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National Police Officers Roll of Honour and Remembrance
In Memory of Police Officers of the United Kingdom
who Lost their Lives in the Line of Duty
CUMBRIA CONSTABULARY
and the
former constituent forces
of
Kendal Borough Police, Carlisle
City Police,
Cumberland and
Westmorland Constabulary, Cumberland,
Westmorland & Carlisle Constabulary
Lest We Forget
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Governor of the House of Correction and Constable Borough of Kendal Died 11 October 1835, aged 49
About midnight on 10
November he was assisting his son, the town Police Officer and two other
Constables with arrests during disturbances in Kendal when he was violently
kicked receiving injuries from which he later died. Thomas Jardine Police Constable Carlisle City Police Died 30 June 1841 Fatally bludgeoned on 29th June when dispersing a mob during election disturbances.
Police Constable Cumberland and Westmorland Constabulary Died 29 October 1885, aged 34
After a violent struggle he was shot in the head and fatally wounded when, unarmed and knowing other officers had already been shot, he attempted to arrest three armed burglars whom he confronted alone at Plumpton.
An inscribed
memorial stone was erected at the scene just outside Plumpton.
Police Constable Kendal Borough Police Died 7 March 1886, aged 41
While assisting another officer to apply handcuffs to a man, who was violently resisting arrest for being drunk and disorderly at Stramongate, Kendal, he was kicked in the head, fracturing his skull and died soon after.
An inscribed
memorial stone was erected on his grave at Kendal Cemetery. Andrew Johnstone Reserve Police Constable Carlisle City Police Died 3 July 1915, aged 58 Found drowned in unknown circumstances after he had been on duty at Carlisle Railway Station. Arthur Brelsford Police Constable Cumberland and Westmorland Constabulary Died April 1952, aged 46 Collapsed and died when he was on point duty directing traffic in Workington. John W. Wren Police Constable Carlisle City Police Died 20 August 1955, aged 26 Collapsed and died whilst patrolling his beat on night duty. Lyall Law Milton Police Constable Carlisle City Police Died 30 October 1964, aged 34 Found dead lying on the road outside the city near his crashed police motorcycle shortly after midnight having suffered a fractured skull apparently having been involved in a road accident while on traffic patrol.
Police Constable Cumberland, Westmorland & Carlisle Constabulary Died 10 February 1965, aged 36
Shot and fatally wounded when, unarmed and knowing police officers had already been fired on, he confronted an armed suspect and called upon him to surrender at Oxenholme Railway Station, Kendal.
Posthumously
awarded the Queen's Police Medal for Gallantry.
Police Sergeant Cumberland, Westmorland & Carlisle Constabulary Died 29 June 1968, aged 49
Officers attended a street disturbance in Carlise City centre during the early hours and a number of youths were arrested and taken to the police station, where Sergeant Smith collapsed and died soon afterwards from heart failure.
Detective Constable Cumbria Constabulary Died 26 January 1970, aged 41
Stopped to assist a motorist
with an engine fire, which they were attempting to extinguish, when he was
struck and killed by a passing van, at Ash Fell near Kirkby Stephen.
Police Constable Cumbria Constabulary Died 31 May 1971, aged 29
Fatally injured in a road accident while on motorcycle patrol duty on the A591 near Bassenthwaite.
Police Constable Cumbria Constabulary Died 24 October 1976, aged 33
Police Sergeant Cumbria Constabulary Died 19 October 1980, aged 53
Police Constable Cumbria Constabulary Died 3 June 1993, aged 36
Fatally injured in a road traffic accident, while assisting in a vehicle pursuit, when a van he was overtaking pulled out and collided with his police motorcycle, on the A595 near Workington.
William Arthur Alastair Barker Police Constable Cumbria Constabulary Died 20 November 2009, aged 44
At
night during severe weather and flooding across the
county, the officer was directing motorists to safety
off Northside Bridge, Workington, which was in a dangerous
condition, when it collapsed and he was swept away and
killed. |
Lest We Forget
Page updated 23 November 2009
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