On the outbreak of WW1 he joined the 5th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. He fought at Gallipoli and in Egypt and Palestine being promoted to Colour Sergeant and awarded the Military Medal. On being demobbed he joined the Hertfordshire Constabulary and was commended 3 times by the St. Albans Coroner.
Read more 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 Served throughout the Great War in Gallipoli and Palestine. He was wounded. On discharge from the Army he joined the Hertford County Constabulary.
Read more Boer War Veteran 1st Dragoon Guards, Acting Warrant Officer Class I, 2nd London Division, Staff Colonel, Army Service Corps (Territorial Force), Acting Company Quarter Master Sergeant Royal Army Service Corps.
Read more Private Grenadier Guards, Lance Sergeant Guards Machine Gun Regiment.
Read more Alfred Humberstone , labourer , 104 Amwell Street , Hoddesdon , was charged with stealing a gent's overcoat and a pair of gauntlet gloves.
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