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Alexander Mitchell

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Constable Mitchell was on uniform foot patrol in Wigan, when he fell into the Leeds-Liverpool Canal and drowned.

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Charles Brett

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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 …

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Edward Schofield

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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 …

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Frederick Smith

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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). …

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George Frederick Baker

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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 …

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George Green

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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 …

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George Howarth

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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 …

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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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Henry Bailey

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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 …

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Henry Williamson

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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.