Arthur Victor Tullett

Died

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12 January 1929

Age

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41

Rank

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Inspector

Force

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Metropolitan Police

Cause

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Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

Duty Status

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On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Killed while on plain clothes patrol when the motorcycle on which he was the passenger struck a lorry in West Wickham.

Having commenced duty at 10:00am, Inspector Tullett was killed while on special patrol duty when he was thrown from the motorcycle on which he was riding as the pillion passenger, after it struck a coal lorry in West Wickham Road, South East London.

The driver of the motorcycle, another police officer, was overtaking the lorry when it suddenly turned right into Bridle Road.  He attempted to avoid the vehicle by also turning into Bridle Road but failed to do so, and struck the side of the lorry, throwing Arthur underneath it, with one of its wheels passing over his chest.

He was rushed to Croydon General Hospital but was declared dead on arrival at 11:30am, having died en route. He had suffered eight fractured ribs and severe lung damage.

At the time, Inspector Tullett had served in Bromley for about a year, having previously served in the Woolwich Division.

He left a wife and three children, the eldest being sixteen years of age.