Mary Heys from Manchester. Ridden over by cavalry. Mother of 6 and pregnant at the time of the meeting. Disabled following her injuries. Died from the premature birth of her child after 7 months of pregnancy.
Thread of fatalities resulting from the Peterloo Massacre #OTD 1819 👇
Thread of fatalities resulting from the Peterloo Massacre #OTD 1819 👇
William Fildes, a 2-year-old from Manchester. Ridden over by cavalry. 1st victim of the massacre. William's mother was carrying him when she was struck by a Manchester Yeomanry trooper.
The unborn child of Elizabeth Gaunt, who was beaten and trampled on while heavily pregnant.
The unborn child of Elizabeth Gaunt, who was beaten and trampled on while heavily pregnant.
John Ashton from Cowhill near Oldham. Sabred and trampled on by crowd. He was carrying the flag of the Saddleworth, Lees and Mossley Union, inscribed "Taxation without representation is unjust and tyrannical. NO CORN LAWS." Inquest jury returned a verdict of accidental death.
Sarah Jones from Salford. Mother of 7 children. Beaten on the head by a Special Constable's truncheon.
John Lees from Oldham. Sabred. An ex-soldier who had fought in the Battle of Waterloo.
Arthur Neil from Manchester. Died after being imprisoned without trial for 5 months.
John Lees from Oldham. Sabred. An ex-soldier who had fought in the Battle of Waterloo.
Arthur Neil from Manchester. Died after being imprisoned without trial for 5 months.
John Ashworth from Bulls Head, Manchester. Ashworth was a Special Constable who was accidentally sabred and trampled by the cavalry.
William Bradshaw from Lily-hill, Bury. Shot by a musket.
Martha Partington from Eccles. Thrown into a cellar and killed on the spot.
William Bradshaw from Lily-hill, Bury. Shot by a musket.
Martha Partington from Eccles. Thrown into a cellar and killed on the spot.
James Crompton from Barton-upon-Irwell. Trampled on by cavalry.
Edmund Dawson from Saddleworth. Died of sabre wounds at the Manchester Royal Infirmary.
Margaret Downes from Manchester. Sabred.
William Evans from Hulme. A Special Constable, Evans was trampled by cavalry.
Edmund Dawson from Saddleworth. Died of sabre wounds at the Manchester Royal Infirmary.
Margaret Downes from Manchester. Sabred.
William Evans from Hulme. A Special Constable, Evans was trampled by cavalry.
Thomas Buckley from Baretrees, Chadderton. Sabred and stabbed by a bayonet.
John Rhodes from Pits, Hopwood. Sabre wound to the head. The coroner's inquest found that he had died from natural causes.
Joshua Whitworth. Shot the same evening by infantry firing on rioters.
John Rhodes from Pits, Hopwood. Sabre wound to the head. The coroner's inquest found that he had died from natural causes.
Joshua Whitworth. Shot the same evening by infantry firing on rioters.
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