Howe was the son of a journalist. He was educated at Westminster School, where he was head boy, and Christ Church, Oxford. He was commissioned into the 3rd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment in 1915 and served until 1919. He was wounded in 1917, was promoted acting captain in December 1917,[1] won the Military Cross (MC) in 1918 as a company commander with the 7th Battalion,[2] and was promoted Temporary Captain in September 1918.[3] He resigned his commission in April 1920.[4]
ronald, howe, ronald, martin, howe, september, 1896, august, 1977, english, barrister, police, officer, london, metropolitan, police, howe, journalist, educated, westminster, school, where, head, christ, church, oxford, commissioned, into, battalion, royal, su. Sir Ronald Martin Howe CVO MC 5 September 1896 30 August 1977 was an English barrister and police officer in the London Metropolitan Police Howe was the son of a journalist He was educated at Westminster School where he was head boy and Christ Church Oxford He was commissioned into the 3rd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment in 1915 and served until 1919 He was wounded in 1917 was promoted acting captain in December 1917 1 won the Military Cross MC in 1918 as a company commander with the 7th Battalion 2 and was promoted Temporary Captain in September 1918 3 He resigned his commission in April 1920 4 In 1924 he was called to the bar by the Inner Temple and joined the staff of the Director of Public Prosecutions 5 In February 1932 he was appointed Chief Constable CID in the Metropolitan Police so that there were briefly two CID Chief Constables John Ashley being the other 6 He was however promoted to Deputy Assistant Commissioner CID on 1 November 1933 7 and served in the post until 1945 when he was appointed Assistant Commissioner C Crime 8 9 In 1953 he was appointed Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis 10 He retired on 20 January 1957 11 From 1945 to 1957 he also served as British Representative on the International Criminal Police Commission After his retirement he became chairman of Group 4 Total Security In 1976 he retired from that post too becoming the company s president Howe was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order CVO in 1950 and was knighted in 1955 He wrote The Pursuit of Crime 1961 and The Story of Scotland Yard 1965 Footnotes edit No 31145 The London Gazette Supplement 24 January 1919 p 1337 No 31119 The London Gazette Supplement 10 January 1919 p 625 No 30956 The London Gazette Supplement 15 October 1918 p 12225 No 32024 The London Gazette Supplement 17 August 1920 p 8568 No 33149 The London Gazette 9 April 1926 p 2487 Two Chief Constables for CID The Times 11 February 1932 Police Promotion The Times 19 October 1933 Metropolitan Police Change The Times 30 January 1945 No 36971 The London Gazette 6 March 1945 p 1269 Two Scotland Yard Appointments The Times 12 August 1953 Sir Ronald Howe to Retire The Times 8 June 1956References editObituary The Times 1 September 1977External links editPhotographic portraits of Howe in the National Portrait GalleryPolice appointmentsPreceded byHenry Archer Deputy Assistant Commissioner CID Metropolitan Police1933 1945 Succeeded byHugh YoungPreceded bySir Norman Kendal Assistant Commissioner C Metropolitan Police1945 1953 Succeeded byJoe JacksonPreceded bySir John Nott Bower Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis1953 1957 Succeeded byJoseph Simpson Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ronald Howe amp oldid 1190484111, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
