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 …
John Waring
Collapsed and died of a heart attack in Park Lane Police Station.
Abraham Sutcliffe
Constable Sutcliffe was on foot patrol duty in Failsworth when he fell into the canal near Walmsley Bridge and drowned.
Albert Dennis Salthouse
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 …
Alexander Mitchell
Constable Mitchell was on uniform foot patrol in Wigan, when he fell into the Leeds-Liverpool Canal and drowned.
Alfred Henry Pretty
The Watch Committee minutes record that he had ‘been for several weeks medically attended for heart disease’.
Allan Shaw
Constable Shaw was riding a police motorcycle on Crompton Way, Astley Bridge, Bolton during a training exercise. His motorcycle hit a hump in the road, and he lost control and …
Andrew James Stokes
Detective Constable Stokes collapsed and died of heart failure while on duty.
Arthur Allen
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 …
Brian Hill
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 …