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Alfred Henry Pretty

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The Watch Committee minutes record that he had ‘been for several weeks medically attended for heart disease’.

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Dennis Williams

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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 …

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Edward Carter

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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 …

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Edwin Leigh

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Sergeant Leigh collapsed and died from heart failure while on foot patrol duty in Stockport.

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Francis Prendergast

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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. …

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George Albert

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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 …

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George Wright

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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.

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Harold Davies

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Special Constable Davies was on duty in Croston Street, Stretford on 22nd December 1940. He was attempting to deal with an incendiary bomb, which exploded causing severe injuries from which …