John Harvey - Essex County Constabulary.
Served from 30th November 1885. Died 5th January 1894.
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Sergeant John Harvey served in the West Riding of Yorkshire before transferring
to Essex in 1885. He was posted to Ardleigh on 6 January 1886 and promoted
to sergeant there on 1 October 1891. He had a wife and three children,
and at the time he died his wife was again pregnant.
On 4 January 1894 John Harvey made some enquiries on his beat, and patrolled
for some distance with one of his constables who last saw him at about
7.30pm. The following morning John Harvey's body was found head first
down a well in the snow-covered garden of a cottage in Ardleigh; his watch
had stopped at 8.21. There were injuries to the face, but it could not
be determined with certainty how they had been caused. It has never been
proved whether the Sergeant fell or whether he was pushed.
Police Sergeant. Serial Number 1989.
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