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Spicer, Ernest Bernard, 68 Police Constable, Sergeant, Inspector, Superintendent.
...ckinghamshire Advertiser on Friday 24th September 1926 under the headline: Rickmansworth. Francis Edwin Gristwood Norfolk Road, Rickmansworth fishmonger’s assistant was charged at Watford with stealing £2 10s the monies of the Rickmansworth District Council. He was further charged with stealing £2. Defendant pleaded guilty. Police Sergeant Spicer deposed that he questioned defendant who said did take some money from (defendant’s) mother’s gas mete...
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Gamekeepers brutally attacked - Rickmansworth
...th bludgeons and stones on three of Lord Ebury’s gamekeepers at Moor Park, Rickmansworth. The keepers in question were watching some preserves at Sandy Lodge farm, not far from Moor Park, when the five poachers set upon them with bludgeons and stones. Benjamin Green was shockingly maltreated by blows on the head, and while down on the ground and covered with blood, the ruffians kicked him in the back and on the body, rendering him insensible. Upon...
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Creassey, John Silas, 5, Police Constable.
...Silas Creassey of Talbot Road, Rickmansworth died on the 21st July 1908 at Rickmansworth he was buried at Rickmansworth on the 25th July with the ceremony conducted by C.M.O. Parkinson (Vicar). Obituary. Published in the Watford Observer on Saturday 1st August 1908 under the heading Death: It is with regret that we announce the death of Mr. John S. Creassey of Talbot Road, Rickmansworth. The deceased had been in failing health for a considerable p...
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Rogers, Raymond John, 26, Constable
...h Raymond John Rogers married Kathleen Selina Arymar born 20th May 1920 at Rickmansworth, a shorthand typist of 221 High Street, Rickmansworth. They had three sons. On the 6th August 1942 Raymond John Rogers joined H.M. Forces. Military Service During World War 2. Raymond’s Territorial Army Record of Service Paper has survived and contains the following information: He was deemed to have enlisted for the duration of the Emergency under the provisi...
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Theft of straw at Rickmansworth
...was indicted for stealing a quantity of straw belonging to Samuel King, at Rickmansworth, on October 25; also with receiving two sacks of stolen oats, the property of Colin Taylor, King & Co., at Bushey, on October 2. The straw case was taken first. A man named James Clark, a dairyman, was driving along the road between Watford and Rickmansworth when he saw the prisoner at the side of the road with a horse and van taking straw from Mr King’s stack...
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Cycle of offending - theft of bicycle at Rickmansworth and elsewhere
...leaded guilty to stealing a bicycle, the property of John Edward Jones, at Rickmansworth, on October 19th last. Mr. Murphy, who prosecuted, said that on the morning of October 19th a bicycle was taken from Mr Jones’s shop at Rickmansworth, and the prisoner was seen the next day riding the bicycle, which appeared to have been made for a man with longer legs. Subsequently the prisoner was arrested in Oxfordshire for another offence in Aylesbury, and...
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Rickmansworth's police station 1865-1897
Rickmansworth’s first purpose-built police station was completed in May 1865. Situated on a new street named Talbot Road, the two-storey, double fronted station was ideally located to serve the town centre. A single storey extension, comprising two cells, was built onto the northern exterior of the station-house. The cell block was ventilated by a single window complete with bars, and rendered the town’s cage redundant. The station was initially...
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Rickmansworth's Police Station 1897-1952
Located on the High Street, the site chosen for Rickmansworth’s second police station had previously been occupied by four small cottages. Built in 1807 these homes had been known as the Beresford Almhouses, and it was behind these that the town’s cage had stood since 1757. Sale of the Almshouses had to be approved by the Charity Commission, who agreed a purchase price of £400. The Commission also requested that the Standing Joint Committee meet...
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Shambrook, Albert, 263, Police Constable.
...nuary 1910. Div. Rank No. Name Station Place for Duty C PC 263 Shambrook A Rickmansworth Knebworth Schedule D Return of Officers and Men detailed for duty in the Western or Watford Division 27th January 1910. Div. Rank No. Name Station Place for Duty C PC 263 Shambrook A Rickmansworth Sarratt General Order 8 of the 9th March 1910 informed Albert that he would receive an increased rate of pay from £1/5/8 to £1/6/10 per week from the 10th February 1...
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Armitage, Henry Mortimer, 105, Police Constable.
...uary 1910. Div. Rank No. Name Station Place for Duty C PC 105 Armitage H M Rickmansworth Rickmansworth No record has survived but Henry had clearly been transferred from Watford to Rickmansworth. General Order 13 of the 1st April 1910 informed Henry that he would receive an increased rate of pay from 26/10 to 28/- per week from the 10th March 1910. Royal Visit. General Order 43 of the 5th December 1910 were instructions regarding a Royal Visit. “T...
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Early policing in Rickmansworth 1841-1865
So keen was the town of Rickmansworth to see the formation of a county police force, that it petitioned parliament in 1840. Its eagerness to have men of a centrally controlled constabulary, pounding its streets, certainly wasn’t attributable to a lack of an existing policing presence. The minutes for the meeting of the Court Leet, held on 14th April 1841, recorded that fourteen parish constables were already in office. Of these, three policed the...
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A second husband whilst the first is serving abroad !
...h he then submitted to Inspector O’Connor. On 30th May, the witness was at Rickmansworth Police Station with the Inspector and the defendant when she admitted that, on 24th March last, she had married Corporal A.A. Andrews at the parish church at Rickmansworth. She also admitted that, on 19th September,1910, she had married Arthur Henry Crampton at the Registry Office, Bedford. On Wednesday, 5th June, she had handed the witness the certificate of...
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Rogers, John Robert, 122, Police Constable, Sergeant.
