Malcolm Fewtrell
| Malcolm Fewtrell | |
|---|---|
| Born |
28 September 1909 Ryde, Isle of Wight |
| Died | 28 November 2005 (aged 96) |
| Police career | |
| Department | Buckinghamshire Constabulary |
| Rank | Chief Superintendent. |
Ernest Malcolm Fewtrell (28 September 1909 – 28 November 2005) was a Detective Chief Superintendent in the Buckinghamshire Constabulary and head of Buckinghamshire CID. He led the initial investigation into the Great Train Robbery in 1963.
Fewtrell was born in Ryde, on the Isle of Wight, where his father was a police officer. He attended Reading School, then spent 6 months in New South Wales, Australia working as a jackaroo on sheep stations. He then returned to the UK and became a police cadet with the Buckinghamshire Constabulary in 1927. Three of his five brothers also joined the police. After serving a uniformed police constable, he joined Buckinghamshire CID. He married Anne Thomas in 1934, who was a nurse in the hospital where he had his appendix removed.
His reserved occupation as a police officer made him exempt from military service in the Second World War. He rose through the police ranks, becoming Detective Inspector at Chesham in 1950, and Detective Superintendent in 1954, and head of Buckinghamshire CID. He was involved in the A6 murder investigation when he was asked to find 10 redheaded men for an identity parade with James Hanratty.
On 8 August 1963, Fewtrell was called out in the early morning to Bridgego Bridge, near Linslade. He was head of the Buckinghamshire CID located at Aylesbury, and within a year of his scheduled retirement.
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