List of British police officers killed in the line of duty
This article lists British police officers killed in the line of duty since 1900.
Thousands of police officers in Britain are believed to have died during the course of their duties, but this article includes only those who were killed as a direct result of a crime or while attempting to prevent, stop or solve a specific criminal act. The list omits those who died in more regular circumstances such as traffic collisions, and the many killed by air raids during the Second World War.[1] The list also omits the more than 300 officers of the former Royal Ulster Constabulary[2] and current Police Service of Northern Ireland who were killed during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
List
Name | Rank | Age | Force | Date of death | Circumstances |
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Desmond Morgan Acreman | PC | 33 | Metropolitan Police | 12 February 1967 | Accidentally run over while pursuing suspected thieves in Woolwich.[3][lower-alpha 1] |
Kenneth Adams | PC | 38 | Hampshire Constabulary | 17 September 1982 | Vehicle crashed during police pursuit |
Ronald Alan Addison | PC | 24 | Metropolitan Police | 24 January 1960 | Collapsed and died of heart failure while pursuing suspects[4] |
Raja Bashrat Ahmed | PC | 35 | Greater Manchester Police | 31 August 1999 | Motorcycle rammed into oncoming traffic by suspect[5] |
Charles William Alger | PC | 37 | Great Yarmouth Borough Police | 18 August 1909 | Shot |
Edgar Gerald Allen | PC | 41 | Metropolitan Police | 29 March 1958 | Vehicle crashed during police pursuit |
George William Allen | PC | 27 | Metropolitan Police | 28 November 1931 | Vehicle crashed during police pursuit |
Jane Philippa Arbuthnot | WPC | 22 | Metropolitan Police | 17 December 1983 | Killed in the Harrods bombing[6] |
Alison Armitage | PC | 29 | Greater Manchester Police | 5 March 2001 | Run over by suspect[7] |
Brian Armstrong | PC | 31 | Gateshead Borough Police | 12 September 1966 | Stabbed |
Jack William Avery | WRC | 28 | Metropolitan Police | 6 July 1940 | Stabbed |
William James Avis, DCM | Sgt | 47 | West Sussex Constabulary | 26 February 1942 | Shot |
Robert Bain | PC | 46 | Salford Borough Police | 11 July 1906 | Assaulted resulting in leg amputation and death |
William Balkwill | Supt | 43 | Somerset Constabulary | 27 July 1900 | Fatally injured while restraining a violent prisoner |
Samuel Ballance | PC | 23 | Liverpool City Police | 3 September 1911 | Died from injuries sustained during earlier riot |
Edward Alexander Barnett, QPM | PC | 24 | City of Glasgow Police | 30 December 1969 | Shot |
Andrew Barton | Sgt | 40 | Northumbria Police | 15 April 1913 | Shot[8][lower-alpha 2] |
Alan Baxter | PC | 39 | Metropolitan Police | 20 August 1977 | Vehicle crashed during police pursuit |
Allan George Baxter | PC | 33 | Kent County Constabulary | 5 June 1951 | Shot |
Allan Beattie | PC | 26 | Cardiff City Police | 13 April 1952 | Accidentally run over during an arrest |
Douglas Frederick Beckerson | PC | 22 | Metropolitan Police | 10 April 1971 | Fell through a roof while pursuing suspect[9] |
Martin Bickersteth Bell | PC | 27 | Metropolitan Police | 3 July 1986 | Run over during police pursuit |
Robert Bentley | Sgt | 36 | City of London Police | 17 December 1910 | Shot - same incident as Sgt Charles Tucker and PC Walter Charles Choat (both qv) |
Herbert Berry | PC | 46 | Metropolitan Police | 3 June 1918 | Fatally injured during an arrest |
Sharon Beshenivsky | PC | 38 | West Yorkshire Police | 18 November 2005 | Shot while responding to an armed robbery[7] |
Brian John Bishop | A/Sgt | 37 | Essex Police | 27 August 1984 | Shot |
