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Guard Room Occurrence Book: 1915 (ii)
Guard Room Occurrence Book: 1915 (ii)
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Description:
Daily log of incidents reported at Bishop's Stortford Police Station, ranging from lost and found items to reports of accidents and crimes. Follow-up actions are also recorded. Formerly Acc 2744/4/8 and HPF/B/3/2
Place:
Bishop's Stortford Police Station
Date of creation:
17 May 1915 - 26 Jun 1915
Reference number:
HPF/B/109
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Constables at Bishop's Stortford Police Station, “Guard Room Occurrence Book: 1915 (ii),”
Herts Past Policing Archive
, accessed January 23, 2021, https://catalogue.hertspastpolicing.org.uk/items/show/2009.
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Guard Room Occurrence Book: 1915 (ii)
(Document)
Pages 000a-Blank page
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Pages 000b-Blank page
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Pages 000c-Blank page
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Pages 001-002
(Page)
Absconded from Hert's Reformatory
(Incident)
Strayed 2 horses
(Incident)
Pages 003-004
(Page)
Lost clothes
(Incident)
Pages 005-006
(Page)
Lost gold watch
(Incident)
Pages 007-008
(Page)
Pince Nez found
(Incident)
Two stray dogs found separately
(Incident)
Pages 009-010
(Page)
Strayed from the Bell & Sun PH Ware a dog
(Incident)
Curbstone broken Potter Street/Bridge Street
(Incident)
Pages 011-012
(Page)
Dog lost
(Incident)
Locket lost Bishop's Stortford
(Incident)
Accident, Bridge Street
(Incident)
Pages 013-014
(Page)
Copy of message from City Police St. Albans, Zeppelin passed over Potters Bar
(Incident)
Escaped from Hill End Asylum St. Peters
(Incident)
Pages 015-016
(Page)
Found on Great North Road, Hatfield a tool bag
(Incident)
Two men wanted in Epping
(Incident)
Pages 017-018
(Page)
Soldiers Khaki Haversack lost between Royston and St. Albans
(Incident)
Copy of message from Police Chesham to Police Watford wanted on warrant
(Incident)
Pages 019-020
(Page)
Lost a dog
(Incident)
Pages 021-022
(Page)
Missing supposed stolen a gents bicycle
(Incident)
Found in Hertford a pair of Mackintosh leggings and coat
(Incident)
Pages 023-024
(Page)
Two soldiers worse for drink take cart and crash into car
(Incident)
Request to stop reckless driving of horses near George hotel
(Incident)
Pages 025-026
(Page)
Telephone used by Major Lucas to Call Anti Air Craft Admiralty London
(Incident)
Found in London road, Welwyn a New motor tyre
(Incident)
Complaint about soldiers
(Incident)
Pages 027-028
(Page)
Found at Wheathampstead a dog
(Incident)
Lost a pink leather purse
(Incident)
Pages 029-030
(Page)
Telephone message to send Fire Brigade to Parsonage Farm, Gt Hormead
(Incident)
Copy of message from Bucks Police Aylesbury stolen from house at St. Leonards (continued on 019)
(Incident)
Pages 031-032
(Page)
Copy of message from Bucks Police Aylesbury stolen from house at St. Leonards (continued from 018)
(Incident)
Missing from Millbridge Brewery a gents bicycle (Continued on 020)
(Incident)
Pages 033-034
(Page)
Missing from Millbridge Brewery a gents bicycle (Continued from 019)
(Incident)
Copy of circular from Essex Police Rochford, wanted on warrant (continued on 021)
(Incident)
Pages 035-036
(Page)
Copy of circular from Essex Police Rochford, wanted on warrant (continued from 020)
(Incident)
Found in High Street Berkhampstead, a gents bicycle
