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Police Officials

Police Officials in the Jack the Ripper Investigation

The following is a list of police who were involved in investigating the Whitechapel murders. For more information on the police of the day, you may like to read An Introduction to the Metropolitan Police by Andrew L. Morrison. You can also access a comprehensive list of H-Division Personnel compiled by Simon Wood.



Inspector Frederick Abberline
Inspector Frederick Abberline
Sir Robert Anderson
Sir Robert Anderson
Inspector Walter Andrews
Inspector Walter Andrews
Superintendent Thomas Arnold
Superintendent Thomas Arnold
Detective Constable Walter Dew
Detective Constable Walter Dew
Detective Sergeant George Godley
Detective Sergeant George Godley
P.C. James Harvey
P.C. James Harvey
Inspector Joseph Henry Helson
Inspector Joseph Henry Helson
Chief Inspector John George Littlechild
Chief Inspector John George Littlechild
Sir Melville Macnaghten
Sir Melville Macnaghten
James Monro
James Monro
Chief Inspector Henry Moore
Chief Inspector Henry Moore
P.C. John Neil
P.C. John Neil
Inspector Edmund Reid
Inspector Edmund Reid
Detective Constable Robert Sagar
Detective Constable Robert Sagar
Major Henry Smith
Major Henry Smith
P.C. William Smith
P.C. William Smith
Inspector John Spratling
Inspector John Spratling
Chief Inspector Donald Swanson
Chief Inspector Donald Swanson
Sergeant William Thick
Sergeant William Thick
P.C. Ernest Thompson
P.C. Ernest Thompson
Sir Charles Warren
Sir Charles Warren
P.C. Edward Watkins
P.C. Edward Watkins
Sergeant Stephen White
Sergeant Stephen White
Chief Constable Adolphus Frederick Williamson
Chief Constable Adolphus Frederick Williamson

All police officials, A–Z

Every officer and official catalogued in the Casebook wiki, 53 in total — including those without a surviving portrait.

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