Formerly of Manchester City Police and GMP, joining as a cadet in 1957 and serving at Didsbury, Stockport, Ashton-under-Lyne and Eccles, retiring as Inspector in June 1989.
Born 12th November 1939.
John joined Manchester City Police Cadets on 14th August 1957, and on 8th September 1958 joined Manchester City Police as PC D 249, based at Didsbury. In 1970 his number changed to D201, and on amalgamation into GMP it changed again to D2022.
In June 1976 he was promoted to Sergeant and posted to Stockport Division. He later moved to Ashton-under-Lyne, and on 22nd December 1980 was promoted to Inspector and transferred to Eccles.
John worked on many divisions, with a stint at Chester House, before finally retiring in June 1989. For a few years afterwards he worked as a Senior Investigating and Advisory Officer for Macclesfield Council, retiring completely in December 2001.
