George Bertram Mussell

George Bertram Mussell KPM

Died

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15 April 1913

Age

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30

Rank

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Police Constable

Force

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Northumberland County Constabulary

Cause

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Homicide - Shot

Duty Status

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On Duty

Killed when he was shot in the shoulder and neck, whilst trying to calm the manager of the Sun Inn, Bedlington who was being evicted and had armed himself with a repeater shotgun. The same man later shot dead PS Andrew Barton. PC Mussell was posthumously awarded the King’s Police Medal for Gallantry.