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You can visit the Herts Past Policing catalogue at catalogue.hertspastpolicing.org.uk.  The catalogue displays police documents from the First World War.
We are working on re-designing the catalogue so that it will exactly match the design of this website.

  • A large fire, but no effective brigade to deal with it
    A large fire, but no effective brigade to deal with it
    The barn and several sheds were burnt to the ground, but the cause was not known.
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  • A Watford policeman, a Guards reservist, is killed in action
    A Watford policeman, a Guards reservist, is killed in action
    Sgt Kendall, a Watford Police reservist for the Grenadier Guards, was killed in action in Belgium
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  • A well deserved award
    A well deserved award
    All officers are awarded a pay rise, plus the honorarium for the Acting Chief Constable
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  • Crime statistics
    Crime statistics
    Standing Joint Committee – report of Chief Constable     Quarter ending Sept 1900 Quarter ending Sept 1899 Persons apprehended and summoned 1110 1031 –           Summary convictions 977   –           discharged 123   Drunkenness – proceeded against: Males Females 135   115 20 132   119 13 Drunkenness – convictions Males Females 129 111 18 129 116 13 Licence holders – offences against the Licensing Acts Convictions Dismissals 16   9 7 9   7 2 Reported felonies Detected Under investigation 76 37 39 ?6 Value of stolen property Recovered £218. 5s 4d £154 7s.4d £163.5s 10d £62 Hertfordshire Mercury 27 October 1900
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  • Did the attempted suicide actually help
    Did the attempted suicide actually help
    Eleanor Chalkley was summoned for stealing eggs. She attempted suicide as a result. Although the employer from whom she stole did not wish to press the case, the Bench adjourned the hearing.
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  • Drunk again
    Drunk again
    Thomas Aldridge, of Ware, was found to be drunk, and certainly disorderly. He was fined 5 shillings, with costs.
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  • For stealing a gold watch, one can do 'time'
    For stealing a gold watch, one can do 'time'
    Winifred Mackey, a driver, was guilty of stealing a gold watch.
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  • Giggins, Herbert Richard, 18, Police Constable.
    Giggins, Herbert Richard, 18, Police Constable.
    Hertfordshire Mercury, 2nd November 1918 - Constable Herbert Richard Giggins died of influenza.
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  • Hertfordshire Constabulary's first Flying Club
    Hertfordshire Constabulary's first Flying Club
    Formed in 1956, the Hertfordshire Constabulary Flying Club was based at Panshanger airfield and successfully restored a Tiger Moth aeroplane.
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  • It certainly went with a bang
    It certainly went with a bang
    A terrific explosion shook Hemel Hempstead and Apsley causing much damage, and three local brigades turned out to fight the ensuing fire.
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  • Lawrence, Herbert, 15, Police Constable.
    Lawrence, Herbert, 15, Police Constable.
    Charles Day, 24, and Edward Swallow, 25, assaulted PC Lawrence severely.
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  • Opening of Baldock Police Station
    Opening of Baldock Police Station
    New Police Station at Baldock
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  • Prices have gone up again
    Prices have gone up again
    Stuart Simpkins charged with being drunk and disorderly on the same day he had been let out of gaol!
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  • Reynolds - Three generations of the same family served in the Police Force.
    Reynolds - Three generations of the same family served in the Police Force.
    Three generations, PC William Reynolds, ex-Supt W Reynolds, and ex-DCC John Reynolds, have all left the force but are all still alive, after serving 91 years collectively
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  • The boy scout spy
    The boy scout spy
    Spy stories
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  • Walter Wright describes the recovery and preservation of Police Records.
    Walter Wright describes the recovery and preservation of Police Records.
    Testimony of Walter Wright the Voluntary Honorary Curator of of the Bishop's Stortford and District Local History Museum who was responsible for taking in the collection of Police Records
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