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Honouring and Remembering British Police Officers who Lost their Lives in the Line of Duty |
and the former constituent forces of LEST WE FORGET PC Percy Henry Daniel GoulterDied 30 September 1940, aged 43 Killed in an enemy air raid at Sherbourne, Dorset, duty status unknown. Air Ministry ConstabularyPC Percival John (Jack) DeegansDied 13 March 1941, aged 41 Killed by enemy action on duty during an air raid at Renfrew. Sub-Insp John James BatemanDied 25 November 1944, aged 61 Killed in an enemy air raid at Deptford, London, duty status unknown. Royal Marine Police[note: SRC = Special Reserve Constable] SRC Frederick J. WoodsDied 28 December 1939, aged 47 Killed in a fall attempting to rescue a boy who fell in a dry dock at Devonport. PC Frederick Eugene AldridgeDied 17 April 1941, aged 35 Killed in an enemy air raid at Lambeth, London, duty status unknown. SRC Gerald Edward Holman RiceDied 23 April 1941, aged 51 Killed by enemy action during an air raid at H.M. Dockyard, Plymouth. Posthumous King's Commendation for Brave Conduct in Civil Defence. PC Alfred James HaywardDied 24 April 1941, aged 41 Killed by enemy action during an air raid at H.M. Dockyard, Plymouth. Posthumous King's Commendation for Brave Conduct in Civil Defence. SRC Richard Essex BurderDied 12 May 1941, aged 53 Killed by enemy action during an air raid at the RAF Station, Pembroke. SRC Patrick Edward DoranDied 26 October 1942 Killed in an enemy air raid at Bangor, Co. Down, duty status unknown. War Department ConstabularySgt James HavardDied 11 July 1940, aged 64 Fatally injured during an enemy air raid on the Royal Ordnance Factory, Pembrey. PC William StirrupDied September 1940, aged 41 Killed in a collision with a bus in the black-out, cycling to duty at Woolwich. PC Arthur SmithDied 8 December 1940, aged 57 Killed during an enemy air raid at the Royal Mint, Tower Hill, London. Sgt Peter Hunter JohnstoneDied 13 March 1941, aged 44 Sgt William Robert LyonsDied 13 March 1941, aged 50 PC Thomas Marlin Died 13 March 1941, aged 37 Killed in an enemy air raid while on duty at the Dalmuir Ordnance Factory. PC Lawrence Allan GallDied 19 April 1941, aged 56 PC Albert Edward PoundenDied 19 April 1941, aged 55 Killed during an enemy air raid at the Wireless Station, Woolwich. PWRC Arthur Charles FaithornDied May 1943, aged 56 Found dead in railway sidings having been hit by a train on patrol at Woolwich. PC George PittmanDied 30 June 1944, aged 44 Killed during an enemy air raid at Bush House, Aldwych, London. Killed in enemy air raids off duty or duty status unknown:- PC William Forrester MurdochDied 12 January 1941, aged 50, at Woolwich, London. Sgt Richard O'ConnellDied 21 April 1941, aged 56, at Plymouth. Ch/Insp Ernest James HurseyDied 27 July 1942, aged 48, at Ross, Herefordshire. PC Robert William BurnsDied 16 June 1944, aged 36, at Chislehurst, Kent. Sgt Stanley GrayDied 1 February 1953, aged 47 Drowned at Havengore Island after warning residents of imminent coastal sea floods. Ministry of Defence PolicePC David Fenton RookeDied 16 November 1973, aged 39 Fatally injured on patrol at RAF Edzell when his van skidded on ice. PC Steven Derek GantDied 24 April 1990, aged 31 Killed by the accidental discharge of a pistol during armed duty handover. Ch/Insp William WrightDied 21 January 1994, aged 45 Killed in a road traffic accident on routine duty in North Yorkshire. PC Terence John FinchDied 20 August 1997, aged 49 Killed in a motorcycle crash on Special Escort Group duties at Burghfield. PC Michael John BrownDied 27 July 1998, aged 34 Killed when he fell from a boat during a training exercise in the Firth of Clyde. PC John Hepburn WilkieDied 8 August 2001, aged 53 Died of heart failure at the end of a night shift at HM Naval Base, Clyde. PC Glynn SuckleyDied 19 October 2002, aged 50 Collapsed and died from heart failure after pursuing a suspect at Stamford. LEST WE FORGET |
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