History of the Metropolitan Police
Book of Remembrance 1900 - 1949
- Book of Remembrance 1829 - 1899
- Book of Remembrance 1900 - 1949
- Book of Remembrance 1950 - 1999
- Book of Remembrance 2000 - 2009
- Book of Remembrance 2010 -
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| 1900 | PC Ernest William Beckwith Died of disease from the effects of injuries received in the execution of his duty in Whitehall. |
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| PC Richard Henry John Crabb Pensioned following an injury to his spine, received on duty in Greenwich, from which he died. |
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| PC George Stephen Funnell Died from injuries received rescuing three women from a fire in a public house at Hackney. |
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| PC William Goulder Drowned when he fell in the Thames while patrolling his beat during a foggy night at Barnes. |
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| PC Henry John Jiggins Died of disease from the effects of injuries received in the execution of duty in Hammersmith. |
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| PC Frederick James Kidd Drowned in Shadwell dock apparently having accidentally fallen in while on night duty. |
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| PC Ernest Thompson Fatally stabbed in the neck by a man he had moved on at a street disturbance at Whitechapel. |
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| PC George Cooke Died from a ruptured blood vessel resulting from his shouting to wake a sleeping carman near Spitalfields Market. |
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| 1901 | Sgt Neil MacDougall Accidentally shot in the neck at police revolver practice at Eltham and died from his wound. |
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| PC James Newbold Drowned when he fell overboard from a police steam launch while on river patrol off Poplar. |
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| PC Robert Smith Died of disease from the effects of injuries received in the execution of his duty in Hampstead. |
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| 1902 | PC Arthur John Wilkins Healey Fatally injured when he fell through a glass roof while checking premises at Kensington. |
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| DC John Pickering Died of disease from the effects of injuries received in the execution of his duty at Chelsea. |
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| 1903 | PC George Cake Died from head and facial injuries when he accidentally fell while on his beat in Paddington. |
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| PC William Henry Campbell Pensioned and died from injuries received when crushed on crowd control at Marble Arch. |
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| Sgt Henry George Morris Died of disease from the effects of injuries received in the execution of his duty in Holloway. |
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| Sgt Frank Walter Osborne Fatally injured in a collision with a horse and cart while cycling to duty at Hyde Park. |
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| PC James Joseph Wheatley Found drowned off London Docks but how he got into the water could not be ascertained. |
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| 1904 | PC James Frederick Macey Collapsed and died following the arrest of a drunken woman at Kennington. |
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| PC Leonard Russell Collapsed and died while in the act of arresting a man for drunkeness at Tottenham. |
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| 1905 | PC William Percy Croft Pensioned and died from injuries received when he fell into a pit, chasing burglars at Chiswick. |
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| Sgt Thomas William Perry Collapsed and died at the police station after arresting two men for drunkeness at Walworth. |
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| PC Arthur John Sims Collapsed and died after falling down some 17 steps while patrolling his beat at Seven Kings. |
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| 1907 | PC Frederick Paul Mellars Beaten by a gang at Epsom from which he never recovered subsequently dying of disease. |
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| 1908 | D/Sgt Alfred Barton Found drowned by unknown means while engaged on enquiries from Portsmouth Dockyard. |
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| PC George Rolfe Fatally injured when he accidentally collided with a man while cycling at Ruislip. |
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| PC Joseph Williamson Died from injuries received in 1907 when kicked in the head arresting a violent man in Chelsea. |
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| Sgt John Clark Collapsed and died suddenly from a heart attack whilst resuming from duty on the occasion of the King's procession to Parliament. |
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| Sgt James Benjamin Paterson Collapsed and died of heart failure while parading for duty at Albany Street police station |
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| 1909 | PC William Frederick Tyler Shot in the head and killed while pursuing two gunmen after a robbery at Tottenham. |
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| 1911 | PC Frederick William Free Drowned in the canal while operating a security boom at the Royal Gunpowder Factory. |
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| PC Charlie Kent Collapsed and died of heart failure whilst on night duty. |
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| PC Henry Perrett Died suddenly from heart failure while on duty at Kensington Palace. |
