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  • Bailiff, Thomas Alexander, 58, Police Constable.
    Bailiff, Thomas Alexander, 58, Police Constable.
    A Private in the 1st/1st Hertfordshire Regiment and briefly the Sherwood Foresters he was awarded the DCM for saving wounded Guardsmen at Festubert. He was wounded at least three times but survived the war. Life after the war was full of sadness and personal tragedy. He joined the Hertford County Constabulary in 1921 and resigned in 1925.
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  • Cross, John, 227, Police Constable and Cross, Stanley Jack, 62, Police Constable, Sergeant, Inspector.
    Cross, John, 227, Police Constable and Cross, Stanley Jack, 62, Police Constable, Sergeant, Inspector.
    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.
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  • Hunt, Joseph, 134, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    Hunt, Joseph, 134, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    Private 3172 16th (The Queen's) Lancers and the 12th (The Prince of Wales') Royal Regiment of Lancers, recalled to the Colours during the Boer War, it is believed he served as a Drill Instructor.
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  • Creassey, John Silas, 5, Police Constable.
    Creassey, John Silas, 5, Police Constable.
    The Life Story Of A popular Victorian Police Constable.
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  • Camp, Abel, 138, Police Constable, Sergeant, Inspector, Superintendent, Chief Superintendent, Deputy Chief Constable, Acting Chief Constable. 1943 - 1945
    Camp, Abel, 138, Police Constable, Sergeant, Inspector, Superintendent, Chief Superintendent, Deputy Chief Constable, Acting Chief Constable. 1943 - 1945
    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.
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  • Dunsby, Roland Frederick, 286, Police Constable.
    Dunsby, Roland Frederick, 286, Police Constable.
    The son of a Hertfordshire Police Officer he was Killed in Action during the retreat to Dunkirk.
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  • Wilcox, Albert, 138, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    Wilcox, Albert, 138, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    7073 Lance Sergeant 1st and 3rd Battalions, Coldstream Guards recalled to the Colours during the Boer War and Drill Instructor
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  • Jordan, Frank John, 95, Police Constable.
    Jordan, Frank John, 95, Police Constable.
    Private 13060 Royal Marines Light Infantry, Staff Sergeant S2/SR/04013 Royal Army Service Corps.
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  • Wise, Benjamin Charles, 294, Police Constable.
    Wise, Benjamin Charles, 294, Police Constable.
    283322 Aircraft Mechanic Class 3 Royal Air Force, Petrol tanker driver
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  • Kimpton, George Isaac William, 331, Police Constable.
    Kimpton, George Isaac William, 331, Police Constable.
    Sergeant P/2139 Military Mounted Police, Mentioned In Despatches, the last Hertfordshire Police Soldier to re-join the Force.
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  • Berry, George Henry, 303, Police Constable.
    Berry, George Henry, 303, Police Constable.
    Section B Reservist, Guardsman 32202 Grenadier Guards
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  • Abrathat, Thomas Owen, 44, Police Constable, Sergeant, Inspector.
    Abrathat, Thomas Owen, 44, Police Constable, Sergeant, Inspector.
    Section B Reservist, Guardsman 32199 Grenadier Guards
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  • Futter, Frederick, 130, Police Constable, Sergeant, Inspector, Chief Inspector.
    Futter, Frederick, 130, Police Constable, Sergeant, Inspector, Chief Inspector.
    Section B Reservist, Guardsman 32197 Grenadier Guards
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  • Collett, William Charles, 320, Police Constable.
    Collett, William Charles, 320, Police Constable.
    Section B Reservist, Lance Corporal P/7480 Military Foot Police
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  • Bozeat, William, 324, Police Constable, Sergeant, Inspector.
    Bozeat, William, 324, Police Constable, Sergeant, Inspector.
    Section B Reservist, Private 29229 Grenadier Guards
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  • Woolnough, James Arthur, 47, Police Constable.
    Woolnough, James Arthur, 47, Police Constable.
    Boer War Veteran Private 4020 1st Dragoons, Corporal P/1141 Military Mounted Police
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  • Parker, Harold Edgar, 302, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    Parker, Harold Edgar, 302, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    Corporal M2104359 Royal Army Service Corps
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  • Maylin, Hugh Victor, 68, Police Constable.
    Maylin, Hugh Victor, 68, Police Constable.
    Trooper 3748 1st Life Guards, Gunner 200599 Royal Garrison Artillery
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  • Godfrey, Percy Crispin, 183, Police Constable.
    Godfrey, Percy Crispin, 183, Police Constable.
    Staff Sergeant 22022 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire, Regiment.
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  • Gallen, Daniel, 162, Police Constable.
    Gallen, Daniel, 162, Police Constable.
    Lance Corporal 56767 Royal Engineers, 2nd Lieutenant 25th (Service) Battalion (2nd Tyneside Irish) Northumberland Fusiliers.
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  • A History Of Hertfordshire's Mounted Men 1900 - 1928
    A History Of Hertfordshire's Mounted Men 1900 - 1928
    A look at what the Herts Police Historical Society archive can reveal about the Hertfordshire Police Horses and their riders.
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  • The Vespa Scooter - 663CRO
    The Vespa Scooter - 663CRO
    The first Woman Police Constable authorised to ride a scooter in Hertfordshire.
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  • Potton, Frank, 93, Police Constable.
    Potton, Frank, 93, Police Constable.
    Private 2544 Hertfordshire Yeomanry
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  • Corne, Archie William, 314, Police Constable.
    Corne, Archie William, 314, Police Constable.
    Private 2516 Hertfordshire Yeomanry
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