William Forth

Died

21 March 1993

Age

Rank

Sergeant

Force

Northumbria Police

Cause

Homicide - Stabbed

Duty Status

On Duty

Circumstances

While investigating a broken window on housing estate at Gateshead late at night he was attacked by a man and a youth beaten with staves and repeatedly stabbed in the chest and died soon after.

Posthumously awarded the Queen's Commendation for Bravery.

Died soon after being attacked, beaten and repeatedly stabbed in the chest, by a man and a youth with staves when, late at night, he investigated a broken window on a housing estate in Gateshead.

Posthumously awarded the Queen’s Commendation for Bravery.