(Incident)
Pages 037-038
(Page)
Found in Great Berkhampstead, a lady's BIcycle (continued from 021)
(Incident)
Found in Eastwick Road nr Stansted Oak, six waterproof sheets
(Incident)
Pages 039-040
(Page)
Found straying at Attmore Hall a brown horse
(Incident)
Missing supposed stolen, a gents bicycle from the Bathing Place, Watford
(Incident)
Complaint, re disturbance at the Isolation Hospital
(Incident)
Pages 041-042
(Page)
Missing from Watford Frederick Farquhar
(Incident)
Pages 043-044
(Page)
Motor identification found
(Incident)
Gents bicycle stolen St. Albans
(Incident)
Pages 045-046
(Page)
Gents bicycle stolen New Town Hall, Hitchin
(Incident)
Stolen by housebreaking (continued on 027)
(Incident)
Pages 047-048
(Page)
Stolen by housebreaking (continued from 026)
(Incident)
Station Master at Bishop's Stortford spotted aircraft at Rochford
(Incident)
Commitment Warrant carried out for Essex Police
(Incident)
Pages 049-050
(Page)
Motor Accident, Bishop's Stortford
(Incident)
Brooch found (part written - crossed out see 029)
(Incident)
Pages 051-052
(Page)
Brooch found
(Incident)
Missing Trowel
(Incident)
Missing from Travellers Farm, Hatfield
(Incident)
Pages 053-054
(Page)
Lady's brown leather purse lost at Harpenden
(Incident)
Small Acetylene motor gas lamp
(Incident)
Pages 055-056
(Page)
Copy of telephone call received at Stevenage Police Station re Telegram for Lieut Ambler
(Incident)
Pages 057-058
(Page)
Horse found straying at Thorley
(Incident)
Watch Lost, Bishop's Stortford
(Incident)
Escaped from Three Counties Asylum
(Incident)
Pages 059-060
(Page)
Lost from motorcycle Rickmansworth a brown leather kit-bag
(Incident)
Lost in Watford a brown leather handbag
(Incident)
Brown spaniel dog lost Braughing
(Incident)
Pages 061-062
(Page)
Copy of message from Aylesbury Police to Police Watford, motorcycle stolen
(Incident)
Pages 063-064
(Page)
Nil
(Incident)
Pages 065-066
(Page)
Girl missing from home at Oak Street Bishop's Stortford
(Incident)
Note in red - R(K)o .3. slip for June 1915
(Incident)
Pages 067-068
(Page)
Lost at Redbourne an Airedale dog
(Incident)
Lost in Harpenden a lady's umbrella
(Incident)
Lost in Harpenden, a dog
(Incident)
Lost, a gold plaited ring
(Incident)
Pages 069-070
(Page)
Lost in Harpenden a lady's umbrella
(Incident)
Lost at Harpenden a pair of spectacles
(Incident)
Pages 071-072
(Page)
AWOL from R F A Hemel Hempstead
(Incident)
Station Master at Bishop's Stortford spotted aircraft at Rochford
(Incident)
Pages 073-074
(Page)
Special attention directed to Henry Collins
(Incident)
Bicycle found outside the Urban District Council Offices Bishop's Stortford
(Incident)
Pages 075-076
(Page)
Lost between Rye Street and Barrells Down a bunch of keys
(Incident)
Strayed from a field at Broxbourne
(Incident)
Supposed stolen Harpenden a pair of lady's earrings (continued on 042)
(Incident)
Pages 077-078
(Page)
Supposed stolen Harpenden a pair of lady's earrings (continued from 41)
(Incident)
Complaint from Ex Supt Spriggs persons riding bicycles through church yard
(Incident)
Convict on licence reports to police
(Incident)
Pages 079-080
(Page)
Bicycle left in Hockerill Street
(Incident)
Pages 081-082
(Page)
Black handbag lost Hadham Road, Bishop's Stortford
(Incident)
Headstall found Bishop's Stortford
(Incident)
Spring onions stolen Bishop's Stortford
(Incident)
Pages 083-084
(Page)
Lost between Hayfield and Potters Bar a gold seal - Found on the Great North Road a large black bag.
