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Alan Brewer

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Whilst working an extended tour of night duty as the Night Detective at Bootle Street police station he became involved in dealing with a violent prisoner. Following which he suffered …

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John Waring

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Collapsed and died of a heart attack in Park Lane Police Station.

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Abraham Sutcliffe

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Constable Sutcliffe was on foot patrol duty in Failsworth when he fell into the canal near Walmsley Bridge and drowned.

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Albert Dennis Salthouse

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Detective Constable Salthouse was escorting a prisoner from Rochdale to Salford. They were travelling in a police car driven by another officer. As the vehicle was being driven over Slattocks …

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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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Arthur Allen

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Constable Allen was on duty when he noticed an apparent leak in the radiator of the police prison van. He went to check by opening the radiator cap and was …

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Brian Hill

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Detective Sergeant Hill was a member of the Force Drug Squad, and returning from duty. He was fatally injured in a road traffic accident when his vehicle was in collision …

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Brian Palmer

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Constable Palmer was on patrol on a Velocette motor cycle when he was struck by a Ford Zephyr motor car, at the junction of Wilbraham Road and Alexandra Road South, …

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Brierley Grimshaw

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Constable Grimshaw was on foot patrol, working a night shift. During a snow storm he was drowned after falling into a canal.

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Carol Anne Waddington

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Constable Waddington was a passenger in a car returning from duty at the Police Training Centre at Bruche, Warrington. The car was involved in an accident with a lorry and …