Keith Henry Blakelock, QGM | PC | 40 | Metropolitan Police | 6 October 1985 | Stabbed[10] |
Fiona Bone | PC | 32 | Greater Manchester Police | 18 September 2012 | Shot alongside PC Nicola Hughes |
Brinley James Booth | PC | 31 | Staffordshire Police | 6 June 1946 | Bludgeoned during an arrest |
Lewis Booth | PC | 50 | Lancashire Constabulary | 6 January 1905 | Collapsed and died during an arrest |
James Roy Bradley | Insp | 41 | Oxfordshire Constabulary | 1 January 1967 | Run over |
Roger Brereton | PC | 41 | Thames Valley Police | 19 August 1987 | Shot in the Hungerford massacre[11] |
Ian Nigel Broadhurst | PC | 34 | West Yorkshire Police | 26 December 2003 | Shot[7] |
Laurence Peter Brown | PC | 27 | Metropolitan Police | 28 August 1990 | Shot[12] |
Ronald Brown | PC | 20 | Liverpool City Police | 19 February 1962 | Fell through roof while searching for burglar |
Gareth Browning | PC | 36 | Thames Valley Police | 1 April 2017 | Struck by suspect vehicle while deploying a stinger in 2013[13] |
Daniel Buckley | PC | 32 | Northumbria Police | 14 February 1982 | Fell through a roof while pursuing burglar |
Bernard Leslie Bull | PC | 35 | Northumbria Police | 31 January 1991 | Collapsed and died during an arrest |
Arthur William Burch | PC | 38 | Hertfordshire Constabulary | 7 April 1960 | Vehicle crashed during police pursuit |
Peter Burnett | PC | 42 | Lancashire Constabulary | 7 October 1990 | Collapsed while dispersing rioters |
John Burney | Insp | 45 | Middlesbrough County Borough Police | 25 December 1920 | Assaulted during violent arrest |
James Campbell | PC | 39 | City of Glasgow Police | 20 January 1919 | Shot |
Gavin Richard Carlton | PC | 29 | West Midlands Police | 19 December 1988 | Shot while pursuing bank robbery suspects |
Joseph Geoffrey Carroll | PC | 46 | Northumbria Police | 13 April 2006 | Traffic collision while transporting a prisoner[7] |
Adele Yvette Cashman | DC | 30 | Metropolitan Police | 5 November 2012 | Collapsed while pursuing robbery suspects[14] |
Harry Cautherley | PC | 28 | Metropolitan Police | 28 November 1931 | Vehicle crashed during police pursuit |
Walter Charles Choat | PC | 34 | City of London Police | 17 December 1910 | Shot - same incident as Sgt Robert Bentley and Sgt Charles Tucker (both qv) |
Alfred Clarke | PC | 43 | Worcestershire Constabulary | 21 December 1900 | Fatally injured in fall while searching for suspect |
Joanne Mary Cochran | WPC | 20 | Thames Valley Police | 30 March 1984 | Vehicle crashed during police pursuit |
Raymond Anthony Codling | Insp | 49 | Greater Manchester Police | 14 September 1989 | Shot[15] |
Glenn Russel Corder | PC | 18 | Durham Constabulary | 6 February 1980 | Vehicle crashed during police pursuit |
Ian Coward, QPM | DC | 28 | Thames Valley Police | 23 July 1971 | Shot |
Sydney Hussey Craik | PC | 31 | Lanarkshire Constabulary | 12 September 1932 | Accidentally run over while pursuing suspect |
Thomas Cringles | Chief Insp | 51 | Strathclyde Police | 26 August 1976 | Collapsed and died dealing with a disturbance outside of his home[16] |
William Percy Croft | PC | 28 | Metropolitan Police | 9 September 1905 | Fatally injured in a fall while pursuing burglars |
Robert George Cross | PC | 33 | Surrey Constabulary | 14 July 1977 | Vehicle crashed during police pursuit |
Ernest Crowston | Sgt | 40 | Nottingham City Police | 7 March 1921 | Fatally injured attempting to stop a speeding vehicle |
William Frank Crouch | Sgt | 33 | Wiltshire Constabulary | 31 March 1913 | Shot |
Raymond Davenport | PC | 35 | Merseyside Police | 4 July 1981 | Run over |
Evan Thomas Davies | PC | 31 | Cardiff City Police | 11 December 1941 | Shot |
