Violence swept Norfolk during a strike by Agricultural Labourers in 1923.
Read more Story and photographs of father and son both of whom served in Hertfordshire Constabulary in the late 19th century. The father lived until he was 81 while the son succumbed to T.B. at the age of 32.
Read more PC Field remains somewhat of a mystery.
Read more Hertfordshire Mercury, 23rd March 1951 Some of the ways in which fingerprints and police photographs assisted in the detection of crime were explained to members of Hertford Rotary Club on Tuesday by Det.-Sergt. F. E. Walker of Hatfield. Describing how every fingerprint had ridge characteristics , he said it was the order in which these characteristics appeared ...
Read more In 1977 Ford brought out the Mark II Granada. Hertfordshire Police had never used the Mark 1 version, although several other forces had. Several of of the new cars with a 2.8i V6 engine were purchased from 1978 onwards and this Mark II model proved to be a very popular and reliable workhorse. I drove all ...
Read more In the early days of the M1 Motorway, Hertfordshire Constabulary patrolled our section with white Ford Zephyr Mark 2 Farnham Estate Cars. The first two, bought late in 1959, were distinctly registered 2000 AR and 2001 AR. These were replaced a couple of years later with two more, 3111 RO and 6400 RO. In the snowy ...
Read more Newspaper report of the impending retirement of Supt Foster. 1914
Read more Section B Reservist, Gunner 205985, Royal Horse Artillery who died from fever on the 7th March 1917.
Read more Charts the career of this officer with many interesting photographs including the first motorcycle fitted with a radio, a new Police House in Bishops Stortford and other groups and papers.
Read more Promotion and transfer for Hatfield Police Chief.
Read more A long history of service to the Hertfordshire Constabulary from one family. From 1889 when John Knights joined to 2005 when Clive Gale retired
Read more Constable Gale joined Hertfordshire Constabulary as a Cadet in 1947 and served through to 1980. Godfrey, better known as ‘Geoff’, is pictured here in his Hertfordshire Constabulary Cadet uniform, with forage cap under his epaulette.
Read more Lance Corporal 56767 Royal Engineers, 2nd Lieutenant 25th (Service) Battalion (2nd Tyneside Irish) Northumberland Fusiliers.
Read more On 17th July 1925, Pc William Gatehouse died in the course of his duties at Royston. Ninety two years on, Andy Wiseman (Hertfordshire Constabulary Historical Society) looks at the events of that fateful day.
Read more Driver and Shoeing Smith TS/6728 Army Service Corps. Accidentally Killed On Duty 1925.
Read more Newspaper report of the retirement of Sergeant E Gatward in 1900
Read more Extra Police required to control expected crowds in Cambridge in 1903
Read more German parachutist spy arrested and executed.
Read more Hertfordshire Mercury, 2nd November 1918 - Constable Herbert Richard Giggins died of influenza.
Read more Officer killed on duty in St Albans in 1924 when crushed by a passing lorry
Read more Staff Sergeant 22022 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire, Regiment.
Read more Arthur Goodship was appointed as a Constable in Hertfordshire on 1st July 1913, when it is believed this photograph was taken. Constable Goodship was commended following the conviction of a Samuel Williams, alias Allworthy, at Watford Petty Sessions on 24th December 1918 and committed for three months hard labour for ‘cycle stealing’. The action of PC 185 ...
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