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  • Kempthorne, Thomas Russell, 297, Police Constable.
    Kempthorne, Thomas Russell, 297, Police Constable.
    ...ne, a retired Police Officer now working as a night watchman, his wife Fanny and children Russell and Joan and his future son-in-law Maurice Byatt as living at 7, Repton Way, Rickmansworth. Thomas Russell Kempthorne of 46, Durrants Drive, Croxley Green, Rickmansworth died on the 16th December 1977....
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  • Wood, Arthur, 172, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    Wood, Arthur, 172, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    ...on, was charged with riding asleep on a cart of which he was in charge, at Rickmansworth on May 2nd. Police Constable Wood stated “On Tuesday, May 2nd, at 10 p.m., I was on duty in Chorleywood Road, and saw a wagon drawn by two horses on the highway going in the direction of Rickmansworth. Seeing no one in charge I shouted but no one answered. As I was leading the horse away the defendant awoke on the top of the load. He was civil.” Fined 5s. and...
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  • Hunt, Joseph, 134, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    Hunt, Joseph, 134, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    ...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. Joseph’s Army Service Record shows that he was recalled to Army Service under a special Army Order of 11th November 1899 and on the 13th November, he joined the...
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  • Smith, Frederick Robert, 329, Police Constable.
    Smith, Frederick Robert, 329, Police Constable.
    ...l Rolls record Frederick and Beatrice Smith as living at 26, Colne Avenue, Rickmansworth. The General Strike. General Order 117 of 29th August 1926 concerned the Emergency Regulations 1926 and instructions for 50 Hertfordshire Police Officers to be on standby should the Secretary of State call upon the County Force to draft men elsewhere. The first 20 named would be required to proceed at 8 hours’ notice or less. These included officers from A,B,C...
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  • Goodman, William
    Goodman, William
    William Goodman   In October 1808, James Inwood, who rented a fishery in Rickmansworth, concerned about poachers, was keeping watch with Thomas Tochfield, and three others, Davy, Walker & Ellingham. At 4 am in the morning they spotted William Goodman, who it seemed had come to steal fish from the water. He was however actually taking eels that had already been caught by Inwood and were contained in baskets and being stored within the fishery lake...
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  • Shocking death on the railway
    Shocking death on the railway
    An inquest was held at the Fire Station, Rickmansworth, on Monday, on the body of John Ayton, a man of middle-age, who was found dead on the Metropolitan and Great Central railway line near Rickmansworth the previous Friday. The deceased, it was stated, lodged in New Windsor Street, Uxbridge. About 12 months ago he was struck by lightning and nearly blinded at Sudbury. He never did any work, and was understood to be living on money which had been...
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  • Bennett, George Henry, 206, Police Constable.
    Bennett, George Henry, 206, Police Constable.
    ...10. Div. Rank No. Name Station Place for Duty F PC 206 Bennett G H Bayford Rickmansworth Schedule B Return of Officers and Men detailed for duty in the Northern or Hitchin Division on Friday 21st January 1910. Div. Rank No. Name Station Place for Duty F PC 206 Bennett G H Bayford Stevenage Schedule C Return of Officers and Men detailed for duty in the Mid or St Albans Division Tuesday 25th January 1910. Div. Rank No. Name Station Place for Duty F...
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  • Smith, Arthur, 49, Police Constable.
    Smith, Arthur, 49, Police Constable.
    ...ry 1906. Div. Rank No. Name Station Place for Duty E PC 49 Smith A Hitchin Rickmansworth Schedule D Return of Officers and Men detailed for duty in the Northern or Hitchin Division on Thursday 25th January 1906. Div. Rank No. Name Station Place for Duty E PC 49 Smith A Hitchin Hitchin A Minor Blemish. General Order 28 of the 22nd October 1907 reported that the Chief Constable fined Arthur £1 having been reported for being drunk on duty at Baldock...
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  • Berry, George Henry, 303, Police Constable.
    Berry, George Henry, 303, Police Constable.
    ...1930 Electoral Roll records George Henry Berry as living at 309, New Road, Rickmansworth apparently lodging with a Mable and Henry James. Marriage. George married Alice Maud Ruth Tomlin (or Tomalin) in 1930 at Watford. They did not have any children. Transfer. From the following newspaper article, it is clear that George was transferred to E Division at Walkern, possibly after his marriage. No Insurance. Published on the 17th March 1939 in the Her...
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  • (J) Oswald John Thorne - Highs And Lows.
    (J) Oswald John Thorne - Highs And Lows.
    ...m Airfield, so for several weeks I travelled by motorcycle via Watford and Rickmansworth. To my surprise my Instructor was a thirty year old attractive lady pilot who put me through the rudiments of map reading and of terms used by the pilots while navigating. My knowledge of map reading was first gained when in the Army so it was not long before my memory got working and within a few weeks was able to guide us around the county. A map reading ref...
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  • Human, Horace William, 73, Police Constable.
    Human, Horace William, 73, Police Constable.
    ...lectoral Rolls record Horace and Mildred Human as living at 252, New Road, Rickmansworth. In 1925 a George Berry, possibly PC 303, was also listed as living there. The following General Orders all informed William he would receive an increase of pay on the 10th August of the year shown: General Order 153 of the 31st August 1921 from £4/2/0 to £4/4/0 per week. General Order 121 of the 10th September 1922 from £4/4/0 to £4/6/0 per week. General Orde...
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  • Notable Events In Week Five
    Notable Events In Week Five
    ...Granville Road, Derby Road, Marlborough Road, Rosslyn Road, Brixton Road. Rickmansworth – Ebury Road D Division Hemel Hempstead – Alma Road, Christchurch Tring – Open space in front of Victoria Hall and its Northside approach in Akeman Street, ground in front of Britannia public house, Western Road. Harpenden – Open space on Church Green, from Sampson’s shop to the parish gates. Berkhamsted – Station Road where Road joint railway between railway...
