Lance Corporal 105748, “B” Squadron 1st/1st, Hertfordshire Yeomanry who died of Influenza on the 11th February 1919.
Read more Private 105809, 1st/1st, Hertfordshire Yeomanry who died of Dysentery and Malaria on the 28th November 1918.
Read more Newspaper report of the retirement of Constable Collarbone from Braughing and the gift of an easy chair. 1900
Read more Section B Reservist, Lance Corporal P/7480 Military Foot Police
Read more Boston served for 25 years in the Hertford County Constabulary and was the son of another Hertfordshire Officer.
Read more Newspaper report of transfer of PC Compton from Welwyn to E Division 1906
Read more Patrolling PC shot by a panicking clergyman in the middle of the night as he investigates a gunshot.
Read more The appointment of Captain Archibald Robertson as Chief Constable, on 12th April 1841, is largely regarded as the first day of the Hertfordshire Constabulary.
Read more The life and career of Robert Dunn and his five sons who followed in his police footsteps.
Read more At the hearing on Tuesday 31st December 1912, after hearing the evidence, P.c. Roddis was committed for trial at the next Assizes to answer a charge of perjury.
Read more Newspaper report on the retirement of the two officers in 1906
Read more Lance Corporal P/2128 Military Mounted Police - if anyone has any information which would identify this man please add a comment at the end of the Post
Read more Section B Reservist, Guardsman 32200 Grenadier Guards
Read more Served throughout the Great War in Gallipoli and Palestine. He was wounded. On discharge from the Army he joined the Hertford County Constabulary.
Read more 1st and 4th Battalions, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, Egyptian campaign veteran. WW1 Royal Warwickshire Regiment Company Quartermaster Sergeant, Royal Army Service Corps 239th Company, Acting Staff Sergeant Major
Read more Newspaper report allowing the officer to rejoin his regiment in 1915
Read more The Life Story Of A popular Victorian Police Constable.
Read more Section B Reservist, Gunner 205983 Royal Horse Artillery, Unfit for Police duties
Read more Being a member of the Territorial Army Royal Artillery he was mobilised as a Gunner on the 31st August 1939 and went to France with the British Expeditionary Force where he was wounded and evacuated back to England. Recovering he was sent to North Africa and then Italy being promoted eventually to Regimental Sergeant Major. Awarded the BEM for his part in the Anzio Beachhead landings he survived the war. Coming late to the Police he joined Essex County Constabulary in 1950 where he served 18 years and reached Chief Inspector rank. Transferring to Hertfordshire in 1968 on promotion to Superintendent he ran the Training Department until retirement in 1977.
Read more These are the life stories of a father and son who both served in the Hertford County Constabulary. John Cross enlisted in the Army in 1915 as a Section B Army Reservist but was never mobilised his son Stanley also enlisted in 1915 as Guardsman 24497 in the Grenadier Guards aged 15. Having been sent to France his true age was revealed and he was sent back to the UK. He returned to France in 1918 where he was wounded and was awarded the Military Medal. After the War he joined the Police.
Read more Private 59803 Royal Army Medical Corps, Lance Corporal P/14451 Military Foot Police.
Read more Section B Reservist, Gunner 205956 Royal Horse Artillery
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