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You are here: Home>Date of Coverage (by year)>1915

1915

  • Wallman, Harry, 132, Police Constable.
    Wallman, Harry, 132, Police Constable.
    Section B Reservist, Gunner 205951 Royal Horse Artillery
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  • Wand, William Edward, 27 and 30, Police Constable.
    Wand, William Edward, 27 and 30, Police Constable.
    Lance Corporal 5754 Royal Army Service Corps, Corporal 48187 1/5 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
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  • Ward, Edwin, 261, Police Constable.
    Ward, Edwin, 261, Police Constable.
    Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery
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  • Ward, Herbert, 267 and 57, Police Constable.
    Ward, Herbert, 267 and 57, Police Constable.
    Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery
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  • Warehouseman fined
    Warehouseman fined
    Warehouseman drunk and disorderly in Waltham Abbey Police Court.
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  • Warren, Frederick William, 55, Police Constable, Sergeant, Inspector, Superintendent.
    Warren, Frederick William, 55, Police Constable, Sergeant, Inspector, Superintendent.
    Having served as Bombardier 79907 in the Royal Artillery he joined the Hertford County Constabulary in 1898. Recalled to the Colours on 9th October 1899 he served for nearly two years in the Boer War before re-joining the Constabulary retiring in 1923 as a Superintendent.
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  • Watford Special Constables
    Watford Special Constables
    The special constables of Watford and the district were summoned to a meeting in the Clarendon Hall on Monday evening for the purpose of determining their further length of service.
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  • Watford's Police Station 1888-1940
    Watford's Police Station 1888-1940
    The third Watford Police Station was in Kings Street and when it closed it became The Robert Peel Public House
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  • Watler, Cecil Claude, 278, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    Watler, Cecil Claude, 278, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    PC Watler promoted to Sergeant in 1923
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  • Watson, Harry, 123, Police Constable.
    Watson, Harry, 123, Police Constable.
    Served throughout the Great War in France. On discharge from the Army he joined the Hertford County Constabulary.
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  • Watson, Philip, 318, Police Constable.
    Watson, Philip, 318, Police Constable.
    Lance Corporal P/2839, Military Mounted Police, Military Police Corps who died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Haemoptysis on the 20th May 1919.
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  • Webb, Frederick James, 304, Police Constable.
    Webb, Frederick James, 304, Police Constable.
    Serjeant G/4665, 7th Bn., The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) who was Killed in Action on 10th August 1917.
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  • Webb, Herbert Sidney, 317 and 54, Police Constable.
    Webb, Herbert Sidney, 317 and 54, Police Constable.
    Grenadier Guardsman Wounded
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  • What's in a name ?
    What's in a name ?
    James Capel, of Havelock Cottages, Railway Street, Hertford, was summoned for assaulting James Kelf.
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  • Whippe, William James, 173, Police Constable.
    Whippe, William James, 173, Police Constable.
    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
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  • Whitbread, Thomas Joseph, 139, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    Whitbread, Thomas Joseph, 139, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    The death took place on Saturday, after a short illness, of Sergt. Thomas Whitbread, at his residence, Baldock.
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  • White, George Ernest, 90 and 98, Police Constable.
    White, George Ernest, 90 and 98, Police Constable.
    Acting Bombardier 99377 Royal Horse Artillery
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  • Whyman, William Henry, MM, 319, Constable
    Whyman, William Henry, MM, 319, Constable
    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.
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  • Wightman, William Henry, Police Constable.
    Wightman, William Henry, Police Constable.
    Grenadier Guardsman wounded
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  • Wilcox, Albert, 138, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    Wilcox, Albert, 138, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    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.
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  • William Wood, Acting Chief Constable's Return of Crime
    William Wood, Acting Chief Constable's Return of Crime
    Newspaper article of May 1915 showing Chief Constables report to the County Council for the previous quarter
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  • Williams, William Henry
    Williams, William Henry
    The identity of PC Williams has not been verified if you can help in any way please read the article and comment below.
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  • Wilsmore, Edward George, 313, Police Constable.
    Wilsmore, Edward George, 313, Police Constable.
    Newspaper report of the re-engagement in 1915 of Pc Wilsmore to serve during the war.
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  • Wilson, Frederick James, 90, Constable
    Wilson, Frederick James, 90, Constable
    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.
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