Arthur Hambleton

He left school at 16, and worked, at his father's behest, at a butcher's shop.

In March 1945 he fought in a battle to take the Küsten Canal, suffering multiple wounds to the head and buttocks.

[1] After rejoining the police in 1945, he worked his way up through the ranks, eventually becoming Assistant Chief Constable in Cardiff.

[1] He was particularly notable for heading up one of the first major corruption investigations into the Metropolitan Police, Operation Countryman, before retiring in February 1980.

[2] Hambleton died in 2012 and is buried at St Laurence's Church, Upwey.