William Davies | PC | 43 | Montgomeryshire Constabulary | 16 November 1903 | Died of heart failure after a violent arrest |
Brian Dawson | Sgt | 42 | Leicestershire Constabulary | 1 September 1975 | Shot |
Peter Leonard Deans | PC | 25 | Avon and Somerset Constabulary | 29 December 1984 | Vehicle crashed during police pursuit |
Alfred Edward Deeks | Insp | 44 | Metropolitan Police | 5 May 1912 | Collapsed and died while dispersing a nuisance crowd |
Ian Dibell, GM | PC | 41 | Essex Police | 9 July 2012 | Shot while off duty and confronting an armed man[17] |
Stephen John Dodd | Insp | 34 | Metropolitan Police | 24 December 1983 | Killed in the Harrods bombing |
Edward Roy Dorney | PC | 34 | Metropolitan Police | 1 January 1960 | Struck by a train while pursuing suspects |
Joseph Stewart Drake | PC | 36 | Stirling and Clackmannan Constabulary | 11 August 1967 | Run over |
Benjamin Drinkwater | PC | 26 | Bootle Borough Police | 1 August 1935 | Fell through roof while searching for suspects |
Andrew Duncan | PC | 47 | Metropolitan Police | 22 September 2013 | Run over by suspect |
Patrick Dunne | PC | 44 | Metropolitan Police | 20 October 1993 | Shot |
Francis John East | Insp | 42 | Berkshire Constabulary | 4 October 1944 | Fatally injured when thrown off a vehicle during an arrest |
Nathanael Edgar | PC | 33 | Metropolitan Police | 13 February 1948 | Shot |
Sandra Jane Edwards | WPC | 28 | South Yorkshire Police | 10 May 1995 | Vehicle crashed during police pursuit |
John Egerton | PC | 20 | Greater Manchester Police | 11 March 1982 | Stabbed |
Yvonne Joyce Fletcher | WPC | 25 | Metropolitan Police | 17 April 1984 | Shot[18] |
David Fleming Ford | PC | 22 | Metropolitan Police | 14 March 1929 | Fell through a roof while pursuing burglars |
John William Fordham | DC | 45 | Metropolitan Police | 26 January 1985 | Stabbed |
William Forth | Sgt | 34 | Northumbria Police | 21 March 1993 | Stabbed |
Geoffrey Fox | PC | 41 | Metropolitan Police | 12 August 1966 | Shot alongside Christopher Head and David Wombwell (both qv)[7] |
Duncan Alexander Fraser | DI | 46 | West Yorkshire Police | 15 July 1951 | Shot alongside PC Arthur Gordon Jagger (qv) |
Raymond Free | PC | 25 | Nottinghamshire County Constabulary | 1 June 1950 | Collapsed after attending a domestic disturbance |
Edmund Sleigh Frost | Sgt | 41 | Essex Police | 8 April 1948 | Contracted fatal disease following injury sustained on duty |
Lewis George Fulton | PC | 28 | Strathclyde Police | 17 June 1994 | Stabbed[19][lower-alpha 3] |
Norman Garnham | A/DC | 25 | North Yorkshire Police | 2 March 1977 | Stabbed |
George Hillier Garrott | PC | 27 | Strathclyde Police | 5 March 1980 | Electrocuted while investigating vandalism on a railway |
Glenn Thomas Goodman | SPC | 37 | North Yorkshire Police | 7 June 1992 | Shot by IRA member Patrick Magee during routine traffic stop[20] |
William Gibson | Sgt | 44 | Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary | 22 May 1951 | Shot |
David George Gisborne | Insp | 36 | Metropolitan Police | 5 August 1974 | Collapsed and died after being assaulted in a riot |
Robert Chenery Gladwell | PC | 37 | Metropolitan Police | 6 January 1991 | Assaulted during an arrest |
Roger Philip Goad, GC | CEO | 40 | Metropolitan Police | 25 August 1975 | Killed by an IRA bomb |
Alan Ewen Gordon | Sgt | 38 | Grampian Police | 10 August 1977 | Run over during police pursuit |
Reginald Charles Grady | DC | 46 | Bristol Constabulary | 14 August 1945 | Collapsed and died during an arrest |
Richard Gray | PC | 43 | West Mercia Constabulary | 6 May 2007 | Shot[21] |
David Christopher Green | PC | 20 | West Midlands Police | 17 July 1975 | Stabbed |
Thomas Green | Stn Sgt | 51 | Metropolitan Police | 18 June 1919 | Bludgeoned during the Epsom Riot |
