Thomas Joseph Pinchon

Died

13 October 1915

Age

Rank

Special Constable

Force

Metropolitan Police

Cause

War

Duty Status

Travelling To

Roll of Honour Citation

Killed after getting off a bus to assist other passengers to nearby shelters during a late-evening Zeppelin air raid.

Roll of Honour Citation

Killed after getting off a bus to assist other passengers to nearby shelters during a late-evening Zeppelin air raid.

Circumstances

Killed by a bomb reporting for duty during an enemy Zeppelin air raid.

Special Constable Pinchon was killed alongside several members of the public during a late-evening Zeppelin air raid, when the group suffered a direct hit from a bomb after the officer got off a bus to assist the other passengers to nearby shelters.