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]
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]