Robert Campbell

Died

17 August 1819

Rank

Special Constable

Force

Borough of Manchester

Cause

Homicide - Beaten

Duty Status

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Died the day after he was fatally beaten by a mob as he helped the military disperse an illegal public meeting.

Roll of Honour Citation

Died the day after he was fatally beaten by a mob as he helped the military disperse an illegal public meeting.

Circumstances

Fatally beaten by a mob after the military dispersed a public at St. Peter's Field; an event which became known as Peterloo.

Died the day after he was fatally beaten by a mob as he helped the military disperse an illegal public meeting at St. Peter’s Field, an event that became known as the Peterloo Massacre.