(Incident)
Pages 085-086
(Page)
Housebreaking, St. Albans
(Incident)
Obtaining money from servants of gentleman's houses
(Incident)
Pages 087-088
(Page)
Soldier applying for railway voucher
(Incident)
Summer Uniform to be taken into wear on or after 5th June 1915
(Incident)
Escaped from Military Custody at Much Hadham
(Incident)
Pages 089 -090
(Page)
Zeppelin seen 85miles east of Humber
(Incident)
Notebooks lost Between Bishop's Stortford
(Incident)
Station Master at Bishop's Stortford spotted aircraft at Southend
(Incident)
Pages 091-092
(Page)
Dog lost at Woodside Green Essex
(Incident)
Gold curb bracelet lost Bishop's Stortford
(Incident)
Man brought to station by river keeper Walter Gilbey
(Incident)
Pages 093-094
(Page)
Disturbance outside Rising Sun, Bishop's Stortford
(Incident)
Pages 095-096
(Page)
10 Shilling note lost between Chantry Mount School and Portland Road
(Incident)
Stolen by means of housebreaking at Brentwood 2 panther skins
(Incident)
Pages 097-098
(Page)
William Downie a convict on licence reported to Bishop's Stortford
(Incident)
Zeppelin seen at Cromer
(Incident)
Pages 099-100
(Page)
Chickens missing Thornwood Epping
(Incident)
Sheep Strayed Bishop's Stortford
(Incident)
Pages 101-102
(Page)
A lady's bicycle missing from Hitchin
(Incident)
Stolen from a Church St. Albans a silver vase
(Incident)
Pages 103-104
(Page)
Pte R Liver no 055180 left Boxmoor and has not returned
(Incident)
Spoke brush found South Mill
(Incident)
Pages 105-106
(Page)
Missing from Hampstead
(Incident)
Missing supposed stolen from Boxmoor a gents bicycle (continued on 057)
(Incident)
Pages 107-108
(Page)
Missing supposed stolen from Boxmoor a gents bicycle (continued from 056)
(Incident)
A Zeppelin sighted 10 miles from Wells, Norfolk
(Incident)
Missing from Wheathampstead
(Incident)
Pages 109-110
(Page)
Message from Supt G Div My message 30x property recovered, thief arrested
(Incident)
Stolen from Charles Lewis Curtis motorcar, a gents overcoat
(Incident)
Pages 111-112
(Page)
Nil
(Incident)
Pages 113-114
(Page)
Complaint re damage to glass roof
(Incident)
Escaped from Military custody at Watford
(Incident)
Soldier attacked by dog (continued on 061)
(Incident)
Pages 115-116
(Page)
Soldier attacked by dog (continued from 060)
(Incident)
Gas Lamp lost between Saffron Walden and Bishop's Stortford
(Incident)
Escaped from Military Hospital at Tring
(Incident)
Pages 117-118
(Page)
Re Message D235, bicycle found not stolen (see 056/6-057/6)
(Incident)
Re message D 234 motor car found at Stevenage (see 055/3)
(Incident)
Wanted for Embezzling
(Incident)
Pages 119-120
(Page)
Pages 121-122
(Page)
Assault at Saracens Lodging House
(Incident)
Window Broken Potter Street
(Incident)
Stolen 7 Hens Markyate
(Incident)
Pages 123-124
(Page)
Keys found Wind Hill
(Incident)
Missing from St. Albans
(Incident)
Pages 125-126
(Page)
Lost between Harlow and Sawbridgeworth
(Incident)
Escaped from Military Custody at Northchurch
(Incident)
Pages 127-128
(Page)
Small dog found St. Albans
(Incident)
Dog lost Hoddesdon
(Incident)
Lost from St. Albans Market 2 sheep
(Incident)
Pages 129-130
(Page)
Stolen from a soldiers tunic pocket 2 postal orders
(Incident)
Missing from Gt Berkhampstead Common
(Incident)
Message from Bucks Police Wendover, stolen from Baptist Chapel fine linen tablecloth (Continued)
(Incident)
Pages 129-130
(Page)
Message from Bucks Police Wendover, stolen from Baptist Chapel fine linen tablecloth (Continued from 068)
(Incident)
Map found Bridge Street, Bishop's Stortford
(Incident)
George Mansfield, Rag and bone dealer arrested, Bishop's Stortford
(Incident)
Pages 131-132
(Page)
Two men AWOL, Hadham Hall
(Incident)
Slight motorcycle accident Bishop's Stortford
(Incident)
Pages 133-134
(Page)
Found straying in Herford a dark brown horse
(Incident)
Motor cycle missing from Watford
(Incident)
Pages 135-136
(Page)
Missing from Hatfield small pair of scissors and hand bodkin
(Incident)
Pages 137-138
(Page)
Long haired terrier dog lost Bishop's Stortford
(Incident)
Pages 139-140
(Page)
Stortford man AWOL
(Incident)
Stray dog lost from Hockerill Park
(Incident)
Message from St. Albans City Police, Housebreaking at St. Albans (continued on 075)
(Incident)
Pages 141-142
(Page)
Message from St. Albans City Police, Housebreaking at St. Albans (continued from 074)
(Incident)
Pages 143-144
(Page)
Strayed from the Wilderness Grounds a North Indian deer
