Theft - Cole Green
From: Telephone message book: 11 Aug 1902 - 27...From Superintendent Foster to All Stations – Stolen between 5.30 a.m. & 2 p.m. 16th Inst from a Mess Room at Wallington Farm Cole Green 9lbs of fresh beef, 1 pepper box value 1d, silver watch no [unreadable Ed.] single case common chain attached, 5/- in money, one S. African medal 2 bars Transvaal Cape Colony inscription Private F. Petch, coloured satin handkerchief, common scarf, ring imitates gold, cloth jacket pepper & salt colour, black & white spotted cap, dirty grey Army shirt, one new razor hollow ground, camel hair lather brush, by a man named John Henry Groves, nickname Dickies, age 39, 5 ft 6, dark brown hair, blue eyes, complexion fresh, suffers from stricture, corduroy trousers, blue serge jacket, navy cap with knob on top, coloured handkerchief round neck, heavy lace boots.
Transmitted to Sawbridgeworth.
Over written on this entry is ‘Arrested’.
Date of creation
16 Nov 1903Reference number
HPF/B/99/107/4People involved in incident
Private F. PetchJohn Henry Groves