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Honouring and Remembering British Police Officers who Lost their Lives in the Line of Duty

GREATER MANCHESTER POLICE

and the former constituent forces of
 Manor & Township of Manchester, Township of Cheetham,
Ashton-under-Lyne Borough Police, Wigan Borough Police,
Stalybridge Borough Police, Bolton Borough Police,
Oldham Borough Police and Fire Brigade, Rochdale Borough Police,
Stockport Borough Police and Fire Brigade, Salford Borough and
City Police and Fire Brigade, Manchester Ship Canal Police,
Manchester City Police and Fire Brigade, Manchester and Salford Police

LEST WE FORGET

Manchester Manor

Dep/Const Thomas Slack

Died 3 January 1797

Drowned escorting Manchester navy 'volunteers' to a frigate in Liverpool Dock.

Manchester Township

SC John Ashworth

Died 16 August 1819

Mistakenly sabred by the military dispersing an illegal meeting at St. Peter's Field.

SC Robert Campbell

Died 30 August 1819

Beaten by a mob 17 August when recognised as a constable and died from injuries.

W/man George Howarth

Died 11 October 1828

Attacked by a drunken man and fatally stabbed while on patrol in the early hours.

Cheetham Township

SC Isaac Gee

Died 5 june 1830

Sustained a fractured skull attempting an arrest during a street fight and died next day.

Dep/Const Henry Bailey

Died 11 March 1835, aged 42

Drowned while attempting to save the life of a small boy who had fallen into a river.

Ashton-under-Lyne Borough Police

PC James Bright

Died 14 August 1848, aged 32

Attacked during rioting by a Chartist mob, stabbed with a pike and shot dead.

Wigan Borough Police

PC Edward Carter

Died 6 March 1904, aged 41

Died from injuries received trying to stop a runaway horse and van.

Sgt Samuel Miller

Died 3 July 1905, aged 51

Collapsed and died of heart failure after running to assist in an arrest.

Stalybridge Borough Police

PC Henry Stanislaus Wells

Died 13 April 1905, aged 36

While on early morning foot patrol he suddenly collapsed and died of heart failure.

PC David Buckley

Died 2 October 1921, aged 37

Accidentally struck by a motorcycle while on night foot patrol and died next morning.

Bolton Borough Police

PC James Green

Died 25 July 1889

Died of injuries received 22 July when attempting to stop a runaway dray horse.

A/Sgt John Geoffrey Wood Lace

Died 4 February 1962, aged 38

Fatally injured on patrol 3 February when a van hit a car and mounted the footpath.

Oldham Police Fire Brigade

Aux P/Fm Jonathan Jackson

Died 29 February 1876, aged 35

Caught a severe cold 4 November 1875 at a fire, subsequently dying of Rheumatism.

APS P/Fm Edward Schofield

Died 12 March 1886, aged 30

Killed when a wall collapsed while fighting a serious warehouse fire.

P/Fm John Giblin

Died 20 April 1900, aged 26

During band practice fell down fireman's hole to the engine house and fatally injured.

Oldham Borough Police

PC Alfred Henry Pretty

Died October 1907, aged 43

Became ill patrolling his beat and whilst being assisted home died of heart failure.

PC Lawrence Hopwood

Died 29 March 1959, aged 30

Killed on bicycle patrol after midnight when struck from behind by a speeding car.

Sgt Francis Prendergast

Died 3 December 1963, aged 39

Killed on duty when a 15 foot brick wall collapsed onto him during strong winds.

Rochdale Borough Police

PWRC Harold Henry

Died  June 1940, aged 36

Collapsed and died of heart failure while patrolling his beat late at night.

Sgt Thomas William Dale

Died 20 March 1941, aged 39

Insp Harry Saul Stables

Died 21 March 1941, aged 43

Fatally injured searching for stolen ammunition when a booby trapped box exploded.

WPC Carol Anne Waddington

Died 21 December 1968, aged 19

Killed as passenger in a car which crashed returning from the police training centre.

Stockport Police Fire Brigade

F/Supt Thomas Fosbrook

Died 29 March 1869, aged 47

Died after a long illness following injuries in a floor collapse at a mill fire in 1866.

P/Fm William Walker

Died 16 May 1873, aged 51

Killed in a fall ascending a ladder to an upper floor whilst fighting a fire at a mill.

P/Fm John Taylor

Died 2 June 1908, aged 34

Died following injuries from one of the engine horses under his charge as coachman.

Supt Howard Beckwith KPFSM

Died 29 December 1926, aged 64

Killed responding to a fire call when his fire engine crashed through a bridge parapet.