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| PC John Brand Collapsed and died suddenly shortly after being relieved from duty at the State Opening of Parliament. |
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| 1912 | Insp Alfred Edward Deeks Collapsed and died after dispersing boys causing a nuisance outside a chapel at West Ealing. |
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| Sgt Walter James Heath Died after being accidentally shot unloading a revolver he used at the Royal Naval College. |
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| PC Charles William Soanes Collapsed and died during the early hours whilst on his beat in Bermondsey. |
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| 1913 | Sgt George Ernest Spooner Fell overboard and drowned when his police motor boat struck a barge near Southwark Bridge. |
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| PC David Stotesbury Died from the effects of injuries received in 1896 when kicked by a prisoner at Islington. |
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| 1914 | RPC William Henry Edwards Killed when accidentally knocked off his cycle by a motor car outside Kenley Police Station. |
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| PC George Johnson Died from injuries received when he was accidentally knocked down by a train at Battersea. |
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| SC James John Christopher Potts Collapsed and died after assisting to arrest a violent prisoner while off duty at Westminster. |
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| SC John Edward Quinnell Found dead in the river at Winchmore Hill where he had been on duty at the pumping station. |
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| Ch Insp Francis Harry Rolfe Died from injuries sustained by a fall over a rope barrier whilst on duty at Shrewsbury. |
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| PC Alfred Thomas Smith Died from the effects of injuries received in the execution of his duty in Paddington Division. |
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| SC Harry W. Wood Collapsed and died of heart failure whilst on duty at the Beeches Halt Bridge, Epsom |
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| 1915 | SC Harry William Causbrook Killed by a bomb explosion after he left work in the City to report for duty in an enemy air raid. |
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| SC George Eli Fowler Killed when hit by a motor car in the Edgware Road near Hendon, while he was going on duty. |
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| SC Alexander Addison Marnie Killed on duty at Southwark when he slipped between a wharf and a vessel fracturing his skull. |
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| SC Edwin Henry Armstrong Newman Run down by a train while crossing the railway line on duty on a foggy night in Edmonton. |
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| SC Thomas Joseph Pinchon Killed by a bomb explosion at Holborn while reporting for duty during an enemy air raid. |
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| SC George John Wiley Collapsed and died assisting when an army bi-plane made a forced landing at Thames Ditton. |
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| DC Alfred Young KPM Shot dead at Hampstead when attempting to arrest a wanted man he knew may be armed. |
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| 1916 | SC William Alfred Ellis Drowned when he fell in the Regent's Canal while on patrol on a stormy night at King's Cross. |
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| Insp Daniel Hubbard Killed while cycling on duty at Putney when he was thrown off and run over by an omnibus. |
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| D/Sgt Matthew McLoughlin Drowned in the sinking of HMS Hampshire near Orkney, while bodyguard to Lord Kitchener. |
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| PC Harold Frank Ricketts While on holiday at Teignmouth he drowned when attempting to rescue a boy from a river. |
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| D/Ch/Insp Alfred William Ward Killed when Scotland Yard was hit by a bomb from a Zeppelin air ship during an enemy air raid. |
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| 1917 | PC Michael Donovan Drowned when he fell in the dock while on patrol on a stormy night at Chatham Dockyard. |
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| PC Edward George Brown Greenoff KPM Fatally injured in an explosion while evacuating a burning munitions factory at Silvertown. |
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| SC Henry Willis Shields King Killed by a bomb explosion while reporting for duty during an enemy air raid at Brixton. |
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| PC Lawrence James Quibell Fatally injured in a road accident while out practising with the Rosyth Dockyard fire engine. |
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| PC John Edwin Settrington Pensioned and died from the effects of injuries to his spine received on duty in Southwark. |
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| PC Alfred Smith Killed during an air raid at Finsbury after ensuring a large number of factory girls took cover. |
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| Stn Sgt William James Wheeler Took his own life while insane from the effects of injuries received on duty in Greenwich. |
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| 1918 | PC Herbert Berry Collapsed and died from the effects of injuries received while making an arrest in Euston Road. |
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| PC James Owen Hardy KPM Injured arresting a poacher in 1916, he never fully recovered dying in a cycle crash at Croydon. |
