Section B Reservist, Private 29229 Grenadier Guards
Read more Essex Regiment then Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment wounded
Read more Private 2514 Hertfordshire Yeomanry, Corporal P/14904 Military Mounted Police
Read more Section B Reservist, Gunner 205981 Royal Horse Artillery, Royal Field Artillery, wounded, Silver War Badge issued
Read more Having served as Private 4715 in the Bedfordshire Regiment he joined the Hertford County Constabulary in 1899. Recalled to the colours on the 16th December 1899 he served in South Africa for 236 days before being invalided home due to illness. He re-joined the Police but by 1903 he had left believed for medical reasons.
Read more The story of the Acting Chief Constable from 1943 to 1945 who was awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the First World War before joining the Force in 1919
Read more The sixth (Acting) Chief Constable. He served throughout the Great War he was wounded and awarded a Silver War Badge. On discharge from the Army he joined the Hertford County Constabulary and quickly rose through the ranks.
Read more The story of a 14 year old youth who went on a rampage with a .22 rifle and his arrest which lead to Gallantry awards for two Police Officers.
Read more Having joined Hertfordshire Constabulary in 1939 he enlisted in the Royal Navy as a Regulating Petty Officer in 1942 and served until 1946. he then returned to the Constabulary and completed his 30 years service.
Read more Private 5684 of 12th Lancers, Private 5015 16th Lancers, Private 6543 of 17th Lancers, Private 2468 Hertfordshire Yeomanry, Corporal P/14903 Military Mounted Police.
Read more Section B Reservist, Guardsman 32196 Grenadier Guards
Read more Section B Reservist, Lance Corporal P/7480 Military Foot Police
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 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
Read more Section B Reservist, Guardsman 25004 Coldstream Guards
Read more At Ware Police Court, John Benn was charged on his own confession with being a deserter from His Majesty’s forces. Superintendent Handley stated that the defendant came to the police station that morning saying that he wished to give himself up for being a deserter. He had joined the Royal Garrison Artillery on the 7th of ...
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