Having served as Sergeant 8499 in the Coldstream Guards he joined the Hertford County Constabulary in 1898. He was recalled to the Colours on 9th October 1899 and fought throughout the Boer War. He re-joined the Police and retired as a Constable.
Read more Margaret and Annie Johnson were not only sisters but also the first women Police Officers in the Hertfordshire Constabulary. Appointed in 1928 they were both later promoted to Sergeants.
Read more Section B Reservist, Lance Corporal P/11959 Military Foot Police
Read more Section B Reservist, Gunner 205982 Royal Horse Artillery
Read more Private Grenadier Guards, Lance Sergeant Guards Machine Gun Regiment.
Read more Sergeant P/2139 Military Mounted Police, Mentioned In Despatches, the last Hertfordshire Police Soldier to re-join the Force.
Read more Corporal 2551 Hertfordshire Yeomanry, Corporal P/15106 Military Mounted Police
Read more 1st Dragoons later Sergeant Royal Army Veterinary Corps
Read more Joining the Hertford County Constabulary in 1911 he was recalled to the Colours on the 4th August 1914 re-joining the Suffolk Regiment. Wounded in the hand he was discharged from the Army and re-joined the Police in December 1914. He retired in 1936.
Read more From 1943 he served in the RAF as a Flight Engineer on a Lancaster bomber, shot down in 1944 whilst returning from a mission he evaded the Germans for 7 months until he was liberated by advancing Allied soldiers. After the war he served in both the Metropolitan and Nottingham City Police before transferring to Hertfordshire.
Read more Section B Reservist, Gunner 205954 Royal Horse Artillery, wounded
Read more Lance Corporal P/2346 Military Mounted Police
Read more Once the Constabulary switched to cars it became necessary to maintain them to keep them on the road.
Read more Having served as Private 3044 in the Grenadier Guardsman he joined the St. Albans City Police in 1898. He was recalled to the Colours on 13th November 1899 for the Boer War, serving as a Sergeant Drill Instructor in the Bedfordshire Regiment. He re-joined the Police and retired as a Constable.
Read more Thomas Oliver preferred to be known as John or Jack joined the Army after the outbreak of WW1 aged 16 years. Whilst serving with the Lancashire Fusiliers he was awarded a Military Medal. Surviving the war he joined the Hertfordshire Constabulary becoming one of the last Mounted Police Officers. He served for 38 years the last 21 at High Wych.
Read more Private 2381 Hertfordshire Yeomanry, Private M/204725 Royal Army Service Corps, 2nd Lieutenant Royal Air Force.
Read more Private Royal Army Service Corps, Private Hampshire Regiment
Read more 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.
Read more 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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