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Leicester Borough Police
Sgt
Thomas
Biggins
Died 9 June
1879, aged 51
Collapsed
in the street and died of heart failure during a police
funeral.
PC
Job
Bennett
Died 19 January
1881, aged 36
Collapsed
and died from heart failure while on night patrol during
a blizzard.
PC
Lewis Bentley
Died 4 April 1886, aged 51
Collapsed
and died of heart failure after being assaulted during
a violent arrest.
PC
William Henry Wells
Died 21 November 1906, aged 31
Found drowned in a canal on
night duty in suspicious circumstances.
Leicester City Police
D/Sgt
Leonard Thomas Norman
Died 20 November 1940, aged 34
DC
Brian Mansell Hawkes
Died 20 November 1940, aged 26
DC
Edwin George Trump
Died 20 November 1940, aged 26
Killed by the direct hit of a
bomb on their incident post during an air raid.
Leicestershire and Rutland
Constabulary
PC
John Percy Newell
Died 27 January 1956, aged 28
Fatally injured in a motorcycle
accident while returning home from duty.
T/Sgt
Cyril John Thoroughgood
Died 28 September 1956, aged 29
Shot by terrorists while
serving with the British Police Unit in Cyprus.
PC
John Thomas Davidson
Died 18 July 1967, aged 37
Fatally injured in a patrol
car, which crashed responding to an accident.
Leicestershire
Constabulary
PC
Thomas George Barrett
Died 15 August 1886, aged 36
Beaten to death by a man he
spoke to about non-payment of a fine.
PC
William Adiel Wilkinson
Died 25 May 1903, aged 32
Shot dead in an ambush by two
men who bore police a grudge.
PC
Harold Prew
Died 21 March 1941, aged 43
Collapsed and died of heart
failure after rushing to investigate a fire.
PW
Catherine Phyllis Godfrey
Died 3 May 1947, aged 31
Fatally injured in a cycling
accident recalled to duty on a stormy night.
PC
Philip Andrew Eames
Died 1 August 1974, aged 24
Fatally injured in a road
accident while on motorcycle patrol.
Sgt
Brian Dawson
Died 1 September 1975, aged 42
Shot
dead as he arrived at an incident where a man was firing
into the street.
PC
Nicholas Edward M. Archer
Died 22 April 1984, aged 28
Killed when struck by a car
while escorting a large crowd at night.
PC
Ian Thomas Wheelwright
Died 22 March 1991, aged 49
Fatally injured when struck
by a passing car at an incident scene.
PC
Giles Fraser Drinkall
Died 2 April 1997, aged 35
Killed in a road accident
when he lost control of his police motorcycle.
DC
Timothy Philip Burton
Died 29 June 2001, aged 41
Killed when his police car
crashed while returning from enquiries.
PC
Bryan Reginald Moore
Died 15 August 2002, aged 39
PC
Andrew Carl Munn
Died 15 August 2002, aged 37
Killed when a van being
pursued by police deliberately drove into them.
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