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| PC George Henry Richard Judge Fatally injured while on night duty when struck by a car which failed to stop at Cricklewood. |
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| D/Sgt Charles Richard Lee Pensioned and died in an asylum from the effects of injuries received on duty at Hackney. |
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| PC William Peck Pensioned and died in an asylum from the effects of injuries received on duty in Hampstead. |
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| A/Sgt Henry William Sawyer |
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| PC Edward William Swan Fatally injured when run over by an army lorry while on point duty at Woolwich Dockyard. |
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| 1919 | PC Frederick James Beeson Pensioned in 1902 and died from injuries received in the execution of his duty at Highgate. |
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| PC Frank Bryant KPM Died from injuries received in 1918 rescuing a dangerous lunatic from drowning at Ilford. |
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| Stn Sgt Thomas Green Struck on the head and fatally wounded when a rioting mob attacked Epsom Police Station. |
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| PC Frederick William Lambert Killed when he was run over attempting to stop a runaway horse and trap at Stamford Hill. |
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| Ch/Insp Frederick James Rivett Fatally injured when he was thrown from his horse and fractured his skull at Westminster. |
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| PC Thomas Eldred Briggs Rowland Died from a fractured skull after being assaulted while attempting an arrest at Walworth. |
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| PC George William Saunders Died from a heart attack whilst convalescing after being stabbed and beaten whilst on duty |
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| 1920 | PC Page Mayes Janeway Died of cancer believed aggravated when injured in the Epsom Police Station riot in 1919. |
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| PC James Kelly Shot three times and fatally wounded while pursuing an armed burglar he disturbed at Acton. |
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| Sgt Alfred James Tyler Fatally injured when he was knocked down by a motor van while on patrol at Swiss Cottage. |
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| PC William Hoar Collapsed and died in the street soon after being relieved from point duty |
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| D/Sgt William Cecil Roberts While on a train journey to London returning from duties in Scotland, where he had become ill, he collapsed and died from heart failure in Nottinghamshire |
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| 1921 | PC William Henry Baseby Killed while travelling home on duty when his bicycle skidded on tramlines at Hammersmith. |
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| PC William George Hallett Fatally injured while on patrol in Drury Lane when hit by a stolen car driven by a drunk driver. |
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| PC David Henry Wroth Died of disease from the effects of an accidental injury received on duty in Croydon Division. |
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| 1922 | PC John Thomas Johnstone Pensioned in 1921 and took his own life while of unsound mind as a result of an injury on duty. |
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| 1923 | PC Albert Ernest Cordwell Pensioned in 1916 and later died from the effects of injuries received on duty in Holborn. |
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| 1924 | PC Arthur Owen Holdaway Died of injuries received in 1923 when knocked down by a tram, while on duty in Camberwell. |
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| PC Edward Lock Fatally injured when he was knocked down by a car after stopping a cyclist on Kingston Hill. |
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| 1925 | PC John Lloyd Pensioned in 1921 and later died from the effects of injuries received on duty in Southwark. |
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| 1926 | Sgt Tom Ivor Whitney Died of disease from the effects of injuries received in the execution of his duty in Paddington. |
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| PC Victor James Wilson Pensioned in 1924 and later died from the effects of injuries received on duty in Lambeth. |
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| 1927 | Sgt Leonard Carter While checking insecure premises in Pall Mall he fell 35 feet down a shaft and was killed. |
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| PC Edwin Percy Cook Killed by fumes trying to rescue two men collapsed in an inspection chamber at Notting Hill. |
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| PC Thomas Edmund Moulton Died from multiple injuries received in a road accident while cycling on duty at Whitechapel. |
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| Stn Sgt Anthony Sullivan Knocked down by a car while on foot patrol in Brixton sustaining fatal head injuries. |
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| 1928 | PC David Brotherstone Cleghorn Died from injuries he received in an motor cycle accident at Windsor while travelling to duty. |
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| PC Sidney Ernest Eldridge Fatally injured in a collision with a lorry while cycling to duty at Kenley. |
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| PC Samuel Henry Luscombe Killed in a road accident when hit by a car, while cycling home from late turn duty at Hendon. |
