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1948

  • Pearce, Charles Frederick William, 29, Police Constable.
    Pearce, Charles Frederick William, 29, Police Constable.
    Royal Field Artillery wounded
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  • Pearman, Charles Henry, 11, Police Constable.
    Pearman, Charles Henry, 11, Police Constable.
    Boer War Veteran Private 4152 16th (Queens) Lancers, Section B Reservist, Lance Corporal P/8281 Military Mounted Police. The son and father of a Hertfordshire Police Officers.
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  • Perry, Frederick William Edward, 121, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    Perry, Frederick William Edward, 121, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    Private 2381 Hertfordshire Yeomanry, Private M/204725 Royal Army Service Corps, 2nd Lieutenant Royal Air Force.
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  • Pestell, Percy George, 290, Police Constable.
    Pestell, Percy George, 290, Police Constable.
    Private Royal Army Service Corps, Private Hampshire Regiment
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  • Phillips, Frederick William, 83, Constable
    Phillips, Frederick William, 83, Constable
    He enlisted in the Grenadier Guards in 1935 and served until 1939 when he joined Hertfordshire Constabulary. On the outbreak of WW2 he was recalled to the Colours serving with the 2nd Battalion until 1945. He was wounded once. He re-joined Hertfordshire Constabulary and served 25 years.
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  • Police Box
    Police Box
    Hello I was born in 1946 in Normandy Road (previously “Union Lane”) and lived there until 1963. I well remember a Police Box situated at the junction of Dickens Close and Normandy Road. It was a “cubic” shape with a door in the centre and two small recesses either side of the door. I believe one was a Police ...
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  • Pond, Ernest, 6 and 265, Police Constable.
    Pond, Ernest, 6 and 265, Police Constable.
    Royal Garrison Artillery wounded
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  • Potter, Frederick, 266, Police Constable.
    Potter, Frederick, 266, Police Constable.
    Royal Marine Light Infantry
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  • Powell, James Thomas, 304, Police Constable.
    Powell, James Thomas, 304, Police Constable.
    Sergeant Grenadier Guards wounded
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  • Pusey, Robert, 183, Police Constable.
    Pusey, Robert, 183, Police Constable.
    Having served as Private 3500 in the 19th (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own) Hussars, he joined the Hertford County Constabulary in 1897. He was recalled to the Colours on 13th November 1899 and fought throughout the Boer War. He re-joined the Police but emigrated to Australia in 1911.
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  • Quarrie, Harold Hardie, 313, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    Quarrie, Harold Hardie, 313, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    Private 2549 Hertfordshire Yeomanry
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  • Quinn, Margaret Mary, 16 and 916, Police Constable.
    Quinn, Margaret Mary, 16 and 916, Police Constable.
    Margaret Quinn served with the Hertfordshire Constabulary for 25 years and in that time won the affection and respect of the communities she served at Hemel Hempstead.
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  • Randall, Charles Frank, 136, Police Constable, Sergeant, Inspector, Superintendent and Deputy Chief Constable.
    Randall, Charles Frank, 136, Police Constable, Sergeant, Inspector, Superintendent and Deputy Chief Constable.
    Private 15965 Coldstream Guards Wounded And Left Arm Amputated Below The Shoulder
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  • Reed, George William, 325, Police Constable.
    Reed, George William, 325, Police Constable.
    Section B Reservist, Guardsman 32198 Grenadier Guards
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  • Reid, Amos William, 35, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    Reid, Amos William, 35, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    Private 2489 Hertfordshire Yeomanry
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  • Reid, Neville John, 321, Police Constable.
    Reid, Neville John, 321, Police Constable.
    Private 2538 Hertfordshire Yeomanry unfit for further Police Service later Colonel Pioneer Corps WW2 and MBE
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  • Rickmansworth's  Police Station 1897-1952
    Rickmansworth's Police Station 1897-1952
    Rickmansworth's Second Police Station was built in 1897 on the site of four old Almhouses to the rear of which stood the old town's cage.
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  • Rogers, John Robert, 122, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    Rogers, John Robert, 122, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    Royal Navy Stoker
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  • Rogers, Kenneth Norman, 224, Detective Constable
    Rogers, Kenneth Norman, 224, Detective Constable
    The son of a Hertfordshire Police Sergeant who was a Royal Naval veteran of WW1, joined Herts Constabulary in 1937, joined the Special Investigation Branch as a photographer in 1942 and was discharged in 1945, re-joined Herts Constabulary and retired after 25 years.
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  • Rogers, Raymond John, 26, Constable
    Rogers, Raymond John, 26, Constable
    The son of a Hertfordshire Police Sergeant who was a Royal Naval veteran of WW1, joined Herts Constabulary in 1937, joined the Royal Signals in 1942 and was discharged in 1946, re-joined Herts Constabulary and retired after 30 years.
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  • Rolls, George John William, 288, Police Constable, Sergeant, Inspector.
    Rolls, George John William, 288, Police Constable, Sergeant, Inspector.
    Sergeant S4/122279 Royal Army Service Corps
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  • Rowlingson, Hermon, 274 and 98, Police Constable.
    Rowlingson, Hermon, 274 and 98, Police Constable.
    Private 2537 Hertfordshire Yeomanry Unfit for further Police service.
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  • Sayell, Edwin James, 30, Constable
    Sayell, Edwin James, 30, Constable
    Edwin joined the Hertfordshire Constabulary in 1924 and served initially at Baldock. In 1936 following surgery he was deemed to be unfit for Police Duties by the Force Surgeon and was medically retired.
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  • Sayers, Sidney, 255, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    Sayers, Sidney, 255, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    The story of the career of Sydney Sayers from his arrival from Norfolk in 1930 until his retirement in 1955.
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