Killing of Robert Kidd explained

Robert Kidd
Birth Date:	17 December 1857
Birth Place:	Westmorland
Death Place:	Wigan, (then Lancashire), England
Module:	Child: yes Death Cause: Homicide by Stabbing
Known For:	Death in the line of duty^[1]
Department:	London & North Western Railway Police
Service:	United Kingdom
Serviceyears:	1885–1895
Rank:	Police Sergeant
Spouse:	Ellen Taplin^[2] (m. 1882)

On 29 September 1895, 37-year-old English Police Sergeant Robert Kidd was killed near Wigan northwestern station, (then Lancashire), England while investing railway thefts. Kidd and a fellow officer were responding to a number of reports of thefts at the goods yard adjacent to the station. He was fatally injured by a knife. In December 1895, two men, Elijah Winstanley and William Kearsley, were found guilty of manslaughter and received the death sentence. One was later commuted to penal servitude for life and one was hanged.^{[3] [4]}

See also

• List of British police officers killed in the line of duty

Notes and References

1. Web site: Plaque commemorates police offer killed while on duty. 30 September 2021.
2. Web site: Plaque unveiled to honour police officer murdered at Wigan station 126 years ago . British Transport Police (www.btp.police.uk) . British Transport Police Authority . 30 September 2021.
3. Web site: The Murder of Detective Sergeant Robert Kidd, 1895. 21 September 2021.
4. Web site: Murdered police officer commemorated with blue plaque at Wigan North Western station. 30 September 2021 .