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 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.
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 Saturday 21 April 1860 Hertfordshire Express and General Advertiser STEALING TURNIP TOPS. Ann Parker, of Hoddesdon, was charged with stealing turnip-tops, and damaging the crops of Mr. Davie Jun, farmer, or St. Margarets. Fined 6d., and costs 14s. 6d. TURNP TOPS AGAIN. Francis Welch, tramp, was charged with stealing turnip-tops, the property of Mr. ...
Read more Sergeant 12821, No. 3 Company 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards who was Killed in Action on the 25th September 1918.
Read more Mrs Mary Logsdale, from Hoddesdon, was summoned for selling cigarettes to a child.
Read more CARD PLAYING ON SUNDAY – Edwin Walker, Leonard Wagstaffe and Alfred Game pleaded not guilty to card-playing on Riverside on Sunday, November 18th. P.C. Dean stated that on the Sunday evening in question he and P.C. Pusey caught the defendants playing cards under a gas lamp in the Folly at the bottom of Thornton Street ...
Read more Peter Plumb, of St John Street, Hertford, was summoned for the malicious damage to holly trees.
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