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Special Constabulary

  • 'I only done it for a bit of fun'
    'I only done it for a bit of fun'
    Bogus Special Constable shouts instruction to Army Captain on bike
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  • A man's got to have his sleep
    A man's got to have his sleep
    Special Constables unhappy about imposition of mandatory night shift
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  • Apology to Special Constabulary and details of officers enlisting
    Apology to Special Constabulary and details of officers enlisting
    Newspaper story apologising for a previous article that was deemed derogatory to Special Constables. The second part gives details of the number of full time officers who had left to join the forces in 1915
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  • Bakers as Special Constables
    Bakers as Special Constables
    Several of the master bakers of Ware were sworn in as special constables,
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  • Buntingford Special Constables
    Buntingford Special Constables
    Arrangements have been made for two special constables of Buntingford to be on duty every evening.
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  • Drunkenness
    Drunkenness
    Pub landlady was fined £1 for being drunk on her husband's licensed premises.
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  • Enemy aliens
    Enemy aliens
    As the war started, suspicion of foreigners, particularly Belgians and Germans, began to be reported in the local newspapers.
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  • Enrolment of Special Constables at Puckeridge
    Enrolment of Special Constables at Puckeridge
    Fifteen additional Special Constables were sworn in for Standon and Puckeridge. There were now about 140 Special Constables enrolled in the Buntingford south section.
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  • Exceedingly disorderly
    Exceedingly disorderly
    Special constable assisted in arresting drunk and disorderly man in Stanstead Abbots.
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  • Grandad was in the Specials
    Grandad was in the Specials
    Pictures of Bishops Stortford's Specials during the Great War with Images of one of their members' John Griggs medal
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  • Hertford Special Police – The Annual Dinner – Chief Constable and Motor Patrol Duty
    Hertford Special Police – The Annual Dinner – Chief Constable and Motor Patrol Duty
    The annual dinner of the Hertford County Permanent Police Reserve ( Special Constabulary ) , was held at the Shire Hall , Hertford on Thursday last week .
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  • Hertfordshire Special Constabulary
    Hertfordshire Special Constabulary
    Congratulatory letter from The Earl of Essex Chief Commandant of the Special Constabulary thanking members for their support and announcing a new distinctive badge
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  • Liability of Special Constables
    Liability of Special Constables
    Alfred Cannon, dealer, of Little Wymondley, was summoned at the instance of Supt Reed with that he, being a Special Constable, did neglect his duty and fail to parade at Little Wymondley on April 5.
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  • Men of the Hertfordshire Constabulary go to war
    Men of the Hertfordshire Constabulary go to war
    Details of some of the Officers of Hertfordshire Constabulary who joined the services in the First World War
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  • Nose blowing !
    Nose blowing !
    Private Henry Woods, a soldier, of Hatfield, pleaded guilty to assaulting S.C. Henry Richard Taylor during an air raid.
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  • Photo Mystery
    Photo Mystery
    Can you help identify this picture?
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  • Rise of Anti German Feeling
    Rise of Anti German Feeling
    Once the war began it wasn't long before fear and suspicion of Germans was widespread
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  • Spanner in the works !
    Spanner in the works !
    Bicycle's acetylene lamp too bright ?
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  • Special constable fined
    Special constable fined
    Sydney Harry Thompson, stud-groom, of London Road, Bishop's Stortford, was summoned at Harlow on Saturday for killing a pheasant without a licence at Little Hallingbury, on October 15.
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  • Special Constable inspection
    Special Constable inspection
    Stanstead Abbotts Specials inspected by the County Special Constabulary leader Major A St Leger
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  • Special Constable Stanley Charles Palmer
    Special Constable Stanley Charles Palmer
    A life of Military and Police Service
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  • Special Constable?
    Special Constable?
    Found this old picture and I think my grandfather is 1st on the left back row. I didn’t know he was a special constable but this uniform appears to show he was. Where would I be able to find more information to confirm this. His name was Ernest Charles Bunker and he lived in Watford ...
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  • Special Constables
    Special Constables
    Hatfield Special Constables parade at the Brewery
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  • Special Constables
    Special Constables
    At Hertford Borough Sessions on Thursday, Mr J. Vine, of Old Cross, was sworn in as a Special Constable.
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