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Alan Saunders, CMG, OBE (1886–1964) was Inspector-GeneralNorman Bentwich
Wanderer between two worlds
1941 of
Alan Saunders, CMG, OBE (1886–1964) was Inspector-GeneralNorman BentwichWanderer between two worlds
1941 of
Police
The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and th ...
in Mandatory Palestine
Mandatory Palestine ( ar, فلسطين الانتدابية '; he, פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א״י) ', where "E.Y." indicates ''’Eretz Yiśrā’ēl'', the Land of Israel) was a geopolitical entity established between 1920 and 1948 ...
between November 1937 and August 1943.
Saunders was educated at Christ's Hospital. His career was as follows: served Indian Police, 1908–14; war service,
1914–1920, in France, Flanders and Palestine; District Commandant, Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
Police, 1920–26; Deputy Inspector-General, 1926–35; OBE 1932; Inspector-General,
Nigeria Police, 1936–37; Inspector-General of Police and Prisons, Mandatory Palestine, 1937;
Member, Palestine Advisory Council, 1937–43; CMG 1941; retired from Colonial Service,
1944; Chief Police Adviser, Allied Military HQ (Greece), 1944; Director, Middle East
Censorship, 1945–46; Commissioner Police, Tripolitania, 1946–1952. Married, 1920, Eva
Strickland (d. 1952): 1 son.
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