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  • Bowls Team October 1954
    Bowls Team October 1954
    Winners No. 5 District P.A.A. Triples Bowls Competition 1954.
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  • Johnson, Margaret, 5, And Annie, 3, Both Constables And Sergeants.
    Johnson, Margaret, 5, And Annie, 3, Both Constables And Sergeants.
    Margaret and Annie Johnson were not only sisters but also the first women Police Officers in the Hertfordshire Constabulary. Appointed in 1928 they were both later promoted to Sergeants.
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  • Spicer, Ernest Bernard, 68 Police Constable, Sergeant, Inspector, Superintendent.
    Spicer, Ernest Bernard, 68 Police Constable, Sergeant, Inspector, Superintendent.
    Served in the Army during WW1, enlisted as a Private and de-mobilised as a Captain - awarded the M.M. and the M.C. with a Mentioned in Despatches and awarded a wound stripe. Appointed as a Constable in Hertford County Constabulary in 1920 retired as a Superintendent in 1954.
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  • Hatfield Headquarters Probationers December 1920
    Hatfield Headquarters Probationers December 1920
    Twelve New recruits from December 1920
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  • Field, 234, Constable
    Field, 234, Constable
    PC Field remains somewhat of a mystery.
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  • Burgess, Joseph William, 107, Constable
    Burgess, Joseph William, 107, Constable
    Having served as Private 4715 in the Bedfordshire Regiment he joined the Hertford County Constabulary in 1899. Recalled to the colours on the 16th December 1899 he served in South Africa for 236 days before being invalided home due to illness. He re-joined the Police but by 1903 he had left believed for medical reasons.
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  • Stevens, William Robert, 60 & 61, Constable
    Stevens, William Robert, 60 & 61, Constable
    Having served as Private 2985 in the 19th (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own) Hussars he joined the Hertford County Constabulary in 1895. Recalled to the Colours on the 24th February 1901 for the Boer War he served for over a year in South Africa. Re-joining the Police he served as a Constable until retiring on pension in 1920.
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  • Hammond, Albert Edward also known as John, 89 & 231, Constable
    Hammond, Albert Edward also known as John, 89 & 231, Constable
    Having served as Private 3802 in the Bedfordshire Regiment under a false name he joined the Hertford County Constabulary in 1898 using the same name. He was recalled to the Colours on 4th December 1899 for the Boer War and after two years re-joined the Police. In 1914 he left the Police joining the Hertfordshire Regiment as a Provost Sergeant later transferring to the Military Foot Police.
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  • Wood, Arthur, 172, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    Wood, Arthur, 172, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    Having served as Private 7756 in the Coldstream Guards he joined Hertford County Constabulary in 1893. Recalled to the Colours on 9th October 1899 he saw action in South Africa before contracting rheumatic fever and enteric fever and being invalided home. Recovering he re-joined the Constabulary and retired as a Sergeant.
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  • Warren, Frederick William, 55, Police Constable, Sergeant, Inspector, Superintendent.
    Warren, Frederick William, 55, Police Constable, Sergeant, Inspector, Superintendent.
    Having served as Bombardier 79907 in the Royal Artillery he joined the Hertford County Constabulary in 1898. Recalled to the Colours on 9th October 1899 he served for nearly two years in the Boer War before re-joining the Constabulary retiring in 1923 as a Superintendent.
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  • Pusey, Robert, 183, Police Constable.
    Pusey, Robert, 183, Police Constable.
    Having served as Private 3500 in the 19th (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own) Hussars, he joined the Hertford County Constabulary in 1897. He was recalled to the Colours on 13th November 1899 and fought throughout the Boer War. He re-joined the Police but emigrated to Australia in 1911.
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  • Hunt, Joseph, 134, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    Hunt, Joseph, 134, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    Having served as Private 3172 in the 16th (The Queen's) Lancers and the 12th (The Prince of Wales') Royal Regiment of Lancers he joined the Hertford County Constabulary in 1898. He was recalled to the Colours on 13th November 1899 during the Boer War, where it is believed he served as a Drill Instructor. He re-joined the Police and retired as a Sergeant.
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  • Hyiatt, James, 91, Police Constable.
    Hyiatt, James, 91, Police Constable.
    Having served as Sergeant 8499 in the Coldstream Guards he joined the Hertford County Constabulary in 1898. He was recalled to the Colours on 9th October 1899 and fought throughout the Boer War. He re-joined the Police and retired as a Constable.
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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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  • Skeggs, Alfred, 46, Police Constable.
    Skeggs, Alfred, 46, Police Constable.
    Sergeant 14981 Essex Regiment MM and Mentioned In Despatches
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  • Medcalf, William John, 308 and 195, Police Constable.
    Medcalf, William John, 308 and 195, Police Constable.
    Gunner 99378 Royal Horse Artillery Anti-Aircraft Lance Bombardier 191687 Royal Garrison Artillery Anti-Aircraft
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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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