Thomas Ashcroft Grundy | PC | 30 | St Helens Borough Police | 31 January 1914 | Collapsed and died during an arrest |
Charles Phillip Gunter | PC | 24 | Birmingham City Police | 26 October 1901 | Fatally injured by a thrown brick while attempting to disperse a gang |
Peter Charles Guthrie, QPM | PC | 21 | Warwickshire & Coventry Constabulary | 22 July 1972 | Shot |
George William Gutteridge | PC | 38 | Essex County Constabulary | 27 September 1927 | Shot |
David Ian Haigh | PC | 25 | North Yorkshire Police | 17 June 1982 | Shot[22] |
Colin John Hall | PC | 40 | West Midlands Police | 29 November 1987 | Collapsed attending a disturbance |
George Pickburn Hammond | PC | 58 | Metropolitan Police | 13 December 1995 | Stabbed |
Andrew Harper | PC | 28 | Thames Valley Police | 15 August 2019 | Dragged by vehicle while investigating a burglary report[23] |
James Harte | PC | 38 | Leith Burgh Police | 4 April 1900 | Collapsed and died during an arrest |
Michael Hawcroft | Sgt | 31 | West Yorkshire Police | 12 March 1981 | Stabbed |
Christopher Head | DS | 30 | Metropolitan Police | 12 August 1966 | Shot alongside Geoffrey Fox and David Wombwell (both qv)[7] |
Arthur John Wilkins Healey | PC | 30 | Metropolitan Police | 13 September 1902 | Fell through roof while searching a premises |
Jonathan Charles Henry | PC | 36 | Bedfordshire Police | 11 June 2007 | Stabbed |
Thomas Hibbs | DC | 23 | London & North Western Railway Police | 10 August 1901 | Bludgeoned and drowned attempting to arrest thieves |
Conal Daood Hills | PC | 36 | West Yorkshire Police | 19 November 2006 | Vehicle crashed during police pursuit |
Kenneth Robert Howorth | CEO | 49 | Metropolitan Police | 26 October 1981 | Killed by an IRA bomb |
Alfred Haddon Hudson | PC | 28 | Leeds City Police | 4 January 1910 | Assaulted attending a disturbance |
Nicola Hughes | PC | 23 | Greater Manchester Police | 18 September 2012 | Shot alongside PC Fiona Bone |
Frank Edwin Hulme | PC | 31 | Hertfordshire Constabulary | 12 December 1958 | Collapsed and died during an arrest |
William Ross Hunt | DS | 56 | Strathclyde Police | 5 June 1983 | Stabbed |
Frederick George Hutchins, QPM | Sgt | 48 | Metropolitan Police | 3 June 1961 | Shot |
Thomas Andrew Jackson | PC | 46 | South Yorkshire Police | 13 December 2003 | Collapsed while dispersing rioters |
Arthur Gordon Jagger | PC | 42 | West Yorkshire Police | 16 July 1951 | Died of wounds after being shot the previous day alongside DI Duncan Alexander Fraser (qv) |
Andrew James | PC | 38 | South Wales Police | 2 August 2003 | Accidentally run over while pursuing suspect[24][lower-alpha 4] |
Robert Johnston | Insp | 41 | City of Glasgow Police | 4 May 1921 | Shot |
Stephen John Jones | PC | 19 | Metropolitan Police | 6 February 1984 | Run over |
Stephen Jones | PC | 34 | Avon and Somerset Constabulary | 17 May 1999 | Run over |
Karpal Kaur Sandhu | PC | 30 | Metropolitan Police | 4 November 1973 | Fatally injured during an arrest[25] |
Desmond Derrick Kellam | PC | 31 | Wiltshire Constabulary | 3 October 1979 | Fatally injured during an arrest[26] |
Kevin Kelliher | PC | 23 | Metropolitan Police | 27 May 1979 | Vehicle crashed during police pursuit |
James Kelly | PC | 34 | Metropolitan Police | 22 February 1920 | Shot |
John William Kew | PC | 29 | West Riding of Yorkshire Constabulary | 11 July 1900 | Shot[27][lower-alpha 5] |
Alan Derek King | Sgt | 41 | Metropolitan Police Service | 29 November 1991 | Stabbed |
Walter Lacey | A/Sgt | 42 | Lancashire Constabulary | 12 September 1978 | Collapsed and died during an arrest |
Clifford Lancaster | PC | 46 | Metropolitan Police | 22 October 1975 | Collapsed and died while searching for suspects |
