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The book The London Gunners come to Town describes life in Hemel Hempstead during the First World War, and because my grandfather Walter Richard Locke was the Borough Engineer, it looks in detail at the work of the Council. As part of the research for the book I made copious notes and the following list covers the Councillors on the Borough, Rural District and County Councils, members of key committees, and council officers.

The information was taken from a list published in the Gazette of 16th December, 1911, with the names expanded where known. Names in italic are of people mentioned in the book.

 
   
 
  E A Mitchell Innes, Esq. K.C.
Mayor and Bailiff of Hemel Hempstead
   
 
  Councillor Chas J. Austin, J.P.
Deputy Mayor of Hemel Hempstead
   
 
  Councillor J. Ramsey Drake

William Frederick Allison  Borough Council Councillor (North Ward); Borough Council Overseer
James Atkings  Assessment Committee; Board of Guardians; Rural District Council (Flaunden)
Charles John Austin  Borough Council Deputy Mayor & Bailiff; Borough Council Councillor (North Ward); Education Committee
Francis St John Badcock  Burial Board; Education Committee.
William Heading Bailey  Borough Council Councillor (North Ward)
T Baines  Board of Guardians; Burial Board
John Bonaker  Borough Council Collector of King's Taxes
Percy Butcher  Board of Guardians Collector, Vaccination & Relieving Officer
George Carter  Borough Council Waterworks Resident Engineer
William Thomas Cheeseright  Borough Council Councillor (North Ward); Burial Board; Education Committee; Joint Hospital Board
Adam Joseph Chennells  Borough Council Alderman; Boxmoor Trustee; Burial Board; Education Committee
Mrs Chisman  Joint Hospital Board Matron
Percy Christopherson  Education Committee.
T R Clarke Borough  Council Overseer
Edward Abel Cooper  Assessment Committee; Board of Guardians; Rural District Council (Great Gaddesden)
John George Craft  Borough Council Councillor (South Ward); Education Committee
William Henry Cranstone  Burial Board
Alfred George Day  Assessment Committee; Board of Guardians
William Henry Day  Deputy Superintendent Registrar
Dr A Dixon  Joint Hospital Board Medical Superintendent
John Ramsey Drake  Borough Council Councillor (North Ward); Education Committee Chairman
Lewis James Dunbar  Borough Council Councillor (South Ward); Burial Board; Education Committee
William Spicer Elliott  Boxmoor Trustees
Hubert Edward Ellis  Borough Council Deputy Coroner
Herbert Flint  Borough Council Councillor (North Ward); Burial Board
Frederic Frogley  Police Superintendent
Percy Ellis Gambles Assessment Committee; Board of Guardians; Rural District Council (Flamstead)
H Gee  Board of Guardians; Rural District Council (Bovingdon)
Rev Lawrence Gee  Board of Guardians; Education Committee.
Dr Gilroy  Education Committee. Assistant Medical Officer
William Glover  Burial Board
Thomas Charles Gold  Borough Council Councillor (South Ward)
Dr William Gruggen  Education Committee. School Medical Officer
Harry Priday Haine  Borough Council Treasurer
Percy Hall  Board of Guardians Vice Chairman; Boxmoor Trustees
Rev F Halsey Assessment Committee; Board of Guardians; Joint Hospital Board; Rural District Council (Kings Langley)
H Hancock  Volunteer Fire Brigade Captain
W Healey  Board of Guardians; Joint Hospital Board; Rural District Council (Markyate)
Henry Frederick Herbert  Borough Council Councillor (South Ward)
Aubrey T Hodgson  Assessment Committee; Board of Guardians
Robert Arthur Hodgson  Borough Council Alderman; Joint Hospital Board
Rev A T Hollis  Board of Guardians; Rural District Council (Great Gaddesden)
Dr Wilfred Watkinson Holtzmann  Education Cttee. Assistant Medical Officer
J Hughes  Board of Guardian; Rural District Council (Flamstead)
Arthur Henry Jarman  Deputy Registrar
Arthur Daniel Keen  Borough Council Waterworks Clerk
Hugh Killeen  Borough Council Sergeant at Mace
E Kingham  Borough Council Overseer
W G Kingham  Board of Guardians; Rural District Council (Kings Langley)
Peter Lacey  Board of Guardians; Joint Hospital Board; Rural District Council (Markyate)
Walter Richard Locke  Borough Council Engineer & Surveyor
Miss Letitia Luttrell  Education Committee
Miss Marnham  Board of Guardians
Alfred Marnham  Herts County Council (South Ward)
A H Mayo  Borough Council Councillor (South Ward)
Thomas George Hollands McCarthy  Borough Council Councillor (South Ward); Education Committee
Ivon George Mead  Borough Council Councillor (South Ward)
Mrs Micklem Board of Guardians
Edward Alfred Mitchell Innes  Borough Council Mayor & Bailiff; Education Committee; Herts County Council (North Ward); Joint Hospital Board
Alfred Orchard  Assessment Committee; Board of Guardians; Borough Council Councillor (North Ward); Borough Council Mayor's Auditor
William Joseph Orchard  Registrar of Marriages; Borough Council Alderman
John Paxton Assessment Committee; Board of Guardians; Borough Council Councillor (South Ward); Burial Board
Arthur Frederick Pemsel  Borough Council Councillor (North Ward); Joint Hospital Board
B Piggott  Borough Council Keeper of Boxmoor Hall
Hugh Procter Board of Guardians; Assessment Committee
William Randall Borough Council Alderman
Samuel Skinner Rawson Borough Council Inspector of Nuisances
Robert William Rolfe Borough Council Councillor (North Ward); Burial Board; Education Committee
William Runham Borough Council Alderman
Lt-Col Ryder Assessment Committee; Board of Guardians; Rural District Council (Bovingdon)
Frederick Saunders Registrar of Births & Deaths; Boxmoor Trustees
Mrs Margaret A Saunders Deputy Registrar
William Saunders Borough Council Assistant Overseer; Borough Council Collector of Rates
Lovel Smeathman Clerk to Commissioners of Taxes; Superintendent Registrar; Board of Guardians Clerk; Borough Council Corporation Solicitor; Borough Council Coroner; Borough Council Magistrates' Clerk; Boxmoor Trustees Clerk; Burial Board; Education Committee. Clerk;  Joint Hospital Board Clerk; Rural District Council Clerk
G Sutton  Board of Guardians Assistant Relieving Officer
Maitland Thompson Borough Council Alderman; Joint Hospital Board Chairman
Mrs I M Thurnham Education Committee. School Attendance Officer
William Lloyd Todd  Borough Council Councillor (South Ward); Education Committee
Edwin Trowell  Board of Guardians Master of Union
Alfred Edward Usher  Borough Council Town Clerk; Burial Board Clerk; Education Committee Assistant Clerk; Joint Hospital Board Assistant Clerk
Fuller Ward  Board of Guardians (Kings Langley)
Rev W K Weston  Borough Council Mayor's Chaplain
Miss White  Education Committee.
William John Williams Volunteer Fire Brigade Lieutenant & Hon. Secretary

Page created January 2010 from draft notes prepared in 1994