Thomas Oliver preferred to be known as John or Jack joined the Army after the outbreak of WW1 aged 16 years. Whilst serving with the Lancashire Fusiliers he was awarded a Military Medal. Surviving the war he joined the Hertfordshire Constabulary becoming one of the last Mounted Police Officers. He served for 38 years the last 21 at High Wych.
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Read more Hertfordshire Police Historical Society This Week In History Pictured above a Hertfordshire Police Mobile Column. In the 1950s the police across the country were faced by a requirement on them to operate a large proportion of the UKs Civil Defence provision. Part of this was periodic operation of the Home Office Civil Defence Police Mobile Column, a mixed ...
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