Robert Frizelle

Died

29 May 1897

Age

Rank

Constable

Force

Royal Irish Constabulary

Cause

Drowned

Duty Status

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

One of three officers who drowned when their boat took on water as a gale developed while returning from Bere Island.

Roll of Honour Citation

One of three officers who drowned when their boat took on water as a gale developed while returning from Bere Island.

Circumstances

Stationed in Castletownbere there were reports of a suspicious death Bere Island. Whilst returning from the island the boat he was in started taking on water as a gale blew up. It was believed the heavy police uniform and boots contributed to the drowning.

One of three officers, stationed in Castletownbere, who drowned when their boat took on water as a gale developed while returning from Bere Island, where there had been reports of a suspicious death. It was believed their heavy police uniforms and boots contributed to their drowning.