A Private in the 1st/1st Hertfordshire Regiment and briefly the Sherwood Foresters he was awarded the DCM for saving wounded Guardsmen at Festubert. He was wounded at least three times but survived the war. Life after the war was full of sadness and personal tragedy. He joined the Hertford County Constabulary in 1921 and resigned in 1925.
Read more Violence swept Norfolk during a strike by Agricultural Labourers in 1923.
Read more In July 1919 a riot overwhelmed Luton Borough Police and assistance was requested of the Hertford County Constabulary.
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Read more Section B Reservist, Gunner 205981 Royal Horse Artillery, Royal Field Artillery, wounded, Silver War Badge issued
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Read more Hertfordshire Police Historical Society This Week In History 5th March 1847 Hertford Mercury 13/3/1847 Murderous outrage on a Police Constable On Friday night, the 5th inst., a most brutal attack was made upon Police Constable Broom, stationed in the town of Hitchin. It appears that on Saturday morning, about 7:30 o’clock, a constable was found by a person who ...
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Read more Marjorie Vaughan, of Halton, Leeds, pleaded guilty to stealing a gold ring, set with corals, value £2.
Read more ‘A former Police Superintendent at Bishop’s Stortford, Mr Harry Wright, of ‘Oxhey’, Grange Road, died at Bishop’s Stortford Hospital yesterday (Thursday) aged 64.’ That was the first line as reported by the Hertfordshire Mercury in January 1947. So who was Harry Wright ? Harry Wright was born 21 February 1882 in Tiptree, Essex. In 1898, at the ...
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