...at Peckham (in the 1939 Register he is shown as Hertfordshire PC living at Rickmansworth), and Kenneth Norman born in 1918 at Peckham (he is also shown in the 1939 Register as a Hertfordshire PC living at Watford). From the 15th May 1915 to the 30th June 1916 he served aboard HMS Woolwich (HMS Botha). Woolwich was a depot ship for a Destroyer Flotilla, and effectively it would be used as a floating barracks. H.M.S. Botha was a sea going ship and w...
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Hyiatt, James, 91, Police Constable.
...e Constabulary have been recalled to the Colours. Police Constable Hyiatt (Rickmansworth) started for the Cape some weeks ago, and now Police Constable Hunt (Watford) and Police Constable Waller (Rickmansworth) have received notice from the War Office that their services will be required. James’ Army Service Record shows that on the 9th October 1899 he was recalled to Army Service under a special Army Order of 7th October 1899 and he re-joined the...
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Waller, Ernest Edgar, 70, Police Constable.
...e Constabulary have been recalled to the Colours. Police Constable Hyiatt (Rickmansworth) started for the Cape some weeks ago, and now Police Constable Hunt (Watford) and Police Constable Waller (Rickmansworth) have received notice from the War Office that their services will be required. Ernest’s Army Service Record shows that on the 4th December 1899 he was Recalled to Army Service under the Special Army Order of the 7th October 1899. However, h...
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Potton, Frank, 93, Police Constable.
...t 9 a.m. They will return to their Stations after the Show is over. Retirement And Life After The Police. Frank retired on the 26th November 1930 on ill health grounds and received a Pension of £77/3/5 per annum. In the 1939 Register Frank and Ellen are recorded as living at 92, Ebury Road, Rickmansworth. He is shown as a Park Keeper for Rickmansworth Urban District Council and a Dresser for A.R.P. (a neighbour works in the A.R.P. Stores so he may...
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Manton, William Ernest, 84, Police Constable, Sergeant.
...n the 30th August 1931 William retired as Sergeant on a medical pension. Published on 25th September 1931 in the Uxbridge and West Drayton Gazette under the headline Death of PS Manton: The death occurred on Tuesday week of PS William Manton (46), who came to Rickmansworth last April. He was taken ill shortly afterwards and had to go off duty in December. He returned to duty in June but after being at work for two weeks was again taken ill and nev...
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Aylott, Ernest George, 323, Police Constable.
...e cottage house being vacated by Acting Sergeant Huckle at Parsonage Road, Rickmansworth. The 1921 census shows Police Constable Ernest George Aylott, his wife Dorothy and son Jack living at Brighton Cottage, Parsonage Road, Rickmansworth. The Electoral Rolls of 1920 to 1925 list them as living at the same address. The following four General Orders all informed Ernest that on the 22nd July of each year he would receive the increased rate of pay as...
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Owen, Henry, Police Constable.
...three boys and five girls who were Sarah Ann (known as Annie) born 1886 at Rickmansworth, Charlotte Elizabeth born 1891 at Croxley Green, Henry, Catherine Mary born 1897 at Croxley Green, William Thomas born 1901 at Croxley Green, Emma Rose born 1903 at Croxley Green, Edith May born 1906 at Croxley Green and John Charles born 1908 at Croxley Green. At the time of the 1891 census the family were living at New Road, Rickmansworth and Henry senior is...
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Seymour, Alec, 66, Constable
...to Croxley Green. As from the 9th April 1951 Croxley Green became part of Rickmansworth Town. In November 1948 he passed the St. John Ambulance First Aid Medallion qualification. He sat and passed Part 2 of the examinations for promotion to Sergeant on the 27th August 1950 and again on the 23rd January 1954. In November 1950 he passed the St. John Ambulance First Aid 1st Label qualification. At the second attempt he passed the Part 1 of his exami...
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Headquarters Hatfield Probationers c. April 1921
...ember 1920 and the 23rd January 1926. He was first posted to C Division at Rickmansworth. He died in 1985. 4. PC 340 John Henry Harris was born on the 18th December 1894 and served between the 29th November 1920 and the 16th September 1951. He was first posted to C Division at Watford. He died on the 19th January 1982. 5. PC 91 Leonard Titmuss was born on the 2nd December 1902 and served between the 9th December 1920 and the 3rd December 1947. He...
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Oliver, Walter William, 44, Police Constable, Sergeant, Inspector, Chief Inspector.
...a new detached police house there with a fair sized garden. The station at Rickmansworth was very small and inadequate so a new one was built, unique at the time because of it’s nature of the construction being partly prefabricated and with much glass and it included a recreation room and a bar. The new station was opened by Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, later Lord Kilmuir, the Home Secretary of State. I was later responsible for showing many people aro...
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Elkins, Ernest Albert Victor, 10, Police Constable, Sergeant.
...t the 1925 Electoral Roll shows them living next door at 179, High Street, Rickmansworth. General Order 27 of 25th February 1925 reveals that Ernest had been successful in the Examination for Promotion from Sergeant to Inspector although he was never promoted. General Order 75 of 7th May 1925 notified Ernest of another increase in his pay from £5/5/0 to £5/7/6 per week from 26th April 1925. Ernest attended a week long course of instruction for Pol...
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The scales of justice
...n brought him to Watford. Prisoner first stated that he did not know where Rickmansworth was, but afterwards admitted to receiving 10 shillings from Mrs Hulbert for rectifying weights and scales. He had in his possession a small pair of scales and small weights. Matilda Hulbert, wife of Charles Hulbert, grocer, of Rickmansworth, stated that the prisoner came into the shop and said that he was ”Government contractor for weights and scales”, and he...
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