PETERLOO - 16 AUGUST 1819 THE FATALITIES

Name Residence Town Details Dates >>> Date of death

Ashton John Cowhill, near Oldham Aged 41. Carried the black flag. Sabred and trampled on the field and died before reaching the Infirmary. The inquest jury DIED 16 Aug 1819 returned a verdict of accidental death. His son, Samuel, received 20/- in relief.

Ashworth John Bull's-head Inn Manchester Special constable. Trampled by the cavalry on the field and possibly sabred. DIED 16 Aug 1819

Bradshaw William Lilly Hill, Pilkington Whitefield Aged 16. Suffered a severe sabre cut to his head and trampling by the Yeomanry. Died later from his injuries. DIED 29 Apr 1822

Buckley Thomas Baretrees Chadderton Sabred and stabbed with a bayonet on the field and died the same day. DIED 16 Aug 1819

Campbell Robert 18 Miller Street Manchester A watchman. Aged 57. Special constable. Killed by a mob in Newton Lane on 17 August and died next day. Buried in DIED 18 Aug 1819 St John's churchyard.

Trampled upon by the cavalry on the field and died a few days later. Buried 1 September. Crompton James Barton-upon-Irwell DIED late Aug 1819

Aged 19. Sabred in the head on the field. He was in possession of a pole carrying a cap of liberty. Died in the Infirmary Dawson Edmund Saddleworth DIED 31 Aug 1819 on 31 August. Inquest produced a verdict of 'wilful murder not allowed'.

Downes Margaret Sabred on the field. 'Dreadfully cut in the breast; secreted clandestinely and not heard of. Supposed dead'. BELIEVED DEAD

Evans William 1 Owen Street, [Queen-street] Hulme A carter. Special constable. Employee of Pickfords. Trampled on the field by the Yeomanry Cavalry horses. Received BELIEVED DEAD nothing but 20/- relief from Messrs Shuttleworth and Whitworth. Died sometime after 2 December.

Fildes William 23 Kennedy-street Manchester Aged 2. Son of Ann Fildes. Trampled by a cavalry horse in Cooper Street after his mother was knocked down by a lone DIED 16 Aug 1819 rider. Died later that evening. Buried 19 August at the Swedenborgian chapel in Salford.

Gaunt unborn child Manchester Child of Elizabeth Gaunt. Elizabeth was heavily pregnant and suffered brutal beating on the field. She fared little better DIED Oct or Nov 1819 in the New Bailey after her arrest and miscarried shortly after her release.

Hall Samuel Hulme Manchester A cotton spinner in Mr Pollitt's factory. Sabred in the head & badly trampled. Reported to have died 3 weeks later BELIEVED DEAD in the Infirmary.

Heyes Mary 8 Rawlinson's Bldgs, Oxford Rd Chorlton Row Aged 44. Trampled by a Cavalry horse on the field. Her foot was stripped of the flesh and great toe nails. She was DIED 17 Dec 1819 pregnant at the time and suffered fits almost daily. She gave birth to a premature child which caused her death.

The child survived. Buried in Walkers Croft burial ground. £5 received in relief.

Jones Sarah 96 Silk Street [George Leigh St] Manchester Beaten on the head and much bruised on the field by Constables' truncheons. She identified Thomas SUSPECTED DEAD Wordsworth (or Woodworth), a Special Constable, of Newton Lane as her assailant. £4 received in relief.

Lees John Oldham A spinner and veteran of Waterloo. Sabred and beaten by truncheons on the field. Died on 7 September. An inquest DIED 7 Sep 1819 was adjourned without a verdict.

O'Neill Arthur 3 Pigeon Street [Ancoats St] Manchester A weaver aged 40. Beaten on the field by the Constables' truncheons and trampled by the crowd; breast bruised, and DIED early 1820 internally injured. Confined for five months in the New Bailey and died soon after. £4 10s received in relief.

Partington Martha King Street [Barton-upon-Irwell] Eccles Aged 38. Thrown into a cellar in Bridge Street by pressure of the crowd. Died on the spot. Husband received £5 DIED 16 Aug 1819 in relief.

Rhodes John 3 Pits, Hopwood near Middleton Aged 22. Sabred on the field - a cut on the head, by which he lost much blood. Dreadfully crushed in the body. DIED 18 Nov 1819 Died 18 November. His father received £6 6s in relief. Inquest returned a verdict of death from natural causes.

Whitworth Joseph Hyde, near Stockport Aged 19. Killed by a musket ball to the head in Ancoats Street, New Cross, on the evening of the 16th August. DIED 20 Aug 1819 Died later in the Infirmary. Inquest found that he was shot at New Cross. His father received £4 in relief.

(Updated 15 Aug 2018)