Died suddenly while on duty during training having recently started to train to become a police dog handler.
Alfred Henry Pretty
The Watch Committee minutes record that he had ‘been for several weeks medically attended for heart disease’.
Andrew James Stokes
Detective Constable Stokes collapsed and died of heart failure while on duty.
David Roderick Roberts
Constable Roberts was killed during an enemy air raid in Stretford.
Dennis Williams
Sergeant Williams, together with other officers, was on crowd control duty outside the Granada Studios in Quay Street, Manchester. Suddenly the crowd surged forward into the road, and Sergeant Williams …
Edward Carter
Constable Carter was on duty in Scholes, Wigan, on 27th February 1904, when he attempted to stop a runaway horse and van by grabbing the bridle. He lost his footing …
Edwin Leigh
Sergeant Leigh collapsed and died from heart failure while on foot patrol duty in Stockport.
Francis Prendergast
Sergeant Prendergast was the Plain Clothes and Licensing Sergeant for Oldham Borough, and was viewing the remains of the Majestic Club, in Bloom Street, which had been destroyed by fire. …
George Albert
Police Fireman Albert was firefighting in the Parker Street area of Manchester during the Manchester Blitz, when he was killed by falling masonry that had been thrown up by a …
George Wright
Fireman Engineer Wright was on duty, and had just returned to the fire station at Pollard Street when he collapsed and died from a heart attack.