Winifred Maud McLintic

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Police Officer at the Women’s Police Service

Birthplace Valetta MaltaPlace of Death Solihull Date of Birth: February 16, 1891 Date of Death: December 16, 1981

Biography

Research conducted by Nigel Crompton.

Name: Winifred Maud McLintic
DoB: 16 February 1891
Place of birth: Valetta, Malta
Parents: Francis James & Catherine (nee Reardon)
Parental Home: Valetta, Malta – British Army married quarters
Siblings: Francis Thomas McLintic (1887-1963)
Spouse: George Ernest Crook
Date of Wedding: 24 January 1931
Children : Ernest Frank (1931-2016), Winifred Alison (1933-)
Marital home(s) : 294 Sutton Road, Walsall
Employment: Housemaid/ Table maid – employed by the three Ford sisters
1911 Census: 1911 Scottish census – 30 Colinton Road, Morningside, Edinburgh
Date of death: 16 December 1981
Location: 27 Lugtrout Lane, Solihull

Gretna details
Name: Winifred Maud McLintie/ McLintic
Clock No
Date joining: 1st June 1918
Date leaving: 27th September 1919
Addresses: Not known
Rank on start: PC
Promotion: Not known
Career after: Walsall Borough Police
1921 Census : Not located on English 1921 census

Addresses after Gretna
1939 – 294 Sutton Road, Walsall
1981 – 27 Lugtrout Lane, Solihull

Additional information

Unfortunately very little has been discovered of Winifred’s early life, living with her parents and brother in Valetta, Malta. Her brother Francis was born 4 August 1887 in Station Hospital, Valletta, Malta.

A black and white photo of a family from the past. From left to right is Catherine Reardon, Francis Thomas McLintic as a boy, his father Francis James McLintic and his young daughter Winifred Maud McLintic.

Winifred and her brother with her parents. A huge thank you to her relative for kindly sharing this photo with us.

Although yet to be confirmed it is highly likely Winifred’s early years were spent within British Army accommodation on Malta. Her father was a NCO in the Royal Garrison Artillery. By 1903 part of the family must have been living in or near Beauly, nr Inverness where Winifred’s mother Catherine was buried in 1903.

The first tangible evidence for Winifred being in Great Britain is the Scottish 1911 census where she is shown as living at 30 Colinton Road, Morningside, Edinburgh, employed by the Ford sisters as a housemaid and waiting at table.

No address for Winifred’s service at Gretna has been found also her name does not immediately appear on the petition sent in by police officers during late 1918 to the Ministry of Munitions requesting both a pay rise and changes to working conditions.

West Midlands Police records show Winifred joined Walsall Borough Police in 1921. She appears to have attended a large number of diverse cases thanks to newspaper reports.

A photo of Winifred Maud McLintic in her police uniform from when she worked at the Walsall Police.

Here is a photo of Winifred Maud McLintic during her time in working at Walsall. Thank you to Winifred’s great-niece for kindly sharing this photo with us.

In December 1930 she resigned giving one months notice but on 24 January 1931 Winifred married George Ernest Crook, a fellow Walsall police officer who rose to the rank of inspector. The couple had two children. Interestingly the Walsall borough magistrates in 1935 heard a case of theft during which evidence was given by a Policewoman McLintic.

Winifred’s police record does not show her re-joining. George & Winifred moved to 27 Lugtrout Lane in Solihull, a bungalow where she passed away on 16 December 1981.

Her brother, Francis Thomas McLintic served during WW1. We were contacted by a relative of Winifred and Francis Thomas McLintic, who kindly shared the following information and photo with us. A huge thank you to them for doing this and allowing us to share this information here.

A black and white photo of Francis Thomas McLintic in his uniform and his father.

Francis Thomas McLintic and his father.

“Born 4 August 1887 in Station Hospital, Valletta, Malta.

Company quarter master sergeant no. 7514 Cameron Highlanders. He enlisted in Inverness on 29 May 1906. Listed as wounded on the casualty list issued by the War Office from 16 October 1915. [Battle of Loos was on 25 September 1915; Primary Unit – Cameron Highlanders. Secondary unit – 5^thBattalion. Discharged in Perth on 1 March 1918 after serving 11 years 277 days, “in consequence of being no longer physically fit for War Service”; reference to “tongue cut”- as a result of being wounded. Discharge certificate states that his entry to the last theatre of war was 10 May 1915 in France. According to history of Cameron Highlanders the 5^thbattalion landed in Boulogne, France on 10 May 1915. In a military record in the National Archives he is recorded as “Francis T McLintie” and in a casualty record published in 1915 he is described as “F McLintie” and as “suffering from shock shell.” Discovered from British War Medal and Victory Medal list that he was a sergeant in the 5^thbattalion Cameron Highlanders. – They fought in the Battle of Loos in 1915. [Info re5th (Service) Battalion: Aug 1914 Formed at Inverness as part of the First New Army (K1) and then moved to Aldershot as part of the 26th Brigade of the 9th Division. Feb 1915 Moved to Guadaloupe Barracks, Bordon. 10.05.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne and engaged in various actions on the Western front including 1915 The Battle of Loos] But in another military record it says he was discharged from 3^rdbattalion.”

She also shared that Francis

” was in WW1 and was discharged with shell-shock. He no longer knew his wife and family and spent from 1916 to 1963 in hospitals and died in Edinburgh in the care of the Little Sisters of the Poor.”

A huge thank you to Winifred’s great-niece for kindly share these photos and information with us.

Sources Consulted

Source
Item consulted
Ancestry UK
English/ Welsh Census 1891, 1901,
1911, 1921, 1939 registration
Census, electoral registers
Births, Marriages, Deaths, Burial/ Cemetery records
Immigration and travel
British Newspaper Archive
Local, National & Scottish Newspapers
National Archives Kew
Ministry of Munitions & Women Police Service
National Archives Edinburgh
Gretna Police Area records
Devils Porridge Museum Archives
Valuation Roll for Gretna
Electoral Register 1918-1919
Dumfries Archives
Police & Court records
Scotlandspeople
Births, Marriages, Deaths
Valuation Roll for Gretna
Court, prison and legal records
Bow Street Court and Holloway Prison
West Midlands Police Museum
Police records – Walsall Borough Police
Malta genealogy.