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John Waring

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

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Frederick Smith

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Constable Smith died as a result of injuries received while stopping a runaway horse and lurry at Rochdale. The lurry was loaded with 20 large containers of vitriol (sulphuric acid). …

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George Howarth

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George Howarth was on duty as a Night Watchman, employed to keep a watch over the streets of Manchester by night, prior to the formation of the Police Force. He …

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Isaac Gee

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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, …

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John Ashworth

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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 …

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Richard Booth

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Police Sergeant Fireman Booth attended at a large fire at Messrs Baxendells, New Bailey Street, Salford, on 26th December 1868. He received injuries causing paralysis of his left arm, and …

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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 …