Lawrence Whitfield Major

Lawrence Whitfield Major was a senior naval officer in the Bahamas. Whitfield joined the Bahamas' police force in 1950. In 1971, when the Police force created a Police Marine Division, Major was put in charge. During his career Major held other senior positions within Bahamas Ministry of Security. When Major retired from the Police he was its assistant commissioner. He was then appointed Warden of the Bahamas main prison.

Legacy
In 1979 Major was made a Member of the British Empire. In 2016 the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, the agency that evolved from the Police Marine Division that Major commanded, commissioned the HBMS Lawrence Major.