Killing of Robert Kidd

Robert Kidd
Born17 December 1857
Westmorland
Died29 September 1895(1895-09-29) (aged 37)
Wigan, (then Lancashire), England
Known forDeath in the line of duty[1]
SpouseEllen Taplin[2] (m. 1882)
Police career
CountryUnited Kingdom
DepartmentLondon & North Western Railway Police
Service years1885–1895
RankPolice Sergeant
Cause of deathHomicide by Stabbing

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]

  1. ^ "Plaque commemorates police offer killed while on duty". 30 September 2021.
  2. ^ "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. ^ "The Murder of Detective Sergeant Robert Kidd, 1895". 21 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Murdered police officer commemorated with blue plaque at Wigan North Western station". 30 September 2021.