On the outbreak of WW1 he joined the 5th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. He fought at Gallipoli and in Egypt and Palestine being promoted to Colour Sergeant and awarded the Military Medal. On being demobbed he joined the Hertfordshire Constabulary and was commended 3 times by the St. Albans Coroner.
Read more Hertfordshire Police Historical Society This Week In History 1/10/1964 On October 1, 1964, the Home Secretary announced that for a two-year experimental period small bodies of very experienced detective officers who would concentrate on the apprehension of travelling criminals were to operate all over England and Wales. Although at that time there were more than 120 separate police ...
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