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| PC Raymond Cyril Mitchell Fatally injured when struck by a motor cycle combination while on point duty at Wallington. |
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| 1929 | PC William George Benton Pensioned in 1928 and died from injuries received on traffic duty at Chiswick when hit by a car. |
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| PC David Fleming Ford Killed when he fell through a glass roof while pursuing burglars across rooftops at Lambeth. |
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| PC John Arthur Self Fatally injured when knocked to the ground while questioning a suspect at Golders Green. |
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| Insp Arthur Victor Tullett Killed on duty at West Wickham when his motorcycle, driven by a colleague, hit a lorry. |
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| 1930 | PC Arthur Lawes Fatally injured attempting to stop a stolen car being driven without lights at night at Tooting. |
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| PC Henry James Mullins Found drowned in the Thames nearby where he had been on point duty in Red Lion Square. |
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| PC Harry Falshaw-Skelly Fatally injured in a motorcycle accident while travelling to duty at Shepherds Bush. |
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| 1931 | PC William George Ware Drowned when his police motor patrol boat was struck by a steam tug and sank near Chiswick. |
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| PC Walter Roland Thompson Killed in a road accident at Holloway while cycling home from Clerkenwell Police Court. |
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| Sgt Walter Norman Savage Fatally injured while cycling home from duty at South Mimms when struck by a car at Barnet. |
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| PC George William Allen PC Harry Cautherley Killed together when their motorcycle combination crashed while pursuing a car at Beckenham. |
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| 1932 | Sgt Albert Frank Burge After the violent arrest of two gunmen at Brixton he became ill and suffered a stroke and died. |
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| 1933 | PC Sidney Leslie George Bird Fatally injured going off night duty when his motorcycle collided with a van at West Ham. |
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| PC Albert Ernest Packer Pensioned in 1932 and died of disease resulting from an injury received on duty in Greenwich. |
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| PC Frederick William Percy Fatally injured on point duty at Chelsea when a cab collided with a lorry which fell onto him. |
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| 1934 | PC George McGowan Bruce Knocked down and killed by a motor car whilst cycling to night duty at Winchmore Hill. |
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| PC James Robert Carter Fatally injured while on point duty at night at Hampstead when knocked down by a motor car. |
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| Sgt Harold Victor Glasby Drowned while saving his wife and two sons when their boat capsized at Danson Park Lake. |
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| 1935 | PC Joseph Diboll Collapsed and died from a heart attack after assisting a woman injured in the street at Sutton. |
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| PC Henry Arthur Groves Fatally injured when thrown from his horse while attempting to avoid pedestrians in The Mall. |
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| PC James Warrender Thomson KPM While trying to clear a crowd from the path of a lorry at Barnet Fair he was struck and killed. |
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| 1936 | PC Joseph Alfred Allaway Killed while on bicycle patrol at night when he was struck by a speeding car near Colnbrook. |
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| 1937 | Stn Sgt Frederick William Parncutt and PC
Robert William Pester Drowned when their patrol boat was struck by a tug and sank near Poplar. |
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| PC Frederick John Stevens Fatally injured in a road accident while cycling home from temporary duty at Scotland Yard. |
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| PC Albert Arthur Taylor Drowned with SPS Parncut when their patrol boat was struck by a tug and sank near Poplar. |
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| PC Bernard Tutt Fatally injured saving children from a vehicle which mounted the pavement in Marylebone. |
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| 1938 | PC James Hicks Pensioned in 1927 and subsequently died from an injury received on duty in Whitechapel. |
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| PC George Thomas Shepherd Killed as he clung to a stolen car to arrest the driver who drove off and crashed at Hampstead. |
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| 1939 | PC William Hall Fatally injured when struck by car, while in full uniform cycling to duty at Rochester Row. |
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| R/Sgt William Donald Huggins Killed when hit by a car whilst cycling in uniform to report for duty at Enfield Police Station. |
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| WRC Israel Abrahams (also known as John Morgan) Fatally injured when hit by a tram in the blackout while on his beat on Victoria Embankment. |
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| PC George Rodney Southworth Killed in a fall from a building in Harley Street attempting to extinguish a light in the black-out. |
