The East Riding of Yorkshire Constabulary was the territorial police force for policing the

East Riding of Yorkshire The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a ceremonial county and unitary authority area in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and west, South Yorkshire to t ...

from 1856 to 1968. Formed as a result of the

County and Borough Police Act 1856 The County and Borough Police Act 1856 or the Police Act 1856 (19 & 20 Vict c 69) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was one of the Police Acts 1839 to 1893.The Short Titles Act 1896, section 2(1) and Schedule 2 The Act made i ...

, it covered all of the East Riding and initially consisted of a Chief Constable, Major Bernard Grenville Layard, and 60 men. In 1968, the East Riding Constabulary was amalgamated with

York City Police North Yorkshire Police is the territorial police force covering the non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire and the unitary authority of York in northern England. As of September 2018 the force had a strength of 1,357 police officers, 127 ...

and the

North Riding of Yorkshire Constabulary The North Riding of Yorkshire Constabulary was the territorial police force for the North Riding of Yorkshire from 1856 to 1968. Formed in 1856 as a result of the County and Borough Police Act 1856 it covered all of the North Riding except for ...

to form the

York and North-East Yorkshire Police The York and North East Yorkshire Police was a police force in England from 1968 to 1974, covering the North Riding of Yorkshire, the East Riding of Yorkshire, and the county borough of York. It was a merger of the two riding forces (the North R ...

. ;Chief Constables *1856–1872 : Major Bernard Grenville Layard *1872–1899 : Major Henry J Bower *1899–1924 : Major William Hugh Dunlop *1925 : (Sir)

Percy Sillitoe Sir Percy Joseph Sillitoe KBE DL (22 May 1888 – 5 April 1962) was a chief constable of several police forces. He changed the role of radios, civilian staff, and women police officers within the police. He was later Director General of MI5, ...

(afterwards Chief Constable of Sheffield, 1926–31) *1926–1934 : Captain Archibald Frederick Hordern (afterwards Chief Constable of Cheshire, 1934–35) *1934–1939 : ?? *1939–1942 : Richard Dawnay Lemon (afterwards Chief Constable of Hampshire, 1942–62) *1942–1946 : Godwin Edward Banwell (afterwards Chief Constable of Cheshire, 1946–63) *1946–1953 : Brigadier John Cheney (afterwards

Chief Constable of Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire Constabulary was the Home Office police force for the county of Buckinghamshire, England, until 1968. Buckinghamshire Constabulary was established 6 February 1857. At establishment it had a strength of 102 officers. In 1868, pr ...

, 1953–68) *c.1962 : John Wilfred Peter Blenkin

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