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.
Read more In 1948, Wolseley brought out a new 6 cylinder engined car, designated the Wolseley Six Eighty and it rapidly became the archetypal police car of that era. Hertfordshire had quite a number of them and they could be found all over the County. One of the photos shows some of these cars lined up in ...
Read more In 1958, after many years of using Wolseleys as Area Cars, the Hertfordshire Constabulary moved to Austins and the A95 3 litre, 6 cylinder model became the Area Car of the day. This was before the time of blue lights, and the cars had a Winkworth bell, a PA speaker and a foglamp mounted at ...
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