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Policing in WW1

Articles, accounts and stories from the homefront, across Hertfordshire, during World War I.

  • A bomb scare !
    A bomb scare !
    When opening the doors of the Baptist Chapel the caretaker, Phillips, found a parcel under the table in the entrance hall.
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  • A policeman's lot
    A policeman's lot
    What was it like to be a Constable in Bishop's Stortford in the middle of the First World War? The first volume of the Bishop's Stortford Archive has been prepared for digitisation (The logbook of Pc Elberton from July 1915 to April 1916)
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  • Deserting from the ranks
    Deserting from the ranks
    At Ware Police Court, John Benn was charged on his own confession with being a deserter from His Majesty’s forces. Superintendent Handley stated that the defendant came to the police station that morning saying that he wished to give himself up for being a deserter.  He had joined the Royal Garrison Artillery on the 7th of ...
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  • Hertford County Constabulary 1914
    Hertford County Constabulary 1914
    The Organisation Of The Constabulary 1914
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  • Locations of military significance in Hertfordshire in the Great War
    Locations of military significance in Hertfordshire in the Great War
    Concentrations of troops, internees or prisoners of war had a marked impact on the delivery of policing to communities in the various localities across Hertfordshire.
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  • Men of the Hertfordshire Constabulary go to war
    Men of the Hertfordshire Constabulary go to war
    Details of some of the Officers of Hertfordshire Constabulary who joined the services in the First World War
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  • Strength of the Police Force
    Strength of the Police Force
    Newspaper report that the establishment of Police Officers has fallen due to enlistment and can not be allowed to drop further. 1915
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  • They're all a bunch of rats
    They're all a bunch of rats
    The rats just kept eating the food growing on his allotment - there was a financial reward for rat tails.
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  • We need more police volunteers
    We need more police volunteers
    The Chairman at the Stevenage Police Court appealed for more volunteers as special constables to counter the state of things that were "not quite desirable."
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  • Air raids and light infringements

    Air raids and light infringements (30)

  • Aliens and spies

    Aliens and spies (9)

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    Animals (24)

  • Food

    Food (23)

  • Mistreatment of war provisions

    Mistreatment of war provisions (7)

  • Police at War

    Police at War (17)

  • Police Specials

    Police Specials (39)

  • Soldiers on home leave

    Soldiers on home leave (20)

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    War casualties (2)

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    War legislation (16)

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    Wartime crimes (28)

  • Women at war

    Women at war (2)

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  • A SUMMARY OF OFFENCES FROM THE GAOL AND HOUSE OF CORRECTION CALENDAR FOR THE BOROUGH Michaelmas 1819 to Epiphany 1823
  • Bad words outside a cafe
  • Fined - Peddling without certificates
  • Police : ' We will charge man'
  • Police hunt for Hatfield girl's attacker
  • What a sauce ! - alleged theft of bottles from goods yard
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