On the evening of 11th September 2020, I was going through my emails and one of them was from Maurice HANN. ———————————————————————————————————– Dear Ian, It’s Anita Hazell here (Maurice Hann’s daughter). I am writing to inform you that Dad sadly passed away on Wednesday evening (9th) at 17.30. It was a peaceful …
DORSET CONSTABLES WHO WERE ARMY RESERVISTS CALLED UP IN 1899 I knew basically nothing about the Boer War. Whilst trawling through old newspaper reports I came across reports of Dorset policemen being involved, which naturally, then made me want to know of their experiences and whether they came home safely. So I …
This photograph was taken at HQ in 1956, but long before this, dogs were thought to be valuable and a possible asset to police work and detection. The first mention I have found of Dogs being used was in March 1901. In General Orders dated 18th April 1901 it states: “The …