A number of you will already be aware of the sad death of Retired Police Officer (Pc1287) Harold Eric KITCHEN. Eric sadly passed away after a long illness on the 21st April 2024  aged 87 years. He leaves his wife Rosemary, daughter Melanie and son Tim.

Eric joined the Police Service in August 1958 and retired in August 1988. It is my understanding that he was one of the original Retford traffic officers and prior to his retirement was the office man at Ollerton Traffic Wing.

Should any of his friends or former colleagues with to pay their respects there will be a Funeral Service on Thursday 9th May 2024 at 11am at All Hallows Church, Ordsall, Retford, Nottinghamshire DN22 7TP. The family would welcome friends and former colleagues should they wish to attend.

Our thoughts and condolences are extended to the family at this very sad time.

Bob THOMPSON (Assistant Secretary) Notts NARPO

Email: nottinghamshire2@narpo.org    Tel: 07989139143

It is with sadness that I report the death of Police Widow Betty MACHIN 81yrs who sadly passed away on the 13th March 2024 after a long illness. Betty was the widow of retired Police Sergeant Anthony Clive MACHIN who sadly passed away in 1995 shortly after his retirement. He had served at Edwalton, East Leake , Mansfield, Sutton in Ashfield and latterly at Ollerton up to his retirement in the early 1990’s.

Betty leaves her daughter Jane and sons, Anthony and Stephen.

At this time there are no funeral arrangements but these will be posted in due course.

Our thoughts and condolences are extended to the family at this very sad time.

Bob THOMPSON (Assistant Secretary) Notts NARPO

Email: nottinghamshire2@narpo.org      Tel: 07989139143.

Many of you will already be aware but it is with sadness that I report the death of Retired Police Constable 436 Mark Lewis WINTER 62yrs who sadly passed away after a long illness at his Calverton home on the 15th March 2024.

Mark joined the Police Service in 1980 and retired in 2010 in the rank of Constable. He served at Retford, Central and Canning Circus.

Mark leaves his wife Sonya and five children, James, Stephanie, Sophie, Charlotte and Gareth.

At this time no funeral arrangements have been made but these will be posted in due course.

The Undertakers will be The Cooperative Funeral Service of High Street, Arnold, Nottingham

As always, our thoughts and condolences are extended to the family at this very sad time.

I would especially like to thank Terry BROGAN who continues to maintain close contact with the family.

Bob THOMPSON (Assistant Secretary) Notts NARPO

Email: nottinghamshire2@narpo.org    Tel 07989139143

It is with sadness that I report the death of Retired Police Officer Vivien Ann BOOTH 87yrs who sadly passed away on the 13th February 2024 at her Derby home. Vivien was also a Police Widow, her late husband Eon BOOTH Pc525 (Formerly 1325) sadly passed away in 2014.

Vivien Completed 10 years Police Service between 1956 and 1966. She served four years in uniform at Newark and a further 6 years in CID at Mansfield. Her late husband Eon also served at both Newark and Mansfield.

Vivien leaves daughters Stephanie and Nicola.

Her funeral will take place at Chellaston on the 12th March 2024. This is for family and close friends only.

The undertakers are George SIMNETT Funeral Services of Chellaston, Derbys.

Our thoughts and condolences are extended to the family at this very sad time.

It is with sadness that I report the death of Retired Police Inspector George Frank HARPER who sadly passed away at his Bedford home on the 21st February 2024 only 5 days short of his 101st birthday. George was a widower, his wife Ivy having passed away in 2012.

An amazing piece of history in George’s past life was that he was conscripted into the Army to serve in the Second World War. After the war was over George joined the Police Service until his retirement in 1981. George served on the old Mechanised Division before amalgamation and subsequently at Nottingham Traffic Wing thereafter. Later in service he also served at Carlton and Newark until retirement.

He leaves his daughter Jane and Grandson Jonathan.

There will be a Cremation Service for George to be held at Bedford Crematorium at 2.30pm Thursday 21st March 2024. The family would welcome anyone to attend who would wish to pay their respects but fully appreciate the distance to travel, the weather and time of year, and because of his age they appreciate that not many of his former colleagues will still be around.

The undertakers are Neville’s Funeral Services of Bedford.

Our thoughts and condolences are extended to the family at this very sad time.

Ladies Day 2024 for Police Widows will take place at 1pm of Saturday 1st June 2024 at Stadium Leisure Centre, Nottingham Road, New Basford. the usual format followed by a salad lunch will take place.

If you wish to attend please use the comment button below and use reference LADIES DAY

This message will be repeated on the next newsletter any member who can offer use of transport would be greatly appreciated

John Kennedy

Branch Secretary

Notts NARPO AGM will take place at 2pm on Friday 12th April 2024 at the Stadium Leisure Centre, Nottingham Road, New Basford. the meeting will last about 1 hour with buffet refreshments on conclusion.

Members are invited to attend please use the comment button below to let us known who will be attending for catering purposes and use reference AGM.

It is with sadness that I report the death of Police Widow Lilian GOODWIN 97yrs who passed away at her Bolsover home on the 14th November 2023.

Lilian was the wife of Retired Pc216 Maurice GOODWIN who himself passed away in 1975/6. Due to the dates there is no known information of Maurice on the NARPO database.

The funeral had already taken place at Chesterfield Crematorium on the 6th December 2023 and the Undertakers were Porter Funeral Services of Clowne, Derbyshire.

Our thoughts are extended to the family at this sad time.

Bob THOMPSON (Assistant Secretary) Notts NARPO

Email: nottinghamshire2@narpo.iorg

It is with sadness that I report the death of Retired Police Sergeant 822 John Malcolm NEWHAM 92yrs who sadly passed away at a Burton Joyce Care Home on the 22nd December 2023 after a long illness

John was appointed to the Police Service in 1952 and retired in 1977. He served at Worksop and Bingham and the City Centre.

He leaves his son Ian NEWHAM.

The funeral has already taken place at Rushcliffe Oaks Crematorium on the 15th January 2024 and the Undertakers were Mills Funeral Services of Radcliffe on Trent, Nottingham.

Our thoughts are extended to the family at this very sad time.

Bob THOMPSON (Assistant Secretary) Notts NARPO

Email: nottinghamshire2@narpo.org

Dear Member

Most of you will be aware that for a number of months now no postings have been put on this website.

We had hoped to piggy back onto the National Site but after exhausting trials neither Bob Thompson or my self were able to get the site to operate satisfactory and and there was no facility for members to leave comments on notification of the death of a member or their spouse.

We have cleaned this site up, secured it and will resume using this site to send out messages, it will not affect the Death Message that Bob Thompson puts out through NARPO.

John Kennedy

Secretary NOTTS NARPO