Cumbria Roll

and the former constituent forces of
Kendal Borough Police, Carlisle City Police, Cumberland and Westmorland Constabulary, Cumberland, Westmorland & Carlisle Constabulary

Lest we Forget

James Fawcett

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.

Fatally bludgeoned on 29th June when dispersing a mob during election disturbances.

Joseph Byrnes

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.

John Groves

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.

Reserve Police Constable

Found drowned in unknown circumstances after he had been on duty at Carlisle Railway Station.

Police Constable

Cumberland and Westmorland Constabulary

Died April 1952, aged 46

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.

George William M. Russell

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
and a Memorial bust was set high on the outside wall of Carlisle Cathedral.

Gordon Stanley Tallontire

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.

William Rumney

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.

Isaac Walker Shepherd

Police Constable

Cumbria Constabulary

Died 24 October 1976, aged 33

Killed in a road accident when struck by a car while on foot patrol at Urswick.

William Tyson

Police Sergeant

Cumbria Constabulary

Died 19 October 1980, aged 53

Collapsed and died while assisting other officers dealing with a disorderly crowd at a disturbance late at night at Cleator Moor, Whitehaven.

Keith Easterbrook

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.

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