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  • Notable Events In Week Fortytwo
    Notable Events In Week Fortytwo
    Hertfordshire Police  Historical Society This Week In History 16/10/1988 At 1 a.m. on 16 October 1988, a Special Constable and a Constable, were on patrol in the parade Watford. Both officers heard a gunshot and saw a man lying injured on the ground. The Special Constable ran in the direction where the shot had come from and his ...
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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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  • Mutual Aid Policing Coal Strikes Between 1911 and 1926
    Mutual Aid Policing Coal Strikes Between 1911 and 1926
    Many readers will recall the 1984 Coal Strike but will not have realised that the Hertford County Constabulary were called upon 70 years earlier.
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  • Hull, William Charles, 248 and 38, Police Constable.
    Hull, William Charles, 248 and 38, Police Constable.
    Horse Keeper 13748 Royal Army Veterinary Corps, Gunner 186919 Royal Field Artillery, Gunner 197485 Royal Garrison Artillery, temporary Lance Corporal Military Mounted Police
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  • Markwell, John, 307, Police Constable.
    Markwell, John, 307, Police Constable.
    Lance Corporal P/2346 Military Mounted Police
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  • Hunt, John William, 162 and 88, Police Constable.
    Hunt, John William, 162 and 88, Police Constable.
    Lance Corporal P/2127 Military Mounted Police
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  • Eames, Arthur, 282, Police Constable.
    Eames, Arthur, 282, Police Constable.
    Section B Reservist, Guardsman 24772 Coldstream Guards
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  • Smith, Frederick Robert, 329, Police Constable.
    Smith, Frederick Robert, 329, Police Constable.
    Section B Reservist, Guardsman 26168 Coldstream Guards
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  • Deer, Herbert Frank, 276, Police Constable.
    Deer, Herbert Frank, 276, Police Constable.
    Section B Reservist, Guardsman 25004 Coldstream Guards
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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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  • Reed, George William, 325, Police Constable.
    Reed, George William, 325, Police Constable.
    Section B Reservist, Guardsman 32198 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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  • Emery, Albert Charles, 9, Constable.
    Emery, Albert Charles, 9, Constable.
    Section B Reservist, Gunner 205987 Royal Horse Artillery
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  • Aylott, Ernest George, 323, Police Constable.
    Aylott, Ernest George, 323, Police Constable.
    Gunner 99376 Royal Horse Artillery
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  • Cattermole, Daniel Ernest, 312, Police Constable.
    Cattermole, Daniel Ernest, 312, Police Constable.
    Private 5684 of 12th Lancers, Private 5015 16th Lancers, Private 6543 of 17th Lancers, Private 2468 Hertfordshire Yeomanry, Corporal P/14903 Military Mounted 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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  • Pearce, Charles Frederick William, 29, Police Constable.
    Pearce, Charles Frederick William, 29, Police Constable.
    Royal Field Artillery wounded
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  • Lilley, David Augustus, 92 and 178, Police Constable.
    Lilley, David Augustus, 92 and 178, Police Constable.
    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.
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  • Elkins, Ernest Albert Victor, 10, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    Elkins, Ernest Albert Victor, 10, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    Corporal 2529 Hertfordshire Yeomanry
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  • Digby, George Walter, 119, Police Constable, Sergeant, Inspector.
    Digby, George Walter, 119, Police Constable, Sergeant, Inspector.
    Retirement after 25 years service.
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