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| PC Ronald William Vigour Fatally injured while cycling home from duty when knocked down by a lorry at Stratford. |
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| 1940 | PC Charles Lionel Abbott Killed by a bomb when he went to help with rescue work during an air raid in Westminster. |
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| PC George Henry Aldred Killed while on duty during an enemy air raid when a bomb struck Putney Section House. |
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| PC Horace Edward Andrews Fatally injured by a bomb explosion while on duty during an enemy air raid at Camberwell. |
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| WRC Jack William Avery Stabbed and fatally wounded questioning a suspect near the gun emplacements in Hyde Park. |
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| WRC Reginald Frederick Block Died from injuries received during an enemy air raid at the Power Station, St John's Wood. |
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| WRC George Bromley Borham WRC Leonard Bowes PC John Brown WRC Thomas Henry Coe WRC Thomas Henry Craven WRC Llewellyn Robert Davies PC Clifford Howell Davies WRC Gerard Audley Fred Harvey PC Charles MacInnes WRC George Edward Smith RPC Charles Summers WRC George Thomas Wallis All twelve officers killed when Kilburn Section House was destroyed during an enemy air raid. |
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| WRC Frederick Broadhurst Killed by a bomb explosion while on duty during an enemy air raid at Westminster. |
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| PC Henry Thomas Brooks Killed by the accidental discharge of a police revolver issued to him at Chelsea Police Station. |
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| WRC Leslie Horace Frank Brown Killed by the explosion of a bomb during an enemy air raid at Chelsea. |
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| WRC Alexander Bruce WRC Thomas Oswald Bell Cockburn Both officers were killed by the explosion of a bomb during an enemy air raid at Ruislip. |
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| Stn Sgt Wilfred John Chilcott Killed while on duty during an enemy air raid when a bomb struck Putney Section House. |
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| SC Leonard Francis Clarke Fatally injured by a bomb explosion while guarding a disabled enemy aircraft at Woolwich. |
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| WRC William David Collier WRC Charles Neville Squires Killed together by the explosion of a land mine during an enemy air raid at Holborn. |
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| D/Sgt Frank Truscott Collins DC Bernard McLaughlin PC Reginald William Stanbridge All died of injuries received when a parachute mine exploded at West End Central Police Station. |
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| SC Charles James Emes WRC Charles Richard Scutt Killed together by a bomb explosion while on patrol during an enemy air raid at Beddington. |
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| RPC John Stanislaus Freed Killed by the explosion of a bomb at Chislehurst Police Box, during an enemy air raid. |
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| WRC Simeon Oscar Glen WRC Arthur Needham Myers Killed together by the explosion of a bomb during an enemy air raid at Hammersmith. |
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| WRC George Albert Gray Killed by a bomb explosion during an enemy air raid outside the Town Hall at Camberwell. |
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| PC Garfield George Hill WRC Ben Roy Parker Killed together by a bomb explosion while on duty during an air raid at Wembley. |
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| WRC Charles Henry James Huck Killed by a bomb as he left a shelter to investigate a fire during an enemy air raid at Islington. |
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| WRC Harold Edgar Lambert Died of injuries received during an air raid from a shell explosion at the police box, Wallington. |
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| Insp Henry James Ernest Lane Killed by the explosion of a delayed action bomb while on duty after an air raid at East Ham. |
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| SC Ronald Percy Lewis S/Sub-Insp Herbert James Patrick Linkins PC William Clarence Locke S/Sgt George Alfred Martin Killed together when a high explosive bomb hit Greenwich Police Station during an air raid. |
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| PC Thomas McHattie Died of injuries received from a shell explosion on duty during an enemy air raid at Shoreditch. |
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| PC Alexander McKinnon Fatally injured when his police motorcycle was struck by a lorry he was escorting at Finchley. |
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| WRC Lewis William Morgan Died of injuries received from a bomb explosion during an enemy air raid at Croydon. |
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| PC William George Morgan Killed in a collision with a bus at Sidcup whilst cycling to report for duty during the blackout. |
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| Sgt Herbert Charles Paisley Killed by the explosion of a delayed action bomb while evacuating a house at Coulsdon. |
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| WRC Thomas Robert Pickett Fatally injured by a bomb explosion during an enemy air raid at Hackney. |
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| PC Edgar Gerald Benjamin Price Killed by a bomb explosion when, off duty, he went to help in an enemy air raid at Chiswick. |
