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P.C. George Linnen

It is with great sadness that we just heard of the passing of former P.C. George Linnen in Canada on Wednesday 23rd August 2017,  after a long illness.

George wqs born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and served for 2 years in the Royal Air Force, then served in the Edinburgh City Police before joining the Bermuda Police on 29th September 1959.

An outstanding football player his talent was quickly recognized and he became an inspirational Captain of our Police Football Team.

George served in Central Division (Hamilton), as Devonshire Parish Constable, in Operations (Traffic) and again in Central Division during his 6 years here in Bermuda before he and his wife Joanne headed off to Canada in 1965.  Once a policeman always a policeman, George went on to work for many years in the Toronto Metropolitan Police before retiring.  He was a long time good friend of fellow footballer, Clive Donald, and they remained in touch over the years.

We offer our sincere condolences to Joanne and to their family who are in our thoughts and prayers.

P.C. George Linnen doing his best to direct traffic at Hyle's Corner without
being too distracted by a lovely young lady by the name of Joanne!

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mike cherry
Roger,Just hand written in a notebook so will take some photo copies and see how they look.Mike.Editors note - That would be fine Mike.
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mike cherry
Roger,Would you believe that i recently found records of squash games against HMS Ursa in October 1963 when the team was Arthur Rose, Clive Donald, Mike Cherry, Doug Hebberd, George Linnen, Jack Crane, and George Hammond. We won.MikeEditors note - had no idea that Doug Hebberd and George Hammond both played squash. Any chance you could send me a scan of photo of the records?
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mike cherry
George was also a good squash player, but more importantly was injured in the infamous BELCO riots.mike cherryEditors note - Hadn't realized that George was a squash player, but sure do remember how a camera caught the action when he bravely guarded Ian Davies outside BELCO after Ian had been brutally attacked sustaining serious head wounds from which he never fully recovered. I will post the photo in this article.
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Mike Jent
I never knew George but heard of his footballing talent from Clive Donald.My condolences to his family and rest in peace George.
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