Air raids and light infringements

A breach of the Lighting Order
Walter A. Bruff (26), draper, of Baldock Street, Ware, was summoned for failing to comply with the Lighting Order.
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Air raid warnings
Newspapers and public notices conveyed vital information to local people
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Air raids - a police warning
Deputy Chief Constable gives advice on how to deal with fires caused by hostile aircraft
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Another batch of summonses
At Hertford Borough Sessions on Tuesday, there was another batch of summonses for contraventions of the Lighting Restriction Order issued by the Home Office.
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Another Lighting Order Prosecution
Mr. George Kryn, managing director of the Kryn Laboratory Metal Works, Letchworth, was summoned for contravening the Lighting Order by failing to have a light at his residence properly obscured or shaded.
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Blackout - light infringements
Whilst it is generally well known that blackout happened during the Second World War it is little known that blackout was introduced during the Great War.
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Bombed out !
Hoddesdon Co-Op Shop Manager summoned for lighting infringement in light of Zeppelin dangers
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Breaches of Lighting Order
The first cases in the Stevenage district for breaches of the Lighting Order came before the Stevenage Bench on Thursday last week.
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Colonel breaks Defence of the Realm Act
Colonel Sir Theodore Brinckman, was summoned for aiding Alfred William Selby in using powerful motor lights
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Cyclists and the Defence of the Realm Act
Various people were summoned under the Defence of the Realm Regulations for riding bicycles without showing red rear lights.
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Cyclists beware !
Cyclists summoned for riding a bicycle without a light
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Diary of Norman Gasper
Diary Transcript
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Driving with bright lights
Reginald William Lay (30), of 16 Canterbury Road, Watford, was charged under the Defence of the Realm Act with driving a motor-car with powerful headlights.
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For exceptional bravery !
Special Constable tackles cyclist after being knocked down
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Hoddesdon chauffeur fined
Ernest Benjamin Dutch, motor driver, of Hoddesdon, was summoned for carrying lights on a motor-car of greater brightness than necessary
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Hoddesdon trader fined
Ellen Adams, of The Garden Café, High Street, Hoddesdon, was summoned under the Defence of the Realm Act for failing to reduce the intensity of the inside lighting of her premises.
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Lighting prosecutions at Hertford
The first batch of cases under the Lighting Regulations were dealt with at Hertford Borough Sessions on Thursday, when thirteen residents, chiefly tradespeople, were proceeded against for infringing the new lighting Order.
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Lighting restriction offences
William John Spencer, of 30 Tamworth Road, Hertford, chief clerk at the County Medical Offices, and Harry Reed, steward, of the Barracks, Hertford, were summoned for a breaches of the Lighting Restriction Order.
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Nose blowing !
Private Henry Woods, a soldier, of Hatfield, pleaded guilty to assaulting S.C. Henry Richard Taylor during an air raid.
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Officer fined for having bright lights
Lieut. George Sidney Richardson, whose address was given as the Newcastle Arms, Tuxford, Notts., was summoned for driving a motor-car with powerful headlights in contravention of the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
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Shop Lighting Order
John Percy Thompson, of High Street, Waltham Cross, was summoned under the Defence of the Realm Act for failing to reduce the intensity of the inside lighting of his shop.
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Some light on the matter
Being 1916 lighting restrictions applied under the Defence of the Realm Act but Police Sergeant Hadder saw a bright light shining from a front window
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Summons under the Lighting Order
Mrs. Macintosh Jowitt, of Anothoth, Nast Hyde, was summoned under the Lighting Order for failing to obscure the lights at her residence
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Summonses against cyclists
Several cyclists summoned to Cheshunt Petty Sessions under the Defence of the Realm Regulations for riding a bicycle without lights
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