Lionel Decimus Longcroft Everett (17 June 1877''1939 England and Wales Register'' – 12 February 1941) was a British police officer who served as chief constable of

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from 1925 to 1931. Everett joined the Wiltshire County Constabulary as a

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at the age of 18. He served his first eighteen months in the chief constable's office and was then posted to

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, where he was promoted to

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eighteen months later. He was promoted to

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in 1902 and senior inspector at Swindon in 1903. In 1911 he was promoted to superintendent and took over the Devizes division. In 1913 he became chief constable of Preston Borough Police and in 1917 first assistant head constable of Liverpool City Police. He resigned from the police in November 1931 due to ill-health. Everett was appointed

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(OBE) in the 1920 civilian war honours, particularly in connection with the suppression of anti-German riots during the

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. He was awarded the King's Police Medal (KPM) in the

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'', 20 February 1941 *"Chief Constable of Liverpool", ''

'', 14 October 1925 1877 births 1941 deaths People from Swindon English recipients of the Queen's Police Medal Officers of the Order of the British Empire British Chief Constables {{England-bio-stub