(Incident)
Chickens stolen from Cuffley
(Incident)
Missing from the roadside at Much Hadham an old roadman's barrow
(Incident)
Pages 145-146
(Page)
Missing supposed stolen from Posting House Hemel Hempstead 17 shillings and 6 pence in cash
(Incident)
Lady's bicycle found Windhill
(Incident)
Missing from Stansted, Alice Thurgood (continued on 078)
(Incident)
Pages 147-148
(Page)
Missing from Stansted, Alice Thurgood (continued)
(Incident)
Grenadier's jacket and gold coins handed in by Special constable G Heard
(Incident)
Pages 149-150
(Page)
Missing form Hitchin a gents bicycle
(Incident)
Motor car accident London Road, Bishop's Stortford
(Incident)
Pages 151-152
(Page)
Strayed from Sawbridgeworth a black retriever dog
(Incident)
Missing from his home in Watford
(Incident)
Pages 153-154
(Page)
Complaint, soldiers using catapults
(Incident)
Fire at John Taylor & Sons, South Street
(Incident)
Pages 155-156
(Page)
Soldier missing Bishop's Stortford
(Incident)
Stolen from Chipperfield, a small copper copper
(Incident)
Pages 159-160
(Page)
Stolen a gents racing bicycle
(Incident)
Poor box at Parish Church forced open, Sawbridgeworth
(Incident)
Pages 161-162
(Page)
Gold Ring lost Bishop's Stortford
(Incident)
Pages 163-164
(Page)
Gold and Platinum Chain and £4.10/- lost
(Incident)
Pocket case found Parsonage Lane
(Incident)
Pages 165-166
(Page)
Assault at Chapel Row
(Incident)
Fire Call at Spencer's Maltings, Stansted
(Incident)
Pages 167-168
(Page)
Purse Lost Sawbridgeworth
(Incident)
Missing from Royston
(Incident)
Strayed from Harpenden 4 Scotch Sheep
(Incident)
Pages 169-170
(Page)
Escaped from Military Custody
(Incident)
Dog lost Bishop's Stortford
(Incident)
Army pay sheets lost Between Bishop's Stortford and Braintree property of 2/23rd London Regt
(Incident)
Pages 171-172
(Page)
Child found wandering (no information on location)
(Incident)
Lost from a motor car at Hitchin, khaki Mackintosh coat (continued on 090)
(Incident)
Pages 173-174
(Page)
Lost from a motor car at Hitchin, khaki Mackintosh coat (continued from 089)
(Incident)
Gold bracelet found Harpenden
(Incident)
Missing, stolen from St. George's School Harpenden a lady's bicycle
(Incident)
Message from Mr Dixon -Suspicious looking man seen near Chiltern Green making notes (continued on 091)
(Incident)
Pages 175-176
(Page)
Message from Mr Dixon -Suspicious looking man seen near Chiltern Green making notes (continued from 090)
(Incident)
Pages 177-178
(Page)
Mackintosh Lost between Bishop's Stortford and Chelmsford
(Incident)
Complaint, stone throwing at schools
(Incident)
Deserter from R. F. A., Albury
(Incident)
Pages 179-180
(Page)
Missing, Stolen from outside Messer's Hawkin, Port Mill Lane Hitchin a gents bicycle
(Incident)
Hired and not returned, a gents racer bicycle
(Incident)
Pages 181-182
(Page)
Hen peacock strayed from the Lock House, Sawbridgeworth
(Incident)
Alien Enemy reporting
(Incident)
Detained by Military Authority (continued on 095)
(Incident)
Pages 183-184
(Page)
Detained by Military Authority (continued on 095)
(Incident)
Pages 185-186
(Page)
Horses strayed Dunmow Road
(Incident)
Escaped from military custody, Much Hadham
(Incident)
Pages 187-188
(Page)
Gents bicycle missing from Bishop's Stortford Railway Station
(Incident)
Gents fawn coat found between Royston and Buntingford
(Incident)
Pages 189-190
(Page)
Missing from Norton Letchworth Arthur Parker
(Incident)
Man found wandering High Street Watford (continued on 099)
(Incident)
Pages 191-192
(Page)
Man found wandering High Street Watford (continued from 098)
(Incident)
Girl missing from her situation at Little Hadham
(Incident)
Cows found straying at Stortford Park
(Incident)
Pages 193-194
(Page)
Absconded from Herts Reformatory
(Incident)
Man under police supervision
(Incident)
Missing from Napsbury War Hospital (continued on 101)
(Incident)
Pages 195-196
(Page)
Missing from Napsbury War Hospital (continued from100)
(Incident)
Escaped from Herts Reformatory
(Incident)
Pages 197-198
(Page)
Wanted for obtaining money by a trick at St. Albans
(Incident)
Bicycle accident Station Road Bishop's Stortford
(Incident)
Pages 199-200
(Page)
Found straying at South Mill, a dog
(Incident)
Pages 201a - Blank Pages
(Page)
Pages 201b -Blank Pages
(Page)
Pages 201c -Blank page
(Page)
Pages 201d -Cover
(Page)
Pages 201e -inside Cover
(Page)
Pages 201f -Cover?
(Page)
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