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 Hertfordshire Police Historical Society This Week In History 13th July 1901 Herts Advertiser STILL AT LARGE. It was on May 2Sth that George Matthews, labourer, of Hatfield, was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment with hard labour for assaulting a police constable whilst in the execution of his duty at Lemsford. As he was being removed from the Court to the ...
Read more Section B Reservist, Guardsman 32194 Grenadier Guards
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Read more A look at what the Herts Police Historical Society archive can reveal about the Hertfordshire Police Horses and their riders.
Read more The ever popular Wolseley 6/80 was replaced in 1954 by the 6/90 model with a larger 2.6 litre 6 cyclinder engine. Hertfordshire Constabulary bought a number of these as routine replacements for the outgoing 6/80s. This force photograph shows a line up of Area Cars outside the Hatfield Technical College around 1955. The four cars nearest the ...
Read more 5th Battalion Royal Fusiliers - If anyone has any information about this Police Soldier please add a comment at the end of the post. Thank you.
Read more Lance Corporal 16314, 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards who was Killed in Action on the 14th March 1917.
Read more The game was so dull … Hertfordshire Mercury, 27th July 1951 Defending six Hatfield men and a soldier , who pleaded guilty at Hatfield on Monday to playing , by way of gaming , in an open and public place , with cards. Mr F. Gibson told the Court the men went into Hatfield Park to watch ...
Read more Hertfordshire Mercury, 26th January 1951 Court hears of incident on bus – ‘ Don’t have all these festivals’ , man told Fined £1, with £1.16/6 (£1.83p) costs , on a summons accusing him of behaving in a disorderly manner on a bus on November 4 , James Blanche (28) , machine operator , of 16 Edgars Court ...
Read more Car driver asleep in the middle of the road
Read more Child rescued from bottom of 40 foot disused well.
Read more Stealing clothing from village hall resulted in six months imprisonment
Read more Man charged with rape and indecent assault of 12 year old girl
Read more Young girl abducted in red sports car. Well described male offender.
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