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National Police Officers Roll of Honour and Remembrance
In Memory of British Police Officers who Lost their Lives in the Line of Duty
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STAFFORDSHIRE POLICE
and the former constituent forces of
Parish of
Chesterton, Hanley Police Fire Brigade,
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Borough Police, Stoke-on-Trent Borough Police, Staffordshire
Constabulary, Staffordshire
County Police, and
Staffordshire County and Stoke-on-Trent Constabulary.
LEST WE FORGET
Parish of
Chesterton
Par/Const
James Beech
Died 4 August 1843
Fatally stabbed with his own cutlass attempting to arrest armed poachers.
Hanley Police Fire Brigade
Sgt John
Cooper
Died 23 June 1903, aged 50
Fatally injured while
fighting a fire when a chimney stack fell on him.
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Borough Police
PC John Welch
Died 9 January 1915, aged 47
Fatally injured while on
patrol when he was knocked down by a tramcar.
SC Wilmot
Reginald Sedgley
Died 16 January 1941, aged 34
Killed by a delayed action
bomb while searching for air raid survivors.
PWRC Leslie Jackson
Died 5 June 1943, aged 33
Killed during an enemy air raid at Loggerheads,
duty status unknown.
Stoke-on-Trent Borough Police
PC Raymond Harris
Died 27 July 1939, aged 38
Collapsed and died after
dealing with two prisoners during the night.
Staffordshire
Constabulary
PC James Crump
Died 25 September 1862, aged 21
Fatally injured when
assaulted by 3 men he tried to move on at night.
PC John McHarg
Died 20 May 1865, aged 22
Killed falling down a colliery pit at night while on his beat at West Bromwich.
PC William
Lyons
Died 18 May 1864, aged 23
Fatally injured when hit by a
brick trying to arrest a disorderly man.
PC Enoch
Augustus Hooper
Died 9 December 1865, aged 38
Stabbed to death assisting
another officer attacked during an arrest.
Sgt Jabez Rushton
Died 30 November 1870, aged 39
Found drowned in Wolgarston Pool after being missed from his beat at night.
PC Henry Cooke
Died 8 March 1879, aged 36
Shot attempting an arrest in June 1877 and subsequently died of heart failure.
PC John Plant
Died 12 August 1882, aged 36
Accidentally killed by a passing train while on duty near Sudbury.
PC William
Saunders
Died 8 July 1887, aged 40
Accidentally shot by another
officer examining a gamekeeper's gun.
PC Henry
William Brown
Died 7 August 1887, aged 28
Beaten and drowned in a canal
suspected to be by poachers.
PC William
Ezra Price
Died 26 January 1903, aged 35
Bludgeoned to death
attempting to arrest three men for theft at Stretton.
Insp Samuel
John Gibbs
Died 19 February 1908, aged 47
Died after twice fracturing
his leg in falls whilst on duty.
PC Harry Adams
Died 27 December 1914, aged 46
Fatally injured in a bicycle accident while returning home from duty.
PC Percy John
Oldacre
Died 28 January 1928, aged 32
Fatally injured when knocked
down by a motor car whilst on traffic duty.
PC Arthur
Edwin Fletcher
Died 30 January 1928, aged 44
Fatally injured on patrol at
night when knocked down by a lorry.
Staffordshire
County Police
Insp Walter Cecil
Bett
Died 13 January 1930, aged 35
Fatally injured on motorcycle
patrol when he swerved to avoid a drunk.
SC Thomas
Arthur Richardson
Died 22 October 1939, aged 40
Fatally injured when knocked
down by a motor car while on night duty.
PC Harold
Bridges
Died 3 April 1942, aged 21
Fatally injured in a road
accident while on motorcycle patrol.
PC Brinley
James Booth
Died 6 June 1946, aged 31
Fatally injured when
bludgeoned by a suspect he chased and caught.
Insp James
Weaver
Died 10 October 1946, aged 50
Collapsed and died on duty as
Drill Instructor at the training centre.
PC Robert McIntyre
Died 20 August 1949 aged 32
Collapsed and died while servicing a police car at the motor training centre.
PC Edward
Horace Wilkins
Died 3 March 1952, aged 34
Killed in a fall from a
lorry, which gave him a lift to the police station.
PC Daniel Patrick Brosnan
Died 23 August 1964, aged 21
Killed when struck by a vehicle while directing traffic at an accident scene.
Sgt Peter
Louis Harman
Died 2 January 1967, aged 27
Fatally injured in a road
traffic accident at Lichfield while travelling to duty.
PC Clive Blackburn
Died 24 February 1967, aged 30
Killed assisting at the scene
of a breakdown when hit by another car.
Staffordshire County and Stoke-on-Trent
Constabulary
PC Robert
Michael Potts
Died 9 August 1968, aged 22
Fatally injured when his
motorcycle was in collision with a petrol tanker.
Staffordshire
Police
PC John David
Hunt
Died 9 March 1976, aged 30
Killed when his police
motorcycle was in collision with a car.
PC Dennis
Tunnicliffe
Died 9 March 1976, aged 27
Killed when his police
motorcycle was in collision with a car.
PC Nigel
Thomas Parnell
Died 26 August 1980
Killed in a motorcycle
accident whilst escorting an abnormal load.
PC Robert David
Owen
Died 17 January 1985, aged 28
PC Graham
Whitehurst
Died 17 January 1985, aged 33
Killed together in a police car crash
while responding to an emergency call.
PC John David
Taylor
Died 23 November 1986, aged 26
Fatally injured when pushed
from a building while arresting a burglar.
PC Stephen
Mack
Died 5 September 1994, aged 41
Killed when struck by
a van while cycling to work at Police Headquarters.
LEST WE FORGET
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