Stockport Borough Police

Sgt Edwin Leigh

Died 9 June 1921, aged 49

Collapsed and died from heart failure while on foot patrol duty.

PWRC Leonard Litchfield

Died April 1942, aged 36

Died of head injuries when trapped between two tramcars while directing traffic.

PC Robert Sixton

Died 23 June 1943, aged 50

Died of injuries received 16 June cycling on warrant officer duty when hit by a van.

PC Samuel Smith

Died 18 October 1963, aged 36

Fatally injured when his traffic patrol car crashed whilst pursuing a motorcyclist.

Salford Borough Police

PC George Frederick Baker

Died 31 August 1873, aged 23

Died a day after being hit on the head in an arrest by a stone thrown from a crowd.

Sgt George Green

Died 4 November 1875, aged 37

Fatally injured stopping a runaway horse and cart endangering pedestrians.

PC Robert Bain

Died 11 July 1906, aged 46

Died following amputation of his leg injured by a kick during an arrest in 1905.

Salford Police Fire Brigade

P/Fm James Hacking Baldy

Died 23 December 1940, aged 29

Fatally injured by the explosion of a delayed action bomb in an air raid.

Salford City Police

PWRC Franklyn Baden Wilkinson

Died 23 December 1940, aged 40

Insp John William Salthouse

Died 24 December 1940, aged 43

Fatally injured in an air raid when a bomb exploded at Regent Road police station.

Ch/Con Major Cedric Valentine Godfrey OBE KPM

Died 19 November 1946, aged 70

Collapsed in his office taken home and died the next day of a brain haemorrhage.

DC Albert Dennis Salthouse

Died 28 July 1952, aged 29

Killed with a prisoner he was escorting when the police car lost control and crashed.

Manchester Ship Canal Police

PC John Appleby

Died 19 June 1899, aged 39

Found drowned in the canal after being missed from his beat in the early hours.

PC Harry Epps

Died 15 April 1900, aged 46

Fatally injured in a fall off a crane while watching a ship's cargo in Salford Docks.

PWRC John Appleby

Died 5 March 1941, aged 41

Drowned when he fell from the Old Quay lock gates in the early hours in the blackout.

Manchester City Police Fire Brigade

P/Fm James Watson

Died 26 August 1838 aged 40

Killed while fighting a large fire at an India-rubber factory when the floors collapsed.

P/Fm George Wright

Died 7 February 1892, aged 43

After returning from a fire he became ill, collapsed and died of heart failure.

P/Fm Richard Sykes

Died 30 November 1894, aged 33

Fatally injured when thrown from a horse-drawn fire tender he was driving to a fire.

P/Fm George Albert

Died 23 December 1940, aged 42

Killed alongside other firemen and police fighting fires during the Manchester blitz.

Manchester City Police

PC Thomas Garton

Died 9 April 1845, aged 21

Found drowned in the Rochdale Canal where he had been on night foot patrol.

Sgt Charles Brett

Died 18 September 1867, aged 51

Shot dead after refusing togive up the keys of his prison van to Fenian gunmen.

PC James Joseph Faulkner

Died 18 August 1913, aged 25

Became ill on foot patrol on 16 August and died two days later from food poisoning.

PC Frederick Victor Hines

Died 1 February 1921, aged 31

Killed on mounted patrol when his horse bolted, throwing him against a street lamp.

PC Tom Williamson Jewes

Died 16 June 1933, aged 25

In attempting to rescue a man from a river he was pulled under and both drowned.

PC Arthur Allen

Died September 1933, aged 30

Died two days after a faulty patrol van radiator blew back in his face scalding him.

PC James Wright

Died 20 June 1934, aged 38

Fatally injured on point dutywhen struck by a car which failed to stop for his signal.

SC Thomas Campbell Sides

Died 23 December 1940, aged 33

PC Horace Whitham

Died 23 December 1940, aged 35

PC Thomas Gordon Andrew

Died 23 December 1940, aged 35

PC Edward William Bewsher

Died 24 December 1940, aged 34

Killed by enemy action while on duty during air raids in the Manchester area blitz.

Insp Reginald Stephenson

Died 5 July 1955, aged 47

Collapsed at his desk at police headquarters and died in hospital.

PC Brian Palmer

Died 3 May 1964, aged 24

Fatally injured while on motorcycle patrol when he was struck by a car.

PC Roger John Dunkerley

Died 22 June 1965, aged 24

Fatally injured when his motorcycle collided with a car during a pursuit.

PC Roy Herbert Thompson

Died 13 October 1965, aged 25

Fatally injured while on motorcycle patrol when in collision with a car.

PC David Walter Griffiths

Died 15 January 1967, aged 22

Fatally injured riding his motorcycle to a driving course when in collision with a car.

