Constable Mitchell was on uniform foot patrol in Wigan, when he fell into the Leeds-Liverpool Canal and drowned.
Charles Brett
Sergeant Brett was in charge of a prison van which was transporting Fenian Prisoners, from Manchester Court to Belle Vue Prison, on Hyde Road, on 18th September 1867. As the …
Edward Schofield
Acting Sergeant Schofield was assisting at a fire at the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company Goods Warehouse on Featherstall Road, Oldham. A wall of the building collapsed and fell onto …
Frederick Smith
Constable Smith died as a result of injuries received while stopping a runaway horse and lurry at Rochdale. The lurry was loaded with 20 large containers of vitriol (sulphuric acid). …
George Frederick Baker
Constable Baker was on duty, in plain clothes, when he arrested a man for playing ‘pitch and toss’ in Yorkshire Street, Salford. Whilst he was taking the prisoner to the …
George Green
Police Sergeant Green was assisting in keeping order as a funeral cortege passed Great Clowes Street, Salford. A horse drawn milk cart suddenly set off without its owner, and Sergeant …
George Howarth
George Howarth was on duty as a Night Watchman, employed to keep a watch over the streets of Manchester by night, prior to the formation of the Police Force. He …
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.
Henry Bailey
Deputy Constable Bailey was sworn in to his role in 1829. On 11th March 1835 he dived into the River Irwell in Salford, in an attempt to save a boy …
Henry Williamson
Constable Williamson was on foot patrol duty in Hyde on 29th October 1897. He was chasing a suspect when he fell and sustained injuries which resulted in his death.