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HOME Museum & Collections Soldiers of the Regiment Sales Donations Events Contact Us REGIMENTAL HISTORY 17th Century 18th Century 19th Century 20th Century First World War Second World War Actions & Movements Battle Honours FAMILY HISTORY Resources Further Reading PHOTO GALLERY ENQUIRIES FURTHER READING LINKS © Images are copyright, Trustees of the King's Own Royal Regiment Museum. You must seek permission prior to publication of any of our images.		Regimental History - 19th Century Riot at Mold, Flintshire The Riot at Mold, Flintshire, 2nd June 1869. A company of the 2nd Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment, under Captain Blake was sent from Chester Barracks to support the police, who were escorting two miners to the prison at Flint. The two men had been convicted of assault during a dispute between the miners and the Leeswood Coal Company. The police and soldiers were pelted with stones by a crowd of nearly 2000 people as they escorted the prisoners from the courthouse to the station. The soldiers fired over the heads of the crowd but failed to disperse them; the magistrate then ordered them to fire on the crowd, of which five were killed and about twenty wounded. Two officers, 23 soldiers and a number of police were injured, some seriously. The Riot at Mold, Flintshire; Attack on the Soldiers at the Railway Station. Accession Number: KO2490/894 © Images are copyright, Trustees of the King's Own Royal Regiment Museum. You must seek permission prior to publication of any of our images. Only a proportion of our collections are on display at anyone time. Certain items are on loan for display in other institutions. An appointment is required to consult any of our collections which are held in store.