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| PC Hubert Raymond Church Pryce Fatally injured by a high explosive bomb while on duty during an enemy air raid at Paddington. |
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| S/Sgt Herbert George Ross-Myring Died from injuries sustained cycling home from duty, when struck by a car at South Norwood. |
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| PC William Henry Richards Killed by a bomb explosion while on duty at Edmonton Police Station during an enemy air raid. |
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| WRC Ernest Christopher G. V. Taylor Killed in a fall from a wall, attempting to extinguish a light during an enemy air raid at Chelsea. |
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| WRC Francis Gervas Edwin Taylor Killed by the explosion of a bomb during an enemy air raid at Holborn. |
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| WRC Arthur William Gurr Thorburn Killed by a delayed action bomb while guarding an area after an enemy air raid at Crayford. |
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| WRC Douglas Hugh G.Van-Den-Bossche Fatally injured while cycling home after night duty when in collision with a car at Edgware. |
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| PC John Charles Vaughan Killed by a land mine during an air raid while on duty at Broadcasting House, St. Marylebone. |
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| PC William Stephen Waistell Fatally injured by a bomb explosion while cycling to duty during an enemy air raid at Lambeth. |
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| PC George Walker Killed while on patrol at Hackney from the explosion of a gas main following an enemy air raid. |
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| WRC Arthur Wilfred White Killed by the explosion of a bomb during an enemy air raid at Ealing. |
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| PC Edwin Charles Castle Found collapsed in a Police Box at Carshalton and died of heart failure |
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| 1941 | D/Sgt Nicholas Harvey Ball Killed by a bomb when he went to assist on his way home during an air raid at Westminster. |
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| Sub-Div/Insp Frederick Ernest Bennett KC Died of wounds received when extinguishing an incendiary bomb during an air raid at Ilford. |
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| Stn/Sgt Bertram Jesse Carpenter Fatally injured by a bomb explosion having left his home to assist during an air raid at Holborn. |
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| Insp Leonard Frank Clark Stn/Sgt John Pattison Curry Sub-Div/Insp MacAllan Vivers Gibson WRC Thomas Anthony Killeen PC James William Rosam D/Sgt Alick Thomas Stanley The six officers were all killed in an enemy air raid when a bomb hit Holloway Police Station. |
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| WRC Leslie Reginald Craydon PC Walter Henry Murton KC Both fatally injured by a bomb while on duty during an air raid at Rotherhithe. |
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| D/Sgt Alfred John Davey D/Insp George Alfred Haynes D/Insp Albert O'Sullivan Killed together by a bomb explosion while on CID enquiries during an air raid at Bromley. |
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| WRC Gordon Farrant WRC Arthur Ernest Stead Killed together at the House of Commons when it was hit by bombs during an enemy air raid. |
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| SC Arthur Cecil Guest Fatally wounded when accidentally shot by an instructor at firearms training in Hampstead. |
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| PC William Stephen Harrison Pensioned and later took his own life while of unsound mind resulting from an injury on duty. |
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| WRC Albert Stanley Hinds Killed during an air raid by an anti-aircraft shell explosion outside Loughton Police Station. |
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| SC Wilfred Fitzroy Stanley Jakeman WRC Alfred Edward Knapp PC Charles Swift Killed together by a bomb explosion while on duty during an enemy air raid at Kensington. |
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| WRC Thomas Henry Jones Killed by a bomb explosion at Chingford, cycling to report for duty during an enemy air raid. |
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| PC Arthur Charles Levins Killed by the explosion of a delayed action bomb while on duty after an air raid at Whitechapel. |
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| WRC Alexander Harris Levy WRC George Frederick Tree Killed together by a bomb explosion during an enemy air attack at Stepney. |
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| SC Bertie Samuel Walter Marzetti Fatally injured in a collision with a lorry while cycling on duty in the black-out at Wood Green. |
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| PC Charles Henry Moore Killed when Sydenham Police Station was hit by a parachute mine during an enemy air raid. |
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| Sgt Charles Edward Murray KC Fatally injured by the explosion of a bomb whilst on duty during an air raid at West Ham. |
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| PC George Frederick Bernard Niblett Killed by the explosion of a parachute mine while on duty during an air raid at Westminster. |
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| PC Stephen Christopher Robertson Fatally injured while dealing with incendiary bombs at Buckingham Palace during an air raid. |
