Shirley Becke

Shirley Cameron Becke OBE QPM (née Jennings; 29 April 1917 – 25 October 2011) was a British police officer.

Becke posed as the fiancée of one of the two suspects to gain information about their whereabouts that would see them captured and ultimately hanged for their crimes.

She later married the accountant, Justin Becke, who was later ordained and became Church of England vicar of South Merstham, Surrey.

In 1960, Becke was promoted to superintendent and returned to uniform,[2] taking command of the women police in the South-West Area.

Becke retired from the police on 29 April 1974 and took up a position as regional administrator for London of the Women's Royal Voluntary Service.