Details of Pensions and extra Payments made to Officers due to War
Hertfordshire Mercury, 8th May 1915
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At the Annual Meeting of Hertfordshire County Council, held at the Shire Hall, Hertford, on Monday, the Standing Joint Police Committee reported that Sergt. Daniel Hewitt, who had served 24 years and 3 months in the Constabulary had been certified unfit for further service owing to heart disease and granted a pension of £54 10s. 2d. It was also reported that the widow of the late Sergt. Beckwith had been granted a sum of £121 13s. 4d., and that a pension of £73 6s. 8d. had fallen in owing to the death of ex-Inspector C. Boutell.
The Standing Joint Committee also reported that they had received applications from the police for additional allowances to be made to them during the war owing to the increased cost of living, and they had allowed 3s. to married men, and 2s. per week extra to single men, the grants to be reconsidered in six months. If the grants are continued for a year it will cost the ratepayers £2,470.
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In the attached photo the line of Constables are all wearing an armband which signified that they had enlisted in the Army and were now Reservists waiting to be mobilised. This was in July 1916 and many of these men would have later gone off to war and your great grandfather would have helped to make up the shortfall in numbers. This picture is believed to show the rear of King Street Police Station in Watford and many of the men clearly have a letter C (Watford was the C Division headquarters) on their epaulets. Sadly I am not aware as to whether we have any photos of your great grandfather.
Thank you so much for this. I don’t suppose there are any photos of the officers from this time?
Hi Frances I have attached a copy of General Order 12 of 30.01.1915 announcing the award of Sgt Hewitt’s pension. However that wasn’t the end of his Police Service as he was re-engaged as a Constable and finally retired in 1919 as shown in General Order 1 of 01.01.19. My apologies for the poor picture quality.
Sergt. Daniel Hewitt is my Great Grandfather. His eldest son, John J Hewitt is my Grandfather.