Eric Nottingham

Capt. Eric Cato Nottingham MC CPM (9 May 1891 – 1972) was a British soldier and police officer who served as the Inspector General of Police of the Gold Coast Police Service from 8 October 1938 to 21 May 1944.[1]

Nottingham was born in Streatham, London, in 1891.[2] He received the Military Cross while serving in Belgium with the Royal Field Artillery in the First World War.[3] Prior to his work in Ghana, he was the Assistant Commissioner of Police in the Northern Provinces, Nigeria.[4]

He received the Colonial Police Medal in the 1941 New Year Honours.[5]

Nottingham died in Eastbourne, Sussex, England, aged 80.[6]

References

1. "IGP'S FROM 1924 -2013". ghanapolice.info. Archived from the original on July 7, 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
2. 1911 England Census
3. "No. 31158". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 January 1919. p. 1682.
4. "Wedding at Coventry Cathedral". Coventry Herald. 20 March 1926. p. 8. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
5. "No. 35029". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1940. p. 43.
6. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007

Police appointments
Preceded by H. W. M. Bamford	Inspector General of Police 1938 - 1944	Succeeded by R. W. H. Ballantyne