Thomas William Dale

Died

20 March 1941

Age

Rank

Sergeant

Force

Rochdale Borough Police

Cause

Homicide - Bomb

Duty Status

On Duty

Circumstances

A teenager had stolen firearms and ammunition from a local warehouse and hidden them in a box in his cellar. The box was booby trapped, and when the lid was opened it exploded, killing Sergeant Dale.

Killed while searching a house in Rochdale, when a booby-trapped box exploded as the lid was opened, after a teenager had stolen firearms and ammunition from a local warehouse and hidden them in his cellar. Another officer, Inspector Henry Saul Stables, died from his injuries the following day.