Cecil James Guthrie
- Died:
- 30 November 1920
- Age:
- 21
- Rank:
- Temporary Cadet
- Force:
- Royal Irish Constabulary
- Cause:
- Homicide - Shot
- Duty Status:
- On Duty
Roll of Honour Citation
Shot dead two days after escaping from a terrorist ambush on his patrol.
Police Memorial Tribute
Caught and shot dead two days after escaping from the ambush on his auxiliary division mobile patrol by a large terrorist unit at Dus a’ Bharraigh, in the townland of Shanacashel, Kilmichael Parish, near Macroom, County Cork, when a District Inspector, a Temporary Constable and fourteen other Temporary Cadets were killed.
During the Great War Cecil served in the Royal Flying Corps.
