John Beets Bales

Died

24 April 1921

Age

Rank

Temporary Cadet

Force

Royal Irish Constabulary

Cause

Homicide - Shot

Duty Status

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Died in hospital the day after he and a colleague were shot and fatally wounded when they were attacked by two men in Belfast.

Roll of Honour Citation

Died in hospital the day after he and a colleague were shot and fatally wounded when they were attacked by two men in Belfast.

Circumstances

Died of injuries sustained the day prior when shot and fatally wounded on escort duty.

Died in the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast the day after he and Temporary Cadet Ernest Baran Bolam, who died the previous day, were shot and fatally wounded, after finishing their escort duty when, at approximately 9:10pm, they were attacked by two men at the junction of Donegall Place and Fountain Lane, in Belfast. The two officers had earlier travelled to Belfast in a party of twelve officers from Sligo.