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Robert Bain

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Constable Bain was injured during an arrest on 4th February 1905, when he was kicked on the knee by his prisoner. The injury did not appear too serious at first, …

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Robert Campbell

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Special Constable Campbell, was sworn in as a Special Constable by Magistrates, prior to the formation of the Police Force, to assist in policing a public meeting on Peter’s Fields …

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Robert Highton

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Constable Highton collapsed and died whilst in the police station at Middleton. The Manchester Courier records that ‘he was seized with an apoplectic fit, and died in the course of …

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Robert Nathans

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Constable Nathans was driving a divisional patrol van along Portland Street in the City Centre. He was turning into Oxford Road, when he suffered a massive heart attack which proved …

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Robert Sixton

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Police Constable Sixton was fatally injured when the cycle he was riding on duty was struck by a van.

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Robert Walter Croston Chapman

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Constable Chapman was patrolling his beat in Salford, when he was discovered unconscious in the roadway in Bury New Road, near to the Greek Church. He had sustained head injuries …

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Roger John Dunkerley

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Constable Dunkerley was on motor cycle patrol, on Manchester Road Droylsden, and was believed to be in pursuit of a motor vehicle, when his own vehicle collided with a car. …

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Roy Herbert Thompson

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Constable Thompson was on motor cycle patrol when his vehicle collided with a car at the junction of Ashton New Road and Clayton Lane. As a result of the accident …

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Samuel Miller

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Sergeant Miller was on duty in Queen Street, Wigan, assisting another officer in the arrest of a violent prisoner. They were taking the prisoner to the police station when Sergeant …

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Samuel Smith

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Police Constable Smith was pursuing a motorcyclist in his traffic patrol car when the vehicle crashed causing injuries from which he died.