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Police Constable

James Green

Cheshire Constabulary — Chester, ENG
Felonious
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End of Watch February 24, 1873
Age 36
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Gender Male
Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 29

Incident

PC Green expressed his inten­tion to spend some time in plain clothes keeping observation on a farm worker who resided at Moss Green near the hamlet of El­worth. The farm worker had several previous convic­tions for larceny and was believed to be engaged in petty pilfering.

James was not seen again until, after continual inquiries, his body was recovered from the Trent Mersey Canal at Moss Bridge, a quarter of a mile from the farm worker’s cottage. Medical evidence noted the cause of death to be the rupture of internal organs combined with twenty-three cut wounds caused by a sharp instrument about the head.

PC Green, who was a native of Handbridge, Chester, was stationed at Bradwall, near Sandbach, and had six years service with the force.

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153 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Green served with the Cheshire Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Cheshire Constabulary
Type State Police
Location Chester, ENG
Platform Identity cco.chw.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 24, 1873
Age 36
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Homicide - Stabbed

The Sacrifice · Felonious

James is one of 1,170 officers killed feloniously in United Kingdom, 30.9% of the 3,791 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1873, 4 officers in United Kingdom were killed feloniously, the 42nd heaviest of 216 years on record. The heaviest was 1941, with 167.

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Who

James was 36. Of the 1,048 killed feloniously in United Kingdom whose age is recorded, half were between 28 and 44; the middle age was 36.

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When

February holds 6.4% of these deaths in United Kingdom; May holds the most, 12.6%. Mondays: 14%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 30.9% of all 3,791 deaths in United Kingdom, the 2nd most common cause.

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His people

Cheshire Constabulary has 30 officers remembered here, James among them.

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Police Constable James Green

Cheshire Constabulary · End of Watch February 24, 1873

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