Joseph Drewett

Died =>11 December 1876

Force => Berkshire Constabulary

Rank =>Inspector

Age =>38

Cause =>Homicide - Shot

Duty Status =>On Duty

Patrolling late in the evening to meet his Constables, he first planned to meet Constable Thomas Shorter. As he approached the rendezvous, Folly Crossroads near Hungerford, he was shot in the neck at close range then beaten by two poachers. PC Shorter was also bludgeoned to death.