burma, Asia
Bastar State, India
Persian Gulf, Asia
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
Cochin State, India
Assam, India
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Birth 1894

Death 1949

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