Murder Victim. City of London policeman who, with his colleagues Sergeant Charles Tucker and Sergeant Robert Bentley was 'killed in the execution of their duty while endeavouring to apprehend a number of armed burglars in Exchange Buildings, Cutler St.' The burglars were actually Russian anarchists who later held a shoot-out at the 'Siege of Sidney Street' in 1911. All three were posthumously awarded the King's Police Medal for Gallantry on 2 January 1911 and they were given a state funeral in St Paul's Cathedral which was attended by the Lord Mayor of London and the Home Secretary, Winston Churchill. Thousands lined the route of the procession to pay their respects. He was 34 and was shot five times as the killers made their escape. Constable Choat and Robert Bentley died a few hours later in hospital. The Houndsditch murders remain the highest loss of life by the police on a single day but none of the killers were convicted.
Murder Victim. City of London policeman who, with his colleagues Sergeant Charles Tucker and Sergeant Robert Bentley was 'killed in the execution of their duty while endeavouring to apprehend a number of armed burglars in Exchange Buildings, Cutler St.' The burglars were actually Russian anarchists who later held a shoot-out at the 'Siege of Sidney Street' in 1911. All three were posthumously awarded the King's Police Medal for Gallantry on 2 January 1911 and they were given a state funeral in St Paul's Cathedral which was attended by the Lord Mayor of London and the Home Secretary, Winston Churchill. Thousands lined the route of the procession to pay their respects. He was 34 and was shot five times as the killers made their escape. Constable Choat and Robert Bentley died a few hours later in hospital. The Houndsditch murders remain the highest loss of life by the police on a single day but none of the killers were convicted.
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