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John Woodgate
By the age of sixteen, John Woodgate (1934-2018) was training as a journalist with the Daily Mail in Fleet Street until his two years of National Service took him away to Cyprus where he worked as decoder for the Royal Corps of Signals. It was in 1959 that he embarked on a career as a police officer that would shape the rest of his life. Following his first rural beat in the small Essex village of Moreton, he went on to become the longest-serving sergeant at Ingatestone, retiring as acting-inspector after thirty years of service.
