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  • Headquarters Hatfield Probationers March 1919
    Headquarters Hatfield Probationers March 1919
    In the photograph, which was  taken in 1919 at Police Headquarters at Hatfield, is the 14th Probationer Class who had as their Instructors Acting Sergeant Ethelbert Maskell and Constable 280 George Thomas Sharp (not pictured). General Order 109 of the 12th May 1919 announced that ten Recruit Constables having been brought on to the Roster, would ...
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  • Headquarters Hatfield Probationers June 1919
    Headquarters Hatfield Probationers June 1919
    In the photograph, which was  taken in 1919 at Police Headquarters at Hatfield, is the 15th Probationer Class who had as their Instructors Acting Sergeant Ethelbert Maskell and Constable 280 George Thomas Sharp. General Order 162 of the 17th July 1919 announced that fifteen Recruit Constables having been brought on to the Roster, would be transferred ...
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  • Headquarters Hatfield Probationers July 1919
    Headquarters Hatfield Probationers July 1919
    In the photograph, which was  taken in 1919 at Police Headquarters at Hatfield, is the 16th Probationer Class who had as their Instructors Acting Sergeant 161 Ethelbert Maskell and Constable 280 George Thomas Sharp. General Order 216 of the 18th October 1919 announced that fifteen Recruit Constables having been brought on to the Roster, would be ...
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  • Headquarters Hatfield Probationers May 1920
    Headquarters Hatfield Probationers May 1920
    In the photograph, which was  taken in 1920 at Police Headquarters at Hatfield, is believed to be a mix of the 18th and 19th Probationer Classes who had as their Instructor Acting Sergeant 280 George Thomas Sharp. General Orders 152 and 153 of the 26th August 1920 announced that a total of nine Recruit Constables having ...
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  • Headquarters Hatfield Probationers October 1920
    Headquarters Hatfield Probationers October 1920
    All eleven Recruit Constables have been identified but it has not been possible to put a name to every face. If you recognise any of the unidentified faces please add a comment by clicking on the link at the end of this post.
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  • Headquarters Hatfield Probationers August 1921
    Headquarters Hatfield Probationers August 1921
    In the photograph, which was  taken in 1921 at Police Headquarters at Hatfield, is the 23rd Probationer Class who had as their Instructors Sergeant 280 George Thomas Sharp and Constable PC 268 Arthur James Saunders. Curiously a second photograph of the same group, posing in the same positions, but with a different background was also taken ...
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  • 1921 Hatfield Constables
    1921 Hatfield Constables
    New Constables at Hatfield with their Sergeant (PC 346 William Stilton back row 2nd from right).
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  • Headquarters Hatfield Probationers September 1921
    Headquarters Hatfield Probationers September 1921
    In the photograph, which was  taken in 1921 at Police Headquarters at Hatfield, is the 24th Probationer Class who had as their Instructors Sergeant 280 George Thomas Sharp and Constable 268 Arthur James Saunders. General Order 11 of the 17th January 1922 announced that seven Recruit Constables having been brought on to the Roster, would be ...
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  • Headquarters Hatfield Probationers December 1921
    Headquarters Hatfield Probationers December 1921
    In the photograph, which was probably taken in early 1922 at Police Headquarters at Hatfield, is the 25th Probationer Class who had as their Instructor Sergeant 280 George Thomas Sharp. General Order 71 of the 6th June 1922 announced that seven Recruit Constables having been brought on to the Roster, would be transferred from Headquarters to ...
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  • Headquarters Hatfield Probationers May 1923
    Headquarters Hatfield Probationers May 1923
    In the photograph, which was taken in 1923 at Police Headquarters at Hatfield, is the 29th Probationer Class who had as their Instructor Sergeant 280 George Thomas Sharp. General Order 140 of the 8th August 1923 (PC Palmer), General Order 160 of the 7th September 1923 and General Order 166 of the 20th September 1923 (PC’s ...
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  • Ivan Judd Police Headquarters Hatfield 1958
    Ivan Judd Police Headquarters Hatfield 1958
    Local Procedure Course, Hatfield Sept 1958 Back row, left to right: Gary Smith, Chris Kirby, unknown, Bob Searle, Phil Warren, Ivan Judd. Middle Row, left to right: Unknown, Brian Hopkins, Anderson, Smith, unknown, John Williams, Florence. Front Row, left to right: Unknown, Sgt Jim Crawford, Insp Oliver, Sgt Tom Laurie, PC 44 Miller, unknown.
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  • Police Cadet recruits, 26th August 1959
    Police Cadet recruits, 26th August 1959
    Photo of 23 cadets with senior officers and training staff.
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  • Local Procedure Course 1962
    Local Procedure Course 1962
    Probationers attended a local procedure course at Headquarters, Hatfield, having already completed their initial training course at Eynsham Hall. This particular course was in November 1962. Shown are (left to right, back row), PC 776 Ken Fisher, PC 781 Dave White, PC 780 John Weeks, PC Russell (transferee from Metropolitan Police), PC 777 Terry Hawker, PC ...
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  • Hertfordshire Local Procedure Course, 1967
    Hertfordshire Local Procedure Course, 1967
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Recruitment and Training
  • Advertisements For Chief Constable
  • Ex-Policemen Andrew John Wright describes his recruitment process and training
  • Hertford County Police, Promotion Exam, 1916
  • Home Office Recruiting Advert, c. 1968
  • Pay Scale
  • Police Motorway Training A1(M)
  • Conditions Of Service In 1922
  • Eynsham Hall Training Centre
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