Top cop pictured wearing Falklands medal seen smiling in Navy intake photo two YEARS after conflict ended
A PHOT0 sinks the Falklands War claim of a “fake medals” top cop.
It proves Nick Adderley joined the Royal Navy two years after the 1982 conflict with Argentina ended.
Chief constable Adderley, 57, is accused of being a fantasist by wearing a combat medal.
The Sun unearthed the photo of him in the Royal Navy intake at HMS Raleigh in 1984, after he had just turned 18.
He served two years in the Navy, sources say, and went on to join the police in February 1992, aged 25.
Questions were last night raised over previous accounts of his Navy service.
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Mr Adderley has been the £165,000-a-year boss of Northamptonshire Police since 2018.
Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Stephen Mold said Adderley’s appointment was based on his front-line experience and lengthy Naval career.
He wrote to every cop on the force: “Following over ten years in the Royal Navy, Nick joined Cheshire Constabulary in 1992.”
Mr Adderley is being probed by the Independent Office for Police Conduct over allegations of wearing fake medals and his communications to Mr Mold.
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He has worn a Falklands War gong despite being 15 at the time of the conflict.
Last night, Mick Neville — a former Met detective chief inspector and soldier — said: “He has insulted veterans with his lies and exaggerations and should resign immediately.”
Mr Adderley claimed the medal was a gift from ex-Navy brother Rick when he emigrated. But Rick, 59, has since worn the gong in Australia.
Mr Adderley has also worn a Northern Ireland medal without serving in the Troubles.
