Percy John Oldacre

Died

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28 January 1928

Age

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32

Rank

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Police Constable

Force

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Staffordshire Constabulary

Cause

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Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

Duty Status

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On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Died in hospital six days after being fatally injured when he was struck by a car while on traffic duty.

PC Oldacre died in the Queen’s Hospital six days after sustaining a fractured skull when, at 9:35pm on 22nd January, he stepped off the path and was struck by a car while on traffic control duty on Walsall Road.

Percy, who was stationed at Perry Barr, on the outskirts of Birmingham, left a wife and three children.