Matthew Kirkham Needham Collens, CMG, CBE (died 31 December 1957)[1] was a British police officer; and the Inspector General of Police of the Gold Coast Police Service from 26 May 1949 to the end of his life, when Gold Coast had become Ghana.[2]

He had previously been in Nigeria, and replaced Richard Waverley Head Ballantine in the position, arriving on 21 February 1949.[3][4]

He was awarded the CBE in 1955.[5] He died in Catterick Military Hospital.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Mr M. K. N. Collens". Birmingham Daily Post. 3 January 1958. p. 16.
  2. ↑ "IGP'S FROM 1924 -2013". ghanapolice.info. Archived from the original on July 7, 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  3. ↑ Anderson, David; Killingray, David (15 June 2021). Policing and decolonisation. Manchester University Press. p. 163. ISBN 978-1-5261-6298-4.
  4. ↑ The Indian Police Journal. Vol. 5. Indian Police Journal. 1959. p. 11.
  5. ↑ "No. 40497". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 June 1955. p. 3281.
  6. ↑ "New C. M. G. Dead". Aberdeen Evening Express. 2 January 1958. p. 9.


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