George Pragnell

Died

:

9 January 1915

Age

:

52

Rank

:

Police Constable

Force

:

Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Police

Cause

:

Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

Duty Status

:

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Died at the scene when he was thrown under a tram when the horse-drawn ambulance in which he was transporting a patient to a mental hospital, collided with the tram.

Roll of Honour Citation

Died at the scene when he was thrown under a tram when the horse-drawn ambulance in which he was transporting a patient to a mental hospital, collided with the tram.

Circumstances

While delivering a patient in a horse ambulance to a mental hospital the ambulance collided with a tram throwing the officer from the ambulance under the tram where he died at the scene.