William Tilsley

Died

25 December 1842

Age

Rank

Special Constable

Force

Spernall

Cause

Homicide - Shot

Duty Status

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Shot dead after being sworn in to protect a man from his own son, who also killed the father.

Roll of Honour Citation

Shot dead after being sworn in to protect a man from his own son, who also killed the father.

Circumstances

Sworn in to protect a man from his own son, he was shot dead by the son who also killed the father.

Shot dead after being sworn in to protect a man from his own son, who also killed the father. An inquest returned a verdict of wilful murder by the assailant James Crowley, who, by that time, had fled to America. In March 1844 he returned to England where he was betrayed to the police who arrested him at a public house in Chester. Tried at Warwick Assizes in April 1845 he was found guilty and hanged at Warwick Prison on 18th April 1845.