The woman who made history by being appointed the first female police sergeant in Angus has died at the age of 80.
Jean Pellow was born Jean Millar at Woodside of Gaigie, near Kellas, in 1930, the youngest of six children.
She left school at 14 to embark on a secretarial course in Dundee and developed an interest in the justice system when she began working with a local solicitor’s firm.
When she joined Angus Constabulary which amalgamated with several neighbouring forces to become Tayside Police in 1954 she was one of just a handful of female officers in the county.
She served for several years in Arbroath, where she became almost instantly well-known and popular among the locals, before moving to the force’s headquarters in Forfar following her promotion.
It was here that she became one of the first women to undertake police duties at Forfar Athletic’s Station Park, after many of her male colleagues were struck down by flu in the early 1960s.
On the death of her mother in 1968, she moved to London and took up a position with the Metropolitan Police.
It was here she would meet her husband Leonard, who also served with the force. The couple married in 1970 following a whirlwind romance which began with a riverboat cruise on the Thames.
Shortly afterwards, Mrs Pellow stood down from her role as an officer to become personal assistant to the Chief Superintendent at Holloway Police Station.
After she retired in 1992, she received a commendation from the Chief Superintendent for her service to the staff in the division.
The couple moved back to Angus in 1994 and settled in Letham, where they pursued their many interests including nature and bird watching until Mrs Pellow became ill in 2010.