Served throughout the Great War in France. On discharge from the Army he joined the Hertford County Constabulary.
Read more Lance Corporal P/2839, Military Mounted Police, Military Police Corps who died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Haemoptysis on the 20th May 1919.
Read more Serjeant G/4665, 7th Bn., The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) who was Killed in Action on 10th August 1917.
Read more He joined Hertfordshire Constabulary in 1939 then enlisted in the Royal Artillery in 1942 serving until 1945 whereupon he re-joined the Constabulary and promoted Sergeant before retiring after 25 year's service.
Read more He joined Hertfordshire Constabulary in 1937 and following the outbreak of WW2 enlisted in the Durham Light Infantry, rising to the rank of Major. After being demobilised he re-joined Hertfordshire Constabulary and retired in 1969 as a Chief Superintendent.
Read more Veteran of the Sikkin - Tibet Expedition 1904 Private 7649 Royal Fusiliers, Sergeant Major 24645 Royal Flying Corps/Royal Air Force, Colour Sergeant Major 714218 Chinese Labour Corps, Sergeant Royal Irish Constabulary
Read more The death took place on Saturday, after a short illness, of Sergt. Thomas Whitbread, at his residence, Baldock.
Read more Acting Bombardier 99377 Royal Horse Artillery
Read more On the outbreak of WW1 he joined the 5th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. He fought at Gallipoli and in Egypt and Palestine being promoted to Colour Sergeant and awarded the Military Medal. On being demobbed he joined the Hertfordshire Constabulary and was commended 3 times by the St. Albans Coroner.
Read more Having served as Lance Sergeant 7073 in the 1st and 3rd Battalions, Coldstream Guards he joined the Hertford County Constabulary in 1894. He was recalled to the Colours on 14th May 1900 during the Boer War and served as a Drill Instructor. He re-joined the Police and later volunteered for the Army during WW1, again as a Drill Instructor. Re-joining the Police again he retired on pension shortly afterwards.
Read more The identity of PC Williams has not been verified if you can help in any way please read the article and comment below.
Read more Newspaper report of the re-engagement in 1915 of Pc Wilsmore to serve during the war.
Read more At 19 years old he joined the Coldstream Guards in 1932 and served for 4 years until 1936. He joined Hertfordshire Constabulary in 1937 and on the outbreak of WW2 in 1939, as a reservist, he was recalled to the colours. He was compulsorily transferred to the Corps of the Military Police and served in the Middle East until 1945, reaching the rank of Sergeant. On leaving the Army he re-joined Hertfordshire Constabulary but was forced to retire on medical grounds in 1950. He died in 1950 aged 37.
Read more Private 2425 Hertfordshire Yeomanry, Private 110612, 19th Squadron, Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) died of Enteritis on the 16th October 1918.
Read more 283322 Aircraft Mechanic Class 3 Royal Air Force, Petrol tanker driver
Read more In 1948, Wolseley brought out a new 6 cylinder engined car, designated the Wolseley Six Eighty and it rapidly became the archetypal police car of that era. Hertfordshire had quite a number of them and they could be found all over the County. One of the photos shows some of these cars lined up in ...
Read more This photo was among several sent to me by Jean Camkin, widow of the late PC Ron Petts who is shown here standing on the left. The name of the officer on the right is unknown. Ron only served for ten years before becoming disabled with polio. Quality of the image is limited because it was ...
Read more The Wolseley was a very popular police car in the late 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. This picture shows a car from the old ‘A’ Division with its driver, PC (later Sgt) George Pollard and PC 298 Albert Cook on the right. The quality of this photo is limited by the fact that it has been scanned ...
Read more Having served as Private 7756 in the Coldstream Guards he joined Hertford County Constabulary in 1893. Recalled to the Colours on 9th October 1899 he saw action in South Africa before contracting rheumatic fever and enteric fever and being invalided home. Recovering he re-joined the Constabulary and retired as a Sergeant.
Read more Boer War Veteran Private 4020 1st Dragoons, Corporal P/1141 Military Mounted Police
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