Joseph Farndale

Joseph Farndale CBE KPM (1864 – 22 February 1954) was a British police officer who served as Chief Constable of Bradford City Police from 1900 to 1938.[1]

Joseph Farndale
CBE KPM
Chief Constable of Bradford City Police
In office
1900–1938
Chief Constable of York City Police
In office
1897–1900
Personal details
Born1864
Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died22 February 1954(1954-02-22) (aged 89–90)

Farndale was born in Wakefield and educated at Field House Academy in Aberford.[1] He joined the police at the age of twenty and later became Chief Constable of Margate Borough Police.[1] Leaving Margate he took on the role of chief constable of York City Police in 1897 before moving to Bradford in 1900 to succeed Roderick Ross, who had left for Edinburgh.[1]

He was awarded the King's Police Medal (KPM) in 1914[1] and appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1920 civilian war honours[2] and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1924 Birthday Honours.[3]

Footnotes
  1. Obituary, The Times, 24 February 1954
  2. "No. 31840". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 March 1920. p. 3785.
  3. "No. 32941". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 May 1924. p. 4414.
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