Having served as Private 3789 in the Bedfordshire Regiment he joined the Hertford County Constabulary in 1897. He was recalled to the Colours on 4th December 1899 for the Boer War but found to be unfit for service in South Africa. He re-joined the Police but then made a major error of judgement which saw him sent to prison. He later re-joined the Bedfordshire Regiment and served throughout WW1.
Read more Hertfordshire Police Historical Society This Week In History Friday 19th July 1901 Herts & Cambs. Reporter & Royston Crow HERTFORDSHIRE POLICE CASE. THE CHIEF CONSTABLE SUED FOR DAMAGES. At the Watford County Court on Monday last before His Honour, Judge Sir Alfred Marten, K.C., and a jury, an important case was heard in which the plaintiff, Herbert Axom, was a ...
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