Details of some of the Officers of Hertfordshire Constabulary who joined the services in the First World War
Read more The story of the Mounted from its reinstatement after the First World War to its disbanding in 1928
Read more Many readers will recall the 1984 Coal Strike but will not have realised that the Hertford County Constabulary were called upon 70 years earlier.
Read more A police patrol car driver was cleared of a charge of driving without due care and attention.
Read more Reproduction of Jedd's classic image "Nine Pints of the Law" by members of Royston Police Station in 1990 to mark the retirement of Sgt John Halsey.
Read more Framed photograph of Royston Police titled "None for the Road" Old Royston Police Station October 1990
Read more Accidently killed whilst on active service when the Army truck he was driving collided with a train on a level crossing.
Read more Having served as Private 3044 in the Grenadier Guardsman he joined the St. Albans City Police in 1898. He was recalled to the Colours on 13th November 1899 for the Boer War, serving as a Sergeant Drill Instructor in the Bedfordshire Regiment. He re-joined the Police and retired as a Constable.
Read more Hertfordshire Police Historical Society This Week In History Tuesday 1st May 1860 Herts Guardian, Agricultural Journal, and General Advertiser ST. ALBANS TOWN COUNCIL. On Saturday morning special meeting of the council was held. The business was to receive and determine upon a report of the watch committee to providing more cells, an engine-house, and residence for the police, and ...
Read more Hertfordshire Police Historical Society This Week In History 26/11/1924 Commendation. At Great Berkhamsted petty sessions on 26 November 1924, the chairman Spencer Holland Esq, commended Constable Arthur Samuel Brown, 316 “D” Division , as action whilst in plain clothes, and on the sick list, in affecting the rest of Edward Cornwall CRO, on a charge of larceny. (General ...
Read more Hertfordshire Police Historical Society This Week In History 9/10/1967 On the 9th October 1967, the Alcotest Breath test was introduced. 101 Tests were administered before the end of the year, 26 of which were positive. Five persons were prosecuted for refusing to take the test. The average alcohol of those found positive was 163mg/100ml in blood (legal limit ...
Read more 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 Thomas Oliver preferred to be known as John or Jack joined the Army after the outbreak of WW1 aged 16 years. Whilst serving with the Lancashire Fusiliers he was awarded a Military Medal. Surviving the war he joined the Hertfordshire Constabulary becoming one of the last Mounted Police Officers. He served for 38 years the last 21 at High Wych.
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