Noel Joseph Lane | Sgt | 28 | Metropolitan Police | 17 December 1983 | Killed in the Harrods bombing |
Arthur Lawes | PC | 27 | Metropolitan Police | 16 August 1930 | Run over |
Deborah Leat | WPC | 20 | Avon and Somerset Constabulary | 27 November 1986 | Vehicle crashed during police pursuit |
Andrew Stephen Le Comte | PC | 21 | West Midlands Police | 4 February 1984 | Fell from roof while searching for suspects |
Ronald Ian Leeuw | PC | 53 | Metropolitan Police | 11 April 1984 | Collapsed while struggling with a violent prisoner |
David Lewis | Sgt | 41 | Denbighshire Constabulary | 5 October 1916 | Died from injuries sustained in earlier arrest |
Robert Russell Lumsden | PC | 53 | Lothian and Borders Police | 8 August 1986 | Collapsed and died during violent arrest |
Christopher John MacDonald | PC | 19 | Nottinghamshire Police | 17 May 1978 | Beaten and drowned by burglar |
Stewart Cameron MacDonald | PC | 21 | City of Glasgow Police | 22 November 1948 | Struck by a train while pursuing suspects |
James Frederick Macey | PC | 24 | Metropolitan Police | 13 December 1904 | Collapsed and died after an arrest |
Nina Alexandra MacKay | WPC | 25 | Metropolitan Police | 24 October 1997 | Stabbed [28] |
Angus MacLeod MacKenzie, QPM | A/DC | 31 | City of Glasgow Police | 30 December 1969 | Shot |
Samuel MacLean | Sgt | 45 | Dumbartonshire Constabulary | 27 August 1926 | Killed in a traffic collision while searching for a suspect |
John Macleod | PC | 31 | City of Glasgow Police | 4 September 1952 | Shot |
Keith Maddison | PC | 46 | Durham Constabulary | 21 May 1997 | Collapsed and died while pursuing suspects from a stolen vehicle |
John Lewis Marsh | PC | 40 | Wiltshire Constabulary | 5 June 1989 | Collapsed after a violent arrest |
Francis John Mason, QGM | PC | 27 | Hertfordshire Constabulary | 14 April 1988 | Shot |
Adam Mather | PC | 50 | St Helens Borough Police | 19 June 1915 | Collapsed and died during an arrest |
James Daniel McClafferty | Chief Insp | 57 | British Transport Commission Police | 1 October 1954 | Collapsed and died pursuing suspected thief |
Robert Craig Orr McLaren | PC | 42 | Norfolk Constabulary | 31 August 1981 | Vehicle crashed during police pursuit |
Ronan Konrad Aidan McCloskey | PC | 25 | Metropolitan Police | 9 May 1987 | Run over |
William George McKelvie | PC | 34 | Hawick Burgh Police | 20 July 1906 | Assaulted during an arrest |
Walter Marshall McMillan | PC | 30 | British Transport Commission Police | 25 January 1960 | Fatally injured in fall while pursuing suspect |
William Thomas Mellen | SPC | 45 | Herefordshire Constabulary | 20 October 1940 | Assaulted by disorderly suspect |
Robert Benjamin Mercer | PC | 20 | Metropolitan Police | 26 May 1982 | Vehicle crashed during pursuit |
Sidney George Miles, KPM | PC | 42 | Metropolitan Police | 2 November 1952 | Shot by Derek Bentley |
Bryan Reginald Moore | PC | 39 | Leicestershire Constabulary | 15 August 2002 | Rammed by vehicle being pursued |
Hugh John Moore, QPM | Cmdr | 64 | City of London Police | 4 December 1993 | Collapsed during an arrest |
James Morrison, QGM | DC | 26 | Metropolitan Police | 13 December 1991 | Stabbed |
Brian Moss | DC | 26 | Buckinghamshire Constabulary | 25 March 1953 | Fell through roof while searching for intruders |
Andrew Carl Munn | PC | 37 | Leicestershire Constabulary | 15 August 2002 | Rammed by vehicle being pursued[29] |
Peter Munro | PC | 21 | Lanarkshire Constabulary | 7 August 1921 | Fatally injured during an arrest |
George Bertram Mussell, KPM | PC | 40 | Northumberland County Constabulary | 15 April 1913 | Shot[8][lower-alpha 6] |
Robert Nathans | PC | 49 | Greater Manchester Police | 27 February 1999 | Collapsed and died after pursuing suspect on foot |
