Among Our Contributors
| Date | 01 October 1964 |
| Published date | 01 October 1964 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0032258X6403701014 |
| Subject Matter | Among Our Contributors |
AMONG
OUR
~ONTRIBUTORS
Mr. John Moss, C.B.E., chairman of the National Old People's Welfare Council
since 1951, was called to the bar in 1915. During the first world war he served
in the Somerset Light Infantry and from 1919 to
1931
in the Fourth Battalion
of the Buffs, T.A.
Mr. Moss was public assistance officer for Kent between 1930 and 1948; was
a member of the 1945-46 Governmental Committee on Care of Children, and
has contributed to or been editor of many legal publications. He has lectured
on the British social services in many parts of the world and is a keen philatelist.
Chief Inspector David Powis served as a boy clerk and cadet with the Portsmouth
city police before joining the Royal Marines for war service. On demobilization
he became a constable in the Portsmouth city force, with which he remained for
three years.
Mr. Powis transferred to the Metropolitan police, serving in the
C.I.D.,
both on
division and in the company fraud department, New Scotland Yard. In 1956he
returned to uniform on promotion to sergeant, having been placed first in the list
of the competitive examination for promotion. He was a student on Course
A/59/2 at the Police College.
He has been employed in plain clothes as the clubs office inspector, West End
Central, and on similar duties as a chief inspector at Notting Hill.
Mr. Powis tells us that his interests are motoring, ship-modelling, swimming,
shooting, and raising two sons.
Detective Chief Inspector F. A. Gordon first joined the New Zealand Police
in 1937, and the whole of his service has been- in the Criminal Investigation
Branch. He was Chief Detective at Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, before
being promoted to Detective Inspector in 1963 and made
O.c.
of the Dunedin
District C.LB. in June of that year. We are glad to say that while we were in
correspondence with Mr. Gordon over this article he was promoted to Detective
Chief Inspector. This is Mr.
Gordon's
first contribution to
THE
POLICE
JOURNAL.
Detective Constable R.
H,
S, Langley joined the Durham Constabulary in
1950. After two years' uniform duty in Birtley section he was posted to a de-
tached country beat near Bishop Auckland. Two years' service on motor patrol
followed and he then attended a Scientific Aids Course. Readers will remember
Det. Insp. H. Scott's article describing these courses in our September issue last
year. Det. Const. Langley served as scientific aids officer at Barnard Castle and
West Hartlepool. He attended the Junior
C.LD.
Course at the Metropolitan
Police Detective Training School and has now been engaged for over four years
on operational
C.LD.
duties.
Mr. A. G. P. Way, C.M,G., M.A.(Oxon.), educated at St. Edward's School and
Christ Church, Oxford, joined the Metropolitan Police as a constable in 1934
and subsequently attended the Hendon Police College (1934-35). From 1936
to 1942 he served as a station inspector on J Division until his promotion to
sub-divisional inspector when he went to S Division until seconded to the Civil
Affairs Branch of the Army in 1943. He served in Italy and Austria and from
late 1947until 1952was in charge of administration in Venezia Giulia Police Force.
On his return to England he rejoined the Metropolitan Police as superinten-
dent (administration), MDivision. In 1954 he was promoted chief superin-
tendent in charge of L Division and Deputy Commander No. I District in 1957.
He was transferred to the Traffic and Transport Department in 1958 on promo-
tion to Commander.
Mr. Way was seconded to the Montreal Police Department, Canada, from
1961
to 1962, where he advised on the reorganization of the force.
In the New Year's Honours List, 1963, he was appointed aCompanion of the
Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George and was made Assistant
Commissioner, Traffic and Transport Department in November of that year.
A Rugby player in his younger days, Mr. Way still takes a lively interest in the
game and in summer is a keen cricket enthusiast. He is chairman of the M.P.A.A.
rugby and cricket sections.
510 October 1964
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