Having served as Lance Sergeant 7073 in the 1st and 3rd Battalions, Coldstream Guards he joined the Hertford County Constabulary in 1894. He was recalled to the Colours on 14th May 1900 during the Boer War and served as a Drill Instructor. He re-joined the Police and later volunteered for the Army during WW1, again as a Drill Instructor. Re-joining the Police again he retired on pension shortly afterwards.
Read more Section B Reservist, Gunner 205987 Royal Horse Artillery
Read more Staff Sergeant 22022 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire, Regiment.
Read more Private 105809, 1st/1st, Hertfordshire Yeomanry who died of Dysentery and Malaria on the 28th November 1918.
Read more Section B Reservist, Gunner 205988, “L” Battery 15th Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery who was Killed in Action on the 30th November 1917.
Read more Probation extended for stealing cash from mate's coat.
Read more A thief is taken to Cheshunt Petty Sessions and given hard labour
Read more George M. Barton (21) , a grocer's assistant , of no fixed abode , was charged with stealing an attaché case and its contents.
Read more Between July 1966 and December 1970 my wife and I lived at the police house at 101 Cappell Lane, Stanstead Abbotts, next door to Alan Richardson. Alan and I shared a 200cc Velocette “noddy” so worked opposite shifts and covered the Stanstead and Great Amwell area. The office, attached to our house, was equipped with ...
Read more Another picture of the Ware Rural Beat car taken at Widford on 30th June 1968 just twenty days after it became operational, replacing the three motorcycles used by outstation officers at Hunsdon, Stanstead Abbotts and Wadesmill. The four original officers were PC Tony Elam (Hunsdon), PC Jim Warner (Wadesmill), PC Alan Richardson and PC John Weeks (Stanstead ...
Read more All seven boys, found under the railway bridge, were found guilty of gambling, and were fined accordingly.
Read more Frederick Albon was charged with illegally purchasing army boots, and fined accordingly.
Read more Elizabeth Saggers (40), of Vicarage Road, Stanstead Abbots, pleaded guilty to using bad language.
Read more Arthur Attfield and William Tew, both teenagers, plead guilty to breaking and entering.
Read more Charles Cook ( 22), a labourer, of Ware Road, Hoddesdon, was summoned for driving a cart without a light.
Read more A heavy steam lorry left in the middle of the road caused a car to have to go into the ditch. The driver was asleep, having been awake for forty hours.
Read more Specials urged to re-enlist and requests for winter clothing
Read more Drunk woman found clinging to railings.
Read more Charles Ward, of 4 Grays Cottages, Hertford Heath, pleaded guilty to stealing four cucumbers.
Read more Joseph Walter Blackwell (28), wharf checker, was indicted for burglariously entering St. Margaret's Church and stealing a missionary box and contents, also a brush and towel,
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