Stephen Robin Oake, QGM | DC | 40 | Greater Manchester Police | 14 January 2003 | Stabbed[7] |
Jonathan Bruce Odell | PC | 30 | Kent County Constabulary | 19 December 2000 | Run over[7] |
Philip Michael Olds, QGM | PC | 34 | Metropolitan Police | 1 October 1986 | Shot |
James O'Donnell, QPM | DI | 47 | Lancashire Constabulary | 13 December 1958 | Shot |
Francis Joseph O'Neill, QGM | PC | 31 | Metropolitan Police | 25 October 1980 | Stabbed |
Keith Palmer, GM | PC | 48 | Metropolitan Police | 22 March 2017 | Stabbed during Westminster terrorist attack |
Philip Pawsey, QPM | Insp | 40 | Metropolitan Police | 3 June 1961 | Shot |
William John Payne | PC | 37 | Berkshire Constabulary | 7 July 1949 | Collapsed and died after pursuing burglar |
Thomas William Perry | Sgt | 46 | Metropolitan Police | 20 May 1905 | Collapsed and died after an arrest |
David Phillips | PC | 34 | Merseyside Police | 5 October 2015 | Run over during police pursuit |
Joseph Pickering | WRC | 54 | Liverpool City Police | 31 January 1942 | Assaulted during violent arrest |
Hosea Pope | PC | 33 | Monmouthshire Constabulary | 14 July 1911 | Assaulted during violent arrest |
James Brian Porter | DC | 31 | Durham Constabulary | 4 March 1982 | Shot |
John Tremlett Potter | PC | 46 | Devon and Cornwall Constabulary | 2 February 1938 | Bludgeoned during an arrest |
William Ezra Price | PC | 35 | Staffordshire Constabulary | 26 January 1903 | Bludgeoned during an arrest |
Robert Pritchard | PC | 49 | Anglesey Constabulary | 22 November 1924 | Shot |
Raymond William Purdy | DS | 43 | Metropolitan Police | 13 July 1959 | Shot by Guenther Podola |
Matt Ratana | Sgt | 54 | Metropolitan Police | 25 September 2020 | Shot while a man was being detained in a police custody centre[30][31] |
Mandy Dawn Rayner | WPC | 18 | Hertfordshire Constabulary | 13 October 1982 | Vehicle struck during police pursuit |
Gerry Irving Richardson, GC | Supt | 38 | Lancashire Constabulary | 23 August 1971 | Shot |
Brian Arthur Rippingale | PC | 27 | Essex Constabulary | 2 September 1968 | Run over accidentally while pursuing a suspect on foot |
Christopher Roberts | PC | 47 | Metropolitan Police | 26 December 2007 | Collapsed and died after a violent arrest |
Derek John Carnie Robertson | Sgt | 39 | Metropolitan Police | 9 February 1994 | Stabbed |
Raymond George Robinson | Sgt | 55 | British Transport Police | 29 August 1975 | Collapsed while struggling with a violent prisoner |
Thomas Eldred B. Rowland | PC | 23 | Metropolitan Police | 25 December 1919 | Assaulted during an arrest |
George William Russell, QPM | PC | 36 | Cumberland, Westmorland & Carlisle Constabulary | 10 February 1965 | Shot |
Leonard Russell | PC | 34 | Metropolitan Police | 13 November 1904 | Collapsed and died during an arrest |
Paul Salmon | PC | 28 | Hampshire Constabulary | 17 September 1982 | Vehicle crashed during police pursuit |
John Sandford | DC | 45 | Greater Manchester Police | 2 May 1982 | Attacked by youths suspected of indecent assault |
Barry Saunders | PC | 31 | South Yorkshire Police | 24 November 1989 | Fell through roof while searching burgled premises |
Henry William Sawyer | A/Sgt | 36 | Metropolitan Police | 16 February 1918 | Fatally injured during an arrest |
John Schofield | PC | 27 | Surrey Constabulary | 6 July 1974 | Shot |
William Ralph Shiell | PC | 28 | Durham County Constabulary | 1 March 1940 | Shot |
Walter Shillum | PC | 37 | Glamorgan Constabulary | 4 May 1910 | Stabbed |
George Thomas Shepherd | PC | 39 | Metropolitan Police | 9 November 1938 | Dragged by stolen vehicle while attempting an arrest |
Charles William Sheppard | PC | 31 | Birmingham City Police | 23 May 1928 | Beaten while attending a disturbance |
