Having served as Private 7756 in the Coldstream Guards he joined Hertford County Constabulary in 1893. Recalled to the Colours on 9th October 1899 he saw action in South Africa before contracting rheumatic fever and enteric fever and being invalided home. Recovering he re-joined the Constabulary and retired as a Sergeant.
Read more Three men from Ayot St Peter charged with rape and indecent assault.
Read more John Cox was charged with being drunk and disorderly.
Read more Charles Roberts, licensee of the George beer-house, Codicote Road, Welwyn, pleaded not guilty to a charge of wilfully damaging a quick set hedge.
Read more The death took place on Saturday, after a short illness, of Sergt. Thomas Whitbread, at his residence, Baldock.
Read more Report into the death of a ten year old.
Read more Thomas Tyler, of 'The Plough' public-house, Datchworth, was summoned for a contravention of the Movement of Swine Order.
Read more Ernest William Pasque, a gamekeeper, of Diamond End, King's Walden, was charged with driving a motor-cycle in a manner dangerous to the public. However, the case was dismissed.
Read more Herbert Deards, of Woolmer Green, was charged with trespassing but did not appear in Court.
Read more The story of William Wood known as "The Father of the Hertfordshire Constabulary" Acting Chief Constable 1914 to 1918
Read more Stuart Simkins and Charles Reynolds, both of Hertford, were charged with stealing tools.
Read more Henry Wright, of Pegs Lane, was charged with cruelty to a pig.
Read more Drunken labourer asked to be locked up, then chooses gaol instead of a fine for assault on the police.
Read more Albert Ebenezer Fox and Ebenezer Albert Fox, the notorious Stevenage twins, were charged with stealing six fowls
Read more John Griffin did not appear to answer a charge of stealing potatoes.
Read more A"weak minded" man found guilty of attack.
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