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| SC William Joseph Sutch Fatally injured in a motorcycle accident riding to duty in the blackout at West Hampstead. |
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| PC James Frederick Tottey Killed by a bomb explosion when he left his home to assist during an air raid at Greenwich. |
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| PC Herbert Wakeman Killed by a bomb explosion while watching for incendiaries during an air raid at Camberwell. |
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| WRC Joseph Ward Fatally injured by a bomb explosion during an enemy air raid at Chelsea. |
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| R/Insp Arthur Elijah Wells Fatally injured by a bomb explosion at East Greenwich Police Station during an enemy air raid. |
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| PC William Edward Whellams Killed by a bomb explosion while on duty during an enemy air raid at Hendon. |
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| WRC Charles Henry Wilding Fatally injured by the explosion of a bomb during an enemy air raid at Marylebone. |
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| 1942 | S/Sgt William Grout Killed in a road accident while cycling home at night from duty in Southgate. |
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| Sgt Edwin Charles Towers Died at Camberwell after being concerned in an accident whilst travelling on the prison van. |
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| PC Henry Howard Tripp Found dead beside his cycle in Eltham apparently having collapsed whilst riding the machine to go on duty at Shooters Hill police station. |
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| 1943 | WRC Frederick Walter Browne Killed by an anti-aircraft shell explosion during an enemy air raid at Holborn. |
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| Sgt Neville Richard Lucey Killed when off duty but attempting to extinguish incendiaries during an air raid at Willesden. |
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| PC Harry Pickett Killed when struck by a passing lorry while questioning a suspect in a vehicle at Banstead. |
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| 1944 | PC Frederick Ernest Clarke Killed by enemy action from the explosion of a V2 long range rocket at Wood Green. |
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| R/Insp Alfred John Giles Insp Bernard Sylvester Killed together by a flying bomb explosion during an enemy air attack at Wimbledon. |
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| WPC Bertha Massey Gleghorn Fatally injured when Tottenham Court Road Police Station was struck by a flying bomb. |
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| PC Henry Charles Ernest Howell Fatally injured while on bicycle patrol in the blackout when run down by a lorry at Surbiton. |
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| WRC Ernest Frank Hunt Killed by a flying bomb explosion during an enemy air attack at Battersea. |
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| WRC Albin Keller Killed by a flying bomb explosion during an enemy air attack at Lambeth. |
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| PC Walter Stewart Killed by the explosion of a flying bomb while he was on motorcycle patrol at Stepney. |
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| PC Walter Charles Tralau Fatally injured on his beat at Chingford when his bicycle was hit by a vehicle in the blackout. |
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| 1945 | D/Sgt Harry Joseph Battley Killed in an aeroplane crash off Lampedusa while on protection duty to the Foreign Secretary. |
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| PC William Arthur Sharp Fatally injured by the explosion of a V2 long range rocket while on duty at East Ham. |
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| 1946 | PC Arthur William Reynolds Fatally injured when struck by a US Navy jeep, while on bicycle patrol at night at Kensington. |
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| 1947 | PC Gilbert Edward Perkins PC Leslie Edwin Thompson Both officers were killed when their wireless car crashed on an urgent call at Woodford. |
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| Sub-Div/Insp Oscar Thomas Thompson Killed in a car accident while engaged with the Allied Control Commission in Germany. |
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| 1948 | PC Nathanael Edgar Shot three times and fatally wounded by a suspect he was questioning at Winchmore Hill. |
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| PC Patrick George Fitzgerald Fatally injured in a road accident when he crashed whilst on motorcycle patrol at Surbiton. |
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| PC Albert Goodsall KPM His death was hastened by excessive hours of work over many years as Federation Secretary. |
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| PC Arthur Edward Quemby Killed whilst performing motorcycle beat duty when he skidded on an icy road at Ickenham. |
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| 1949 | PC John Henry Andrews Fatally injured when his motorcycle collided with a lorry while proceeding to duty at Catford. |
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| PC Harry Harding Fatally injured when his police motorcycle hit a car, which pulled across his path at Hooley. |
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| PC Albert Victor Hawkins Fatally injured while cycling to duty at Ealing Magistrates Court when he crashed in a fog. |
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| D/Sgt Peter Scanlan Died of disease resulting from the effects of an injury received on duty in Chelsea Division. |
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