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.
Read more Winners No. 5 District P.A.A. Triples Bowls Competition 1954.
Read more Course Photograph at Pendley Educational Centre, Tring, Hertfordshire.
Read more Course Photograph at Pendley Educational Centre, Tring, Hertfordshire.
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 Served in the Army during WW1, enlisted as a Private and de-mobilised as a Captain - awarded the M.M. and the M.C. with a Mentioned in Despatches and awarded a wound stripe. Appointed as a Constable in Hertford County Constabulary in 1920 retired as a Superintendent in 1954.
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 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 1969 Chief Constable Wilcox retires.
Read more Hertfordshire Police Historical Society. This Week In History. 25/02/1978 Times. Woman’s revenge by arson. A woman who was annoyed because her local newspaper reported her appearance in court on a charge of trying to burn down a hospital, was jailed yesterday for starting fires in the newspaper’s offices. Miss Marianne Cribben, 23, of Breakmead, Welwyn Garden City, pleaded ...
Read more Two photos of Police Cadets (circa 1956) at the annual event held at Pendley Manor, Tring. (Owned at the time by the well known Show Jumping commentator Dorian Williams). One photo is part of a parade inspection by the Lord Lieutenant of the County. I am on the left next to Denis Smoker. Tony Kiff is in ...
Read more Formed in 1956, the Hertfordshire Constabulary Flying Club was based at Panshanger airfield and successfully restored a Tiger Moth aeroplane.
Read more 23 Cadets with Senior Officers and Training Staff.
Read more The death of Pc Hulme in 1958 and the subsequent trial.
Read more The eighth Chief Constable was the face of change and expansion from 1947 to 1969. Overseeing the transformation of the Force from 613 Officers to 1400.
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