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  • 1980 Southern Rhodesian General Election
    1980 Southern Rhodesian General Election
    ...British policing contingent as follows: Police Constable 978 Jim BINYON – Rickmansworth Police Sergeant 768 Michael COTTON – Hertford Detective Constable Tom FARRELLY – Berkhamsted Police Constable 807 Colin KELVEY – Western Traffic Base, North Watford Police Constable 153 Chris MOULDER – Hertford Police Constable 1246 Richard PARFITT – Hemel Hempstead Police Sergeant 6 Dennis SMOKER – HQ Operations Room The general elections were carried out in...
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  • Rogers, John Robert, 122, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    Rogers, John Robert, 122, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    ...Camberwell (in the 1939 Register he is shown as Hertfordshire PC living at Rickmansworth), and Kenneth Norman born in 1918 Camberwell (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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  • (B) Oswald John Thorne - Joining Hertfordshire Constabulary
    (B) Oswald John Thorne - Joining Hertfordshire Constabulary
    ...or weekends. On Friday evening I assisted her to hobble to the bus stop in Rickmansworth Road, boarding the bus made her so embarrassed being unable to put much weight on the crutches due to her weak hands. Her newly fitted dental plates made things worse when trying to speak. Our arrival at Garston Lane took ages, thankfully neighbours came out to speak and she rested several times. On reaching home there was such relief for her after slowly sett...
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  • Remembering officers who served in the Second World War
    Remembering officers who served in the Second World War
    ...r like him, excellent man. Sandra Don’t forget DS Tony Storey stationed at Rickmansworth was on the Russian convoys. Michael Ah yes, Tony Storey, what a great character, every so often he would bang the drawers in the DS’s office and call everybody to ‘action stations’. Then at one CID Christmas do, he has us all up dancing the Hornpipe. Thanks Sandra, I had forgotten about that until you mentioned it – happy days. Michael Further, my step-father...
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  • Hatfield Headquarters Probationers December 1920
    Hatfield Headquarters Probationers December 1920
    ...s born on the 22nd July 1892 and served between the 23rd February 1920 and the 27th November 1949. He was first posted to C Division at Rickmansworth. He died on the 6th March 1984....
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  • Notable Events In Week Fortyeight
    Notable Events In Week Fortyeight
    ...rd Observer carried the following article: There was intense excitement in Rickmansworth on Monday night, on its becoming known that Sgt Summerling and Constable Steers had arrested a man in Maple Cross, who answered to the description of Jack the Ripper, and who had behaved in a most excited manner. (The individual concerned appeared before the magistrates following day on a charge of being drunk.) 1/12/1894 A little before 9 o’clock on the morni...
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  • Notable Events In Week Fortyseven
    Notable Events In Week Fortyseven
    .... 24/11/1925 On 24 November 1925, Alfred George Catesby, of Trinity Lodge, Rickmansworth Road, Watford reported the breaking into of his house and the larceny of two sets of false teeth valued at 15 shillings. Sgt 289 Springett investigated the case, which remains undetected despite the fact that the Sergeant circulated the description of both the crime and the teeth to the Metro information list 2 of 30th of November 1925, the Police Gazette, Cas...
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  • Notable Events In Week Nine
    Notable Events In Week Nine
    ...unit. (General Orders 5 of 2000) 1/3/2000 Commendation. A Constable from, Rickmansworth Traffic for brave and selfless action in rescuing a man from a burning house in Hayling Road, South Oxhey. (General Order 9 of 2000) 1/3/2000 Computer Investigation Unit. For the information of all officers a Computer Investigation Unit has been formed within the Force Intelligence Bureau at Headquarters. The Unit will be responsible for the examination and prese...
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  • Notable Events In Week Thirtyone
    Notable Events In Week Thirtyone
    ...loyees of Express Dairy will be delivering crime prevention in Watford and Rickmansworth along with the daily pints. They have agreed to work with police and keep a sharp eye out for anything or anyone suspicious while carrying out their early morning rounds. In a unique scheme, milkmen are being trained by Hertfordshire Police to watch over houses and customers. It is hoped they will provide police with information that could help solve crimes an...
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  • The boy scout spy
    The boy scout spy
    ...minately. On 5 September, a report copied to all police stations, stated: “Rickmansworth report of a motor cycle ridden by alleged German spy near Amersham -when challenged were fired at – supposed to have gun and gone in direction of Bucks.’ As a result of the ‘strange affair’ in Hitchin, the District Council pronounced a need to protect the engine house. Other spy scares This was not the only spy scare. In September 1914, men were reported wante...
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  • Glossary
    Glossary
    ...sion. Can be split into subdivisions, e.g. C Division, Watford Central and Rickmansworth. The letters for the different areas have changed over the years so should be used with caution. D.S. Detective Sergeant E.S.S.O. Derogatory term used by shift officers for an officer who either because of the unit they worked on or by manipulation of leave etc had all weekends off E.T. Early Turn. Used to start typically at 6.00 a.m., now more often 7.00 a.m....
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  • The boy scout spy
    The boy scout spy
    ...minately. On 5 September, a report copied to all police stations, stated: ‘Rickmansworth report of a motorcycle ridden by alleged German spy near Amersham -when challenged were fired at – supposed to have gun and gone in direction of Bucks.’ As a result of the ‘strange affair’ in Hitchin, the District Council pronounced a need to protect the engine house. The Northchurch saga This was not the only spy scare. In September 1914, men were reported wa...
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