Having served as Bombardier 79907 in the Royal Artillery he joined the Hertford County Constabulary in 1898. Recalled to the Colours on 9th October 1899 he served for nearly two years in the Boer War before re-joining the Constabulary retiring in 1923 as a Superintendent.
Read more Many readers will recall the 1984 Coal Strike but will not have realised that the Hertford County Constabulary were called upon 70 years earlier.
Read more Private 5684 of 12th Lancers, Private 5015 16th Lancers, Private 6543 of 17th Lancers, Private 2468 Hertfordshire Yeomanry, Corporal P/14903 Military Mounted Police.
Read more Sergeant 12821, No. 3 Company 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards who was Killed in Action on the 25th September 1918.
Read more Silas R. Smith, of Star Street, Ware, was summoned for shouting in the street at Bengeo.
Read more Percival A Roberts was summoned for riding asleep
Read more At Hertford, a 6 year old boy had a narrow escape from being drowned in the River Lee.
Read more Navvy found drunk in Bengeo Street.
Read more