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.
Read more Many readers will recall the 1984 Coal Strike but will not have realised that the Hertford County Constabulary were called upon 70 years earlier.
Read more Hertfordshire Police Historical Society This Week In History 5th March 1847 Hertford Mercury 13/3/1847 Murderous outrage on a Police Constable On Friday night, the 5th inst., a most brutal attack was made upon Police Constable Broom, stationed in the town of Hitchin. It appears that on Saturday morning, about 7:30 o’clock, a constable was found by a person who ...
Read more Sergeant 12821, No. 3 Company 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards who was Killed in Action on the 25th September 1918.
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Read more Herbert Street, labourer, of Railway Street, was charged with obstructing the police.
Read more Frank Brand, a timber handler, of the Lamb and Flag, Colliers End, was summoned for failing to notify a case of parasitic mange.
Read more Frederick Scales, of Rye Common, pleaded not guilty to selling fireworks to children under thirteen, and also to keeping a certain quantity of gunpowder on his premises without a licence on November 5th. P.C. Carter, of Rye Common, stated that on the evening named he was on duty outside Mr Scales’ shop and through the ...
Read more Samuel Bilton, showman, was charged with unlawfully and maliciously inflicting grevious bodily harm on George Graham
Read more Gertrude Love, a young laundry maid, of Lea Road, Rye Common, was charged with attempting suicide.
Read more Alfred Greeves, of North Finchley charged with assaulting Frederick Sterling
Read more William Harmer, of Hoddesdon, was charged with being on enclosed premises supposed for an unlawful purpose.
Read more George Stamp, of Burford Street, Hoddesdon, was summoned for riding a bicycle on the public footpath
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