
Percy John Oldacre
Died
:
28 January 1928
Age
:
32
Rank
:
Police Constable
Force
:
Staffordshire Constabulary
Cause
:
Road Traffic Collision (RTC)
Duty Status
:
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.