Manchester and Salford Police

D/Sgt Brian Hill

Died 24 December 1970, aged 36

Fatally injured in a road accident while on Drug Squad enquiries.

Sgt William Thomas Hughes

Died 20 April 1973, aged 51

Died of an embolism from an ankle injury sustained 4 April on a dog training exercise.

Greater Manchester Police

PC Ian  Rodgers

Died 3 April 1975, aged 25

Fatally injured 26 March when hit by a train checking for children on the railway.

Sgt Dennis Williams

Died 9 April 1975 aged 40

Knocked over by a crowd surge outside Granada Studios and died of a heart attack.

PC Norman Salisbury

Died 23 March 1976, aged 44

Collapsed and died during a police dog training exercise on moors near Manchester.

PC John Charles Jefferson Cameron

Died 6 January 1977, aged 26

Killed in a collision responding to an emergency call in thick fog on the motorway.

PC George Main

Died 24 February 1978, aged 35

Killed while observer in a patrol car involved a road traffic collision at Collyhurst.

PC John Patrick Waring

Died 25 March 1980, aged 52

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

WPC Deborah Nicholson

Died 6 November 1980, aged 24

Whilst speaking with a security officer in Wigan she suddenly collapsed an died.

PC Michael Gareth Entwisle

Died 8 September 1981, aged 26

Killed when his car was in collision with two vans while reporting for duty at Wigan.

Sgt Lewis Entwistle

Died 22 December 1981, aged 41

Killed checking two women in a car on the M62 hard shoulder when struck by a lorry.

PC John Egerton

Died 11 March 1982 aged 20

Stabbed to death trying to arrest a thief he caught in a yard at night.

Posthumously awarded the Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct.

DC John Sandford

Died 2 May 1982, aged 45

Fatally bludgeoned on April 27 while questioning suspects at Manchester Airport.

DC Alan Boardman Brewer

Died 25 January 1985, age 53

Died of a heart attack after dealing with a violent prisoner at Bootle Street station.

D/Sgt Thomas McCarthy

Died 21 October 1986, aged 38

Killed in a road traffic collision during mobile surveillance training near Preston.

Sgt Stephen Burgess

Died 15 September 1988, age 44

Killed in a road collision with a lorry at Stretford while cycling home from duty.

PC Nigel John Heap

Died 21 May 1989, aged 32

A mounted officer fatally kicked in the head by his horse on 18 May in police stables.

Insp Raymond Anthony Codling

Died 14 September 1989, aged 49

Shot dead by a suspect he was questioning at night on the M62 motorway services.

DC Kevin James Dearnaley

Died 27 March 1996, aged 31

Killed in a collision with a car on a police motorcycle training course in Cheshire.

PC Robert Nathans

Died 27 February 1999, aged 49

Collapsed and died of heart failure soon after chasing and arresting a suspect on foot.

PC Peter Thomas Fox

Died 23 July 1999, aged 31

Killed in a collision of his motorcycle and a car while travelling to report for duty.

PC Raja Bashrat Ahmed

Died 31 August 1999, aged 35

Fatally injured when a stolen car he was stopping rammed his police motorcycle.

PC Alison Armitage

Died 5 March 2001, aged 29

Fatally injured when run over attempting to stop a suspect driving off in a stolen car.

DC Stephen Robin Oake

Died 14 January 2003, aged 40

Repeatedly stabbed preventing the escape of a terrorist suspect armed with a knife.

Posthumously awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal.

PC Allan Shaw

Died 19 July 2006, aged 33

Killed in a road accident while taking part in special escort motorcycle training.

PCSO Christopher Donald Maclure

Died 10 September 2007, aged 21

Killed when he was in collision with a wagon while on bicycle patrol near Wigan.

PC Christopher Hart

Died 12 January 2008, aged 40

Killed in a collision of a car and his police van responding to an emergency incident.

PC Ian James Terry

Died 9 June 2008, aged 32

Accidentally shot in the chest and fatally wounded during a firearms training exercise.

DC Andrew James Stokes

Died 3 January 2012, aged 46

Collapsed and died of heart failure while on duty with the Counter Terrorism Unit.

PC Fiona Bone

Died 18 September 2012, aged 32

PC Nicola Hughes

Died 18 September 2012, aged 23

Killed when ambushed and attacked with an automatic pistol and a hand grenade.

DC Quamar Zaman

Died 25 March 2021, aged 38

After passing a police fitness test he became unwell dying of heart failure in hospital.

PC Craig Higgins

Died 14 March 2022, aged 48

Collapsed and died suddenly during an initial police dog handler training course.

LEST WE FORGET

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