Sergeant

William Morris

Gloucestershire Constabulary — Cheltenham, ENG
Felonious
End of Watch November 10, 1895
Age 32
Gender Male

Incident

After being sent early on Sunday morning to apprehend three poachers on the Hare Estate at Newnham, Sergeant Morris and a police constable located them in the neighbourhood of Viney Hill, in the Forest of Dean, but were confronted by the men and struck down by stones.

When the constable regained consciousness he found William dead, with a fractured skull and a broken neck.

All three poachers were later arrested.

Sergeant Morris had served with the Constabulary for eleven years and left a wife and three children.

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131 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Sergeant Morris served with the Gloucestershire Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Type State Police
Location Cheltenham, ENG
Platform Identity gco.gls.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 10, 1895
Age 32
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Homicide - Beaten

The Sacrifice · Felonious

William 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 1895, 3 officers in United Kingdom were killed feloniously, the 53rd heaviest of 216 years on record. The heaviest was 1941, with 167.

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Who

William was 32. 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

November holds 8.8% of these deaths in United Kingdom; May holds the most, 12.6%. Sundays: 15.1%.

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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

Gloucestershire Constabulary has 18 officers remembered here, William among them.

Sergeant William Morris

Gloucestershire Constabulary · End of Watch November 10, 1895

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