Gerald Irving Richardson GC

Died

23 August 1971

Age

Rank

Superintendent

Force

Lancashire Constabulary

Cause

Homicide - Shot

Duty Status

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Shot and fatally wounded as he attempted to arrest an armed suspect after a robbery at a jeweller's shop in The Strand, Blackpool.

Roll of Honour Citation

Shot and fatally wounded as he attempted to arrest an armed suspect after a robbery at a jeweller's shop in The Strand, Blackpool.

Circumstances

Richardson assisted in a car chase of a gang of five armed robbers who had attacked a jeweller's shop in Blackpool. As the gang split up and attempted to escape on foot he chased one of the robbers. Richardson tackled the robber and attempted to persuade him to surrender his weapon.

However, Richardson was shot twice in the stomach at point-blank range and died of his injuries later that day at Blackpool's Victoria Hospital.

Posthumously awarded the George Cross.

Shot and fatally wounded as he attempted to arrest an armed suspect after a robbery at a jeweller’s shop in The Strand, Blackpool.

After assisting in a car chase of five robbers, he then chased one of them as the gang split up and attempted to escape on foot. Superintendent Richardson tackled the robber and tried to persuade him to surrender his weapon but was shot twice in the stomach at point-blank range and died of his injuries later that day at the Victoria Hospital, Blackpool. Posthumously awarded the George Cross for Gallantry.