Gordon Stanley Tallontire

Died

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26 January 1970

Age

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41

Rank

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Detective Constable

Force

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Cumbria Constabulary

Cause

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Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

Duty Status

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On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Killed when he was struck by a passing van after he had stopped to assist a motorist trying to extinguish an engine fire at Ash Fell near Kirkby Stephen.

Roll of Honour Citation

Killed when he was struck by a passing van after he had stopped to assist a motorist trying to extinguish an engine fire at Ash Fell near Kirkby Stephen.

Circumstances

Stopped to assist a motorist with an engine fire, which they were attempting to extinguish, when he was struck and killed by a passing van, at Ash Fell near Kirkby Stephen.