Sir Norman Kendal CBE (13 July 1880[1] – 8 March 1966) was an English barrister and police officer in the London Metropolitan Police.[2]

Kendal was born in Cheadle, Cheshire. He was educated at Rossall School and Oriel College, Oxford, where he studied Modern History, and was called to the bar by the Inner Temple in 1906, practising on the Northern Circuit. In 1914, he was commissioned into the 5th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. He was wounded at the Battle of the Somme in 1916, and, in 1917, was attached to the Ministry of National Service as a staff officer.[2] He was promoted lieutenant in July 1917.[3] In October 1918 he resigned his commission on account of ill-health caused by his wounds.[4]

In November 1918, Kendal was appointed Chief Constable (CID) in the Metropolitan Police, and the following year, on the creation of the rank, was promoted to Deputy Assistant Commissioner (CID).[2] In December 1928, he was appointed Assistant Commissioner "L" (Legal).[5][6] In 1931 he was moved to be Assistant Commissioner "C" (Crime),[7] holding the post until his retirement on 1 March 1945.[8]

He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1927 Birthday Honours[9] and knighted in 1937. He died in 1966 at his home in Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire.[2]

Footnotes

  1. ^ 1939 England and Wales Register
  2. ^ a b c d "Obituary: Sir Norman Kendal". The Times. 9 March 1966. p. 12.
  3. ^ "No. 30212". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 July 1917. p. 7875.
  4. ^ "No. 30927". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 September 1918. p. 11549.
  5. ^ "New CID Chief", The Times, 21 November 1928.
  6. ^ "No. 33446". The London Gazette. 11 December 1928. p. 8169.
  7. ^ "Scotland Yard Changes", The Times, 30 January 1930
  8. ^ "Metropolitan Police Change", The Times, 30 January 1945.
  9. ^ "No. 32280". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 May 1927. p. 3612.

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