On 26th March 1975, Constable Rodgers and a colleague received a report of young children trespassing on the railway line at Brinnington near Stockport. Whilst they were searching the line, …
Isaac Gee
Special Constable Gee was a shoemaker, and a Special Constable in the Township of Cheetham. He was sent to a fight in a public house on the 14th June 1830, …
Isaac Taylor
Constable Taylor was fatally injured when his patrol car crashed during a pursuit at Middleton.
James Bright
Constable Bright was on duty in Bentinck Street, Ashton during a riot by Chartists on 14th August 1848. Constable Bright was stabbed in the thigh by a man with a …
James Davies
Constable Davies was on ‘protection duty’ on a boat on the Bridgewater Canal at 9.30 pm on Friday 10th December 1887. His body was found in the canal on the …
James Green
Constable Green was on Crook Street, Bolton on Monday 22nd July 1889 when a horse drawing a lurry, took fright and bolted. Constable Green ran and took hold of the …
James Hacking Baldy
On 22nd December 1940, during the Manchester Blitz, Constable Baldy, who was attached to the Fire Brigade Section of Salford City Police, attended Chapel Street, Salford, where bombs had fallen …
James Wright
Constable Wright was on traffic point duty, on Deansgate at its junction with Bridge Street, Manchester, when he was struck by a car which failed to stop. He never regained …
John Ashworth
Special Constable Ashworth 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 …
John Clarence Harrop
Constable Harrop was on duty outside Stretford Library on King Street during an air raid. He was killed as a result of a bomb which exploded near to his location.