Death on the Victorian Beat: The Shocking Story of Police Deaths By Martin Baggoley

Death on the Victorian Beat is the first book dedicated solely to the murders of police officers in the Victorian era recalling numerous cases from across the United Kingdom Martin Baggoley highlights the resistance faced everyday by officers of all ranks in both the great cities and in the supposedly peaceful countryside during this important and sometimes turbulent period in our history Many cases are unveiled by the author including those Sergeant Charles Brett murdered on the streets of Manchester by Fenians attempting to release two of their leaders from a police van Detective Inspector Charles Thain fatally wounded at sea by a prisoner he was escorting back from Germany Constable William Jump lost his life during a bitter industrial dispute involving brickmakers in Ashton under Lyne and Inspector Joseph Drewitt and Constable Thomas Shorter murdered in a confrontation with poachers in Hungerford to name but a few This book is bursting with accounts of danger and great courage urging to be read as the author allows the lives of these gallant officers to run through the pages Death on the Victorian Beat The Shocking Story of Police DeathsInteresting in essence though disappointed and surprised that it did not include my gr grandfather PC Graham s murder on duty in Northumberland Martin Baggoley A true crime book that looks at the cases where Police officers constables are murdered whilst on the beat or doing their duty, An easy to read book with fairly short chapters it s a no bull look at some shocking crimes Martin Baggoley.