Kulwant Singh Sidhu | PC | 24 | Metropolitan Police | 25 October 1999 | Fell through roof while pursuing suspects |
Anthony Richard Silcock | PC | 25 | Hertfordshire Constabulary | 7 April 1960 | Vehicle crashed during police pursuit |
Charles John Skevington | PC | 41 | West Riding of Yorkshire Constabulary | 19 July 1955 | Vehicle crashed during police pursuit |
Adam Smith | PC | 25 | Perth City Police | 23 April 1909 | Collapsed and died pursuing nuisance youths |
Albert Smith | PC | 35 | Bradford City Police | 25 January 1907 | Assaulted during an arrest |
Dennis Arthur Smith, QPM | PC | 44 | Devon and Cornwall Constabulary | 21 December 1973 | Shot |
Samuel Smith | PC | 36 | Stockport Borough Police | 18 October 1963 | Vehicle crashed during police pursuit |
Ernest Southern | PC | 35 | Lancashire Constabulary | 27 January 1962 | Collapsed attending a violent street affray[32][lower-alpha 7] |
Henry G. A. Speake | PC | 21 | Shrewsbury Borough Police | 3 August 1937 | Drowned after pursuing suspect into a river |
John Richard Speed | Sgt | 39 | West Yorkshire Police | 31 October 1984 | Shot |
James Stanford QGM | DS | 40 | Wolverhampton Borough Police | 20 August 1965 | Stabbed |
Jonathan Michael Stapley | PC | 27 | Avon and Somerset Constabulary | 29 December 1984 | Vehicle crashed during police pursuit |
Matthew Walls Straughan | PC | 36 | Durham County Constabulary | 28 June 1927 | Shot |
Raymond Henry Summers | PC | 23 | Metropolitan Police | 14 December 1958 | Stabbed |
Grant Clifford Sunnucks | PC | 30 | Metropolitan Police | 26 July 1984 | Vehicle crashed during police pursuit |
Michael Swindells, QGM | DC | 44 | West Midlands Police | 21 May 2004 | Stabbed[7] |
Barry John Taylor | Insp | 30 | West Yorkshire Police | 15 February 1970 | Shot |
Frank Taylor | PC | 34 | Hull City Police | 28 May 1948 | Assaulted during violent arrest |
George William Chree Taylor | PC | 27 | Strathclyde Police | 30 November 1976 | Attacked and fatally injured by escaped prisoners |
John David Taylor | PC | 26 | Staffordshire Police | 23 November 1986 | Pushed out of building by suspect |
Ernest Thompson | PC | 32 | Metropolitan Police | 1 December 1900 | Stabbed |
Robert C. Thomson, MBE | ACC | 38 | Edinburgh City Police | 18 July 1940 | Shot |
Stephen Andrew Tibble, QPM | PC | 21 | Metropolitan Police | 26 February 1975 | Shot while assisting colleague when off-duty[33][lower-alpha 8] |
Gary Toms | PC | 37 | Metropolitan Police | 11 April 2009 | Thrown from police vehicle during pursuit[7] |
Jeffrey Barry James Tooley | PC | 26 | Sussex Police | 25 April 1999 | Run over |
John Towers | WRC | 39 | Blackburn Borough Police | 27 December 1943 | Assaulted |
Charles Tucker | Sgt | 46 | City of London Police | 16 December 1910 | Shot - same incident as Sgt Robert Bentley and PC Walter Charles Choat (both qv) |
Isaac Taylor | PC | 30 | Lancashire Constabulary | 24 May 1956 | Vehicle crashed during police pursuit |
William Frederick Tyler | PC | 31 | Metropolitan Police | 29 January 1909 | Shot |
Sydney Arthur Tysoe | PC | 38 | Lancashire Constabulary | 29 November 1949 | Assaulted |
William Balfour Urquhart | PC | 49 | Aberdeen City Police | 22 March 1904 | Collapsed and died attempting an arrest |
Gerald Walker | PC | 42 | Nottinghamshire Police | 9 January 2003 | Run over |
Malcolm Edward Walker | PC | 46 | West Midlands Police | 4 October 2001 | Vehicle struck during a pursuit |
Gary John Veal | PC | 46 | Essex Police | 13 January 2002 | Vehicle struck |
Arthur Walls | Insp | 44 | Eastbourne Borough Police | 9 October 1912 | Shot |
Stephen Paul Walker | PC | 23 | Metropolitan Police | 30 April 1983 | Accidentally run over while pursuing suspects |
