Henry Ernest Wright
River Colne Police - Colchester Borough.
Died 1st August 1899.
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Police Constable Henry Wright was 21 years old when he left his home
town of Lowestoft to join the River Police at Colchester. He had only
been in the force for about three months, but was already regarded as
a young and promising officer who was shortly to be married. It was a
rule of the River Police that every officer should be a good swimmer,
and officers were allowed to bathe on duty if there was nothing else to
do.
On Tuesday 1 August 1899 Henry Wright failed to hand over his patrol
boat at the end of his shift at 5pm. Eventually a search was started,
and the boat was found at the mouth of Pyefleet Creek with Henry Wright's
uniform in it; his body was found two days later. The coroner brought
in a verdict of accidental death.
Police Constable.
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