Arthur Titus Wilkes 2nd April 1944
Walsall Borough Police
At some stage in his service Arthur was wounded when he received shrapnel wound to the body. Shrapnell wounds from his service had accelerated mio-cardial degeneration. Shrapnell had worked its way through his lungs to his heart - aged 61
John Samuel Brinson 9th September 1925
Walsall Borough Police
Gassed and wounded during service, suffered ill-health upon returning to the police including taking the last 14 weeks of his life off sick - aged 38
George Haynes 9th November 1919
Birmingham City Police
Discharged from army medically unfit in September 1918 - died from psthisis November 1919 - aged 34
James Fitzgerald 26th September 1919
Birmingham City Police
Committed suicide whilst the balance of his mind was disturbed after being suspended from duty, also believed to be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder since returning from the Armed Forces, aged 41 - aged 41
Thomas Benjamin James Cook 1st June 1919
Birmingham City Police
Diagnosed with tubercle of the lungs and discharged medically unfit, dying 9 months later - aged 27
James Riley 1st March 1919
Birmingham City Police
Discharged from army medically unfit January 1919 - diagnosed with emphysema including shortness of breath, giddiness and palpitations through strain of military duties - aged 34
Thomas Fred Eccleston MM 17th November 1918
Walsall Borough Police
Succumbed to pneumonia and influenza shortly after the armistice - aged 26
William Edward Williams 5th November 1918
Walsall Borough Police
Most probably succumbing to illness at 37 years of age - aged 37
Thomas Victor Smith 3rd November 1918
Birmingham City Police
Died of bronco pneumonia in hospital in Boulogne - aged 28
Alfred (George) Phillpott 10th October 1918
Birmingham City Police
Died with his wife aboard the R.M.S. ‘Leinster’ when she was torpedoed just outside Dun Laoghaire Harbour, Ireland - aged 29
John Pearman 22nd August 1918
Walsall Borough Police
Killed in a battle at St. Floris when his battalion came under severe enemy fire and took part in hand-to-hand combat - aged 26
Charles Smith 22nd August 1918
Walsall Borough Police
Killed in a battle at St. Floris when his battalion came under severe enemy fire and took part in hand-to-hand combat - aged 26