Phillip John Walters | PC | 28 | Metropolitan Police | 18 April 1995 | Shot |
George William Wheatley | PC | 31 | South Shields Borough Police | 26 December 1957 | Fell through roof while searching for a suspect |
Michael Anthony Whiting, QPM | PC | 21 | Metropolitan Police | 5 May 1973 | Dragged by vehicle while attempting to arrest the driver |
Kevin Mood Williams | PC | 31 | South Wales Constabulary | 23 October 1986 | Vehicle crashed during police pursuit |
Francis James Willis | DS | 35 | Cambridge Borough Police | 4 June 1930 | Shot |
Albert Willits | PC | 24 | Wolverhampton Borough Police | 18 January 1925 | Shot |
David Thomas Winter | Sgt | 31 | North Yorkshire Police | 28 June 1982 | Shot[22] |
William Adiel Wilkinson | PC | 32 | Leicestershire Constabulary | 25 May 1903 | Shot |
Christopher Francis Wilson | PC | 28 | Devon and Cornwall Constabulary | 20 August 1977 | Contracted fatal illness when spat on during disturbance |
David Wombwell | DC | 25 | Metropolitan Police | 12 August 1966 | Shot alongside Geoffrey Fox and Christopher Head (both qv)[7] |
Ian Weir Woodward | PC | 33 | Lancashire Constabulary | 25 February 1987 | Shot |
William Reynolds Woolley | PC | 37 | Lincolnshire Constabulary | 26 August 1906 | Collapsed and died during an arrest |
Garry Wozencroft | PC | 35 | South Wales Police | 30 June 2000 | Vehicle crashed during police pursuit |
Stewart Mungo Whillis | PC | 37 | Lancashire Constabulary | 15 May 1907 | Assaulted |
James Wright | PC | 38 | Manchester City Police | 20 June 1934 | Run over[34][lower-alpha 9] |
Peter James Wringe | PC | 23 | Essex Police | 4 July 1982 | Fell through roof while searching a premises |
Key to rank abbreviations: A/x = Acting • ACC = Assistant Chief Constable • CEO = Civilian Explosives Officer • Cmdr = Commander • DC = Detective Constable • DI = Detective Inspector • DS = Detective Sergeant • Insp = Inspector • PC = Police Constable • Sgt = Sergeant • SPC = Special Police Constable • Stn Sgt = Station Sergeant • Supt = Superintendent • WPC = Woman Police Constable • WRC = War Reserve Constable.
See also
- List of American police officers killed in the line of duty
- List of Irish police officers killed in the line of duty
- Police Roll of Honour Trust
- National Police Memorial (London)
Notes
- Acreman was injured in the accident on 11 February but died the following day
- Barton was shot at the Sun Inn, Bedlington, trying to evict the landlord; Constable Russell and the pub owner were also killed
- Fulton was stabbed after arriving at a disturbance involving an 18-year old youth in the Gorbals area of Glasgow, Fulton died in Glasgow Victoria Infirmary undergoing surgery.
- James was chasing a teenager in Cardiff following a break-in at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, he was struck by a passing car and died later at the University Hospital of Wales.
- Kew was shot with a revolver in Swinton near Rotherham, while searching a suspect, he died a few hours later at Rotherham Hospital
- Mussell was shot at the Sun Inn, Bedlington trying to evict the landlord, Sgt Barton and the pub owner were also killed
- Southern collapsed outside a hotel in Kirby near Liverpool while dealing with a disturbance, he later died in hospital from cerebral haemorrhage
- Tibble stopped his motorcycle on Charleville Road, London, and attempted to stop a man who was running away from two plain clothes policemen, the man fired at Tibble and ran on. Tibble was wounded twice in the chest and died later at New Charing Cross Hospital
- Knocked down by a motorcar while on point duty on 15 June 1934, died later at Manchester Royal Infirmary
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