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Honouring and Remembering British Police Officers who Lost their Lives in the Line of Duty
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Honouring and Remembering British Police Officers who Lost their Lives in the Line of Duty |
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GLOUCESTERSHIRE CONSTABULARY and the constituent force of the Parish of Ruardean LEST WE FORGET Parish of Ruardean Parish Const Henry Thompson Died 14 May 1817, aged 31 Shot dead by a man he arrested attempting to free a female prisoner at Lydbrook. Gloucestershire Constabulary Sgt Samuel Beard Died 24 August 1861, aged 37 Fatally bludgeoned and kicked by four poachers confronted at night at West Dean. PC George Phillips Died 11 January 1872, aged 24 Fatally injured when accidentally hit by a train returning from duty with his sergeant. PC Maurice Selby Died 12 February 1874, aged 21 Collapsed on patrol at night and died of natural causes aggravated by a thick fog. PC Henry Harrold Died 18 February 1880, aged 21 Accidentally struck and killed by a train while on his night beat near the railway line. DCC Edward Thomas Chipp Died 12 July 1892, aged 52 Collapsed and died while a guest at the official opening of the Gloucester Guild Hall. Sgt William Morris Died 10 November 1895, aged 32 Killed when attacked by three men he warned and struck on the head with a brick. Sgt Frederick Hale Died 1 June 1904, aged 43 Found drowned in the canal at Gloucester where he was patrolling the banks at night. PC Frederick Treasure Died 26 November 1915, aged 55 Collapsed and died of heart disease near the end of his shift on a very cold day. PC Ernest Albert Cooper Died 8 November 1916, aged 40 Died of a fractured skull in a bicycle accident on a hill while on patrol at Mitcheldean. PC Walter Henry Hayward Died 26 July 1920, aged 29 Fatally injured having having accidentally fallen from his bicycle while on patrol.
SC Hubert Jesse Phillips Died 16 May 1940, aged 42 Found unconscious in a lane on duty at 10.20 pm and died of natural causes. SC Ronald Walter Clement Smith Died 19 August 1940, aged 56 After duty he was shot by a Home Guard when failing to stop his car at a checkpoint. SC William Ashley Sexton Died 6 June 1941, aged 67 Killed in a collision with a car while cycling to carry out Royal Observer Corps duty. Insp. Fitzroy Frederick Taylor Died 23 May 1942, aged 46 Collapsed and died on duty at 10.30 pm in the guardroom at Dursley Police Station. PC Wilfred Kenneth Clarke Died 28 January 1946, aged 46 Became ill when taking statements at a hostel and died in hospital in the early hours. PC Bruce Alway Died 22 April 1948, aged 49 PC Clifford Fowler Park Died 23 April 1948, aged 41 Fatally injured off duty by a wall collapse dismantling a hut for use as a police club. PC Morton John Chappell Died 16 April 1964, aged 24 Killed with a driver he was questioning when an articulated lorry struck their vehicles. PC Paul James Pursehouse Died 15 March 1967, aged 26 Killed as observer in a motor patrol car which accidentally lost control and overturned. Ch/Insp Kenneth William George Rogers Died 28 November 1989, aged 48 Killed in a collision of his motorcycle and a van while travelling to duty at Police HQ. DC Steven Terence Jeffreys-Jones Died 26 February 2007, aged 47 Became unwell on duty at a police station and died of heart failure soon after at home. LEST WE FORGET |
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Page updated 6 December 2024 National Police Officers Roll of Honour Copyright (c) Anthony Rae MA 1985-2024 |
