Howard Beckwith KPM

Died

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29 December 1926

Age

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64

Rank

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Superintendent

Force

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Stockport Police Fire Brigade

Cause

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Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

Duty Status

:

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Killed while responding from Mersey Square fire station in Stockport to an emergency call when the fire engine in which he was a passenger left the road and plunged over the parapet of Wellington Bridge.

Roll of Honour Citation

Killed while responding from Mersey Square fire station in Stockport to an emergency call when the fire engine in which he was a passenger left the road and plunged over the parapet of Wellington Bridge.

Circumstances

He was a passenger in a fire engine as it left Mersey Square fire station in Stockport attending to an emergency call. The engine left the road and plunged over the parapet of Wellington Bridge killing Superintendent Beckwith.