Winifred Barker | |
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Head of A4 Branch (Women Police), Metropolitan Police | |
In office December 1960 – 25 May 1966 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Winifred Theodora Barker 2 October 1910 Tisbury, Wiltshire, England |
Died | 8 May 1995 Brockworth, Gloucestershire, England | (aged 84)
Education | Chelsea College of Physical Education |
Occupation | Police officer |
Winifred Theodora Barker QPM CPM (2 October 1910 – 8 May 1995) was an English police officer. She was the third commander of A4 Branch (Women Police) in the London Metropolitan Police, from 1960 to 1966, and the second woman in the United Kingdom to hold the rank of chief superintendent.[1][2]