Lance Corporal 16314, 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards who was Killed in Action on the 14th March 1917.
Read more Concentrations of troops, internees or prisoners of war had a marked impact on the delivery of policing to communities in the various localities across Hertfordshire.
Read more Alfred Northway broke into property many times, did penal servitude, joined the army on his release, but the pattern continued. He was sentenced to penal servitude yet again, the army saying that they did not want him back.
Read more Jack the Ripper left London and attended Harpenden for a few days before mysteriously disapearing.
Read more Noah Hill, charged with assaulting a constable, after having been stopped for his filthy language
Read more Ephraim Gore was caught in possession of poached game. He had 40 previous convictions.
Read more Ernest William Pasque, a gamekeeper, of Diamond End, King's Walden, was charged with driving a motor-cycle in a manner dangerous to the public. However, the case was dismissed.
Read more The Tug of War, Final Pull between 'C 'Division Watford and Luton Borough Police at Wardown Park.
Read more ‘A former Police Superintendent at Bishop’s Stortford, Mr Harry Wright, of ‘Oxhey’, Grange Road, died at Bishop’s Stortford Hospital yesterday (Thursday) aged 64.’ That was the first line as reported by the Hertfordshire Mercury in January 1947. So who was Harry Wright ? Harry Wright was born 21 February 1882 in Tiptree, Essex. In 1898, at the ...
Read more The story of the career of Sydney Sayers from his arrival from Norfolk in 1930 until his retirement in 1955.
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