Hertfordshire Police Historical Society This Week In History 16/10/1988 At 1 a.m. on 16 October 1988, a Special Constable and a Constable, were on patrol in the parade Watford. Both officers heard a gunshot and saw a man lying injured on the ground. The Special Constable ran in the direction where the shot had come from and his ...
Read more Hertfordshire Police Historical Society. This Week In History. 21/1/1836 Formation of the Hertford Borough Police under Henry Bishop as Superintendent and John Wilmot, George Gray, James Neale and George Mosers as Constables. All of these were given to the Borough by the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis (Met.Police). They were not very efficient……..Neale lasted 6 days, Gray ...
Read more Hertfordshire Police Historical Society This Week In History Saturday 8th May 1850 Hertford Mercury and Reformer Police Account. Summary of the Accounts of Mr. Philip Longmore, Treasurer for the County of Hertford, in Relation to the Police Force, from the 29th march, 1849, to the 30th march, 1850. CHARGE. Balance in the hands of the Treasurer Easter Session, 1849 £1678.1s. 4 ...
Read more Hertfordshire Police Historical Society This Week In History Saturday 26 April 1890 Watford Observer George Brown was charged with stealing eight planks of wood, the property of William Judge, builder, Watford, on the 22nd April. Police constable Reeves. 604 S, stated; ‘About quarter past 7 o’clock in the morning of Tuesday, the 22nd April, I was in Villiers Road New ...
Read more Hertfordshire Police Historical Society This Week In History 4/2/1931 The 4th February 1931 saw the first motor patrol in St. Albans when a B.S.A. motor cycle combination was purchased and put into service. Many mechanical problems were experienced during the initial stages and thought had to be given to acquiring waterproof clothing for the officers on patrol. The ...
Read more Hertfordshire Police Historical Society. This Week In History. 18/9/1922 At Hatfield Petty sessions 18 September 1922, the chairman Colonel Halsey OBE, commended Constable’s 306 Hussey of Hitchin, for initiative and courage displayed in boarding a moving motorcar, and affecting the rest William Holmes on a charge of burglary. The Chief Constable endorses the commendation and directs that an ...
Read more Hertfordshire Police Historical Society This Week In History Saturday 24 August 1895 Herts. Advertiser APSLEY END. Presentation Ex-Police Constable Charles Handley. On Monday evening a public meeting was held the Village Club, Apsley End, for the purpose of presenting Mr. Handley with a testimonial in recognition of his long service as a police constable. Mr. A. H. Longman, J.P., C.C., ...
Read more Hertfordshire Police Historical Society This Week In History 28/9/1966 A constable at Hertfordshire Quarter Sessions was rewarded for his Great Gallantry in arresting a man with a gun at a Watford Ballroom. Mr Peter Crowder, the Chairman ordered that Pc Geoffrey Thompson be given £5, the highest amount a Quarter Sessions Court is empowered to give. Watford observer 29/9/2004 Stevenage police ...
Read more Hertfordshire Police Historical Society This Week In History 10 September 1883 On 10 September 1883, PC 59, Hill having distinguished himself by his energy and ability in detecting offenders and procuring convictions in several cases of fowl stealing, is permitted to receive a reward of 1 pound offered to him by the Steward to his Grace the Duke ...
Read more Hertfordshire Police Historical Society This Week In History 1883 In an action tried before Judge Rodgers and a special jury at the Leominster County Court on Thursday, against Superintendent Strangward, of the Hertfordshire Constabulary, for arresting without a warrant in July last a young man suspected of giving poisoned meat to a dog, a verdict was given for ...
Read more Hertfordshire Police Historical Society This Week In History Saturday 30th May 1863 Hertfordshire Mercury and Reformer. HERTFORD BOROUGH PETTY SESSIONS, May, 28. Present: The Mayor, J.J. Gripper Esq., J. Hancock, Esq. Daniel Magenis, an Irish hawker, was charged with assaulting Peter Keean at a beerhouse in West Street on the18th inst. The assault arose out of some words addressed ...
Read more Hertfordshire Police Historical Society. This Week In History. 8/1/1925 Commendation. The action of Constable Edward T Pennicott 152 “C” in stopping a runaway horse in Queens Road, Watford on Thursday, 1 January 1925, has been brought to the notice of the Chief Constable. The report shows that the constable to of acted promptly and with courage and the Chief ...
Read more A short autobiography of PC 44 Walter Oliver who rose to become one of the early Detectives in the Force.
Read more Died from Meningococcal Meningitis whilst on active service.
Read more Killed in Action in Italy having previously been wounded in North Africa.
Read more The story of William Pangbourne who was killed in 1867 when the cart he was driving overturned. A number of photographs and documents.
Read more Today you can not image a policeman growing a beard making the headline in the local newspaper, but on 19th September 1969 P.c. Mick Pascoe of Ware did just that in the Hertfordshire Mercury with his mutton chops and moustache. Mick grew them whilst on holiday and, on his return to duty, was instructed to ...
Read more Boer War Veteran Private 4152 16th (Queens) Lancers, Section B Reservist, Lance Corporal P/8281 Military Mounted Police. The son and father of a Hertfordshire Police Officers.
Read more Private L8220 1st East Surrey Regiment, Lance Corporal P/13932 Military Mounted Police who was Killed in Action on the 29th June 1918.
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