History of the Metropolitan Police
Book of Remembrance 1950 - 1999
- 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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| 1950 | PC George Ronald Cooper Killed in a collision with a lorry whilst on motorcycle traffic patrol on the Great West Road. |
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| PC Samuel Arthur Lock Killed when accidentally shot while cleaning a police pistol at Wood Green Police Station. |
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| Sgt Thomas Armstrong McFadzean Died from a fractured skull after an accidental fall on the pavement while on duty in Aldwych. |
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| PC Robert Gilchrist B. Martin Died from injuries after crashing on a wet road while on motorcycle traffic patrol at Bedfont. |
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| 1952 | Stn/Sgt Francis Henry Clark Stn/Sgt Thomas Davidson Speedy Killed together in a coach accident returning from Hendon to the Police College. |
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| Sgt Frederick Henry Keil Died from a brain tumour resulting from the effects of an injury received on duty in Hackney. |
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| PC Sidney George Miles KPFSM Shot in the head and killed going to assist with armed suspects trapped on a roof in Croydon. |
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| Sgt John Alexander Penfold Died from heart disease, resulting from the effects of injuries received on duty in Kilburn. |
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| PC Ronald Victor Saunders Fatally injured when his autocycle was in collision with a lorry whilst on duty in Lambeth. |
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| 1953 | D/Sgt Harold John Whatley Fatally injured in a car accident at Cranford whilst travelling to duty at London Airport. |
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| 1954 | PC David John Barrett Killed in a collision with a lorry while on an advanced motorcycle course at Hunton Bridge. |
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| PC Percy James Claxton Fatally injured in an explosion investigating a suspected suicide and gas escape at Hampstead. |
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| PC Roy Edgar Dellow Killed when his motorcycle was in collision with a car, which reversed out of a driveway in Camden Town, while returning to his Section House from night duty. |
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| 1955 | PC John Fitzgerald Killed shortly after he came off duty at Windsor Castle when his cycle collided with a car. |
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| 1956 | T/Sgt Leonard Alfred Demmon QPM Shot and killed by EOKA terrorists while seconded to the UK Police Unit in Cyprus. |
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| T/Sgt Maurice Eden GM Killed by the accidental discharge of his revolver while with the UK Police Unit in Cyprus. |
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| Sgt George William Goggins Killed while under police driving instruction when his car collided with a lorry near Dunstable. |
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| T/Sgt Reginald William Tipple Shot and killed by an EOKA terrorist while seconded to the UK Police Unit in Cyprus. |
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| 1957 | PC John Laurenson Baker Killed when his motorcycle collided with a lorry, while travelling to duty at Plaistow. |
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| Supt Cornelius Carson Collapsed and died going to the assistance of a child after a fire at Hackney Police Station. |
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| 1958 | PC Royston Ernest Adams Fatally injured while on patrol when his motorcycle skidded on ice and crashed at Feltham. |
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| PC Edgar Gerald Allen Killed when his motorcycle crashed into railings while pursuing a speeding car in Chiswick. |
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| PC Royston William Hird Fatally injured when his police traffic patrol car crashed into a bus standard at Colindale. |
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| PC Raymond Henry Summers Stabbed in the back and killed when he intervened in a street gang affray at night at Holloway. |
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| Supt Thomas George James Collapsed and died in the police car taking him to duty at Waltham Green. |
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| 1959 | PC Melvin Davies Fatally injured in a collision with a car, whilst on lightweight motorcycle patrol at Greenford. |
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| D/Sgt Raymond William Purdy Shot dead while detaining a wanted man he had chased and arrested in South Kensington. |
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| 1960 | PC Ronald Alan Addison Collapsed and died from a heart attack aggravated by exertion chasing suspects at Euston. |
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| PC Edward Roy Dorney Hit by a train and killed with his police dog while tracking suspects on the railway at Deptford. |
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| PC Terence Daniel Furnell Fatally injured as observer in a patrol car which crashed on an emergency in Gray's Inn Road. |
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| PC Harold William Hauxwell Fatally injured travelling home from duty, when his motorcycle collided with a car at Hanwell. |
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| PC Leslie Edwin Vincent Meehan A suspect in a car in Woolwich drove off with him on the side and he was run over and killed. |
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| 1961 | DC Peter George Bridgwood Killed driving a CID car, which collided with a lamp standard in the early hours at Morden. |
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| Sgt Frederick George Hutchins QPM Insp Philip Pawsey QPM Both officers were shot and fatally wounded when pursuing and attempting to arrest an armed suspect who escaped from West Ham Police Station. |
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| 1962 | PC James Frederick J. S. Flett GM Killed in a car crash while travelling home after completing a tour of night duty at Dagenham. |
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| PC Roderick Mackay Munro A dog handler, killed being taken to an emergency call when the patrol car crashed at Catford. |
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| 1963 | Insp Richard Charles Bruton Fatally injured in a motorcycle accident travelling home from duty in Chelsea Division. |
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| PC Brian Bernard Joseph Holden Fatally injured while on lightweight motorcycle patrol at night when struck by a car at Ealing. |
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| D/Sgt Kenneth Francis Jordan Collapsed and died of heart failure while on Special Branch duty at Heathrow Airport. |
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| 1964 | PC David Alyn Jones Killed in an accident at Chichester while under instruction on a lightweight motorcycle course. |
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| DC John Bell Maughan Killed when observer in a police crime car which collided with a private car at Thornton Heath. |
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| PC George Ernest White Killed in a patrol car crash at Lewisham escorting heart technicians on an urgent hospital call. |
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| 1965 | PC Dennis Edward Cowell Drowned in the Thames when a police launch capsized towing a broken-down Customs boat. |
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| D/Sgt Ian Anthony Herbert Killed in a road accident whilst travelling home having just finished duty at Sydenham. |
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| PC Eric McLaughlan Killed on his way to late turn duty when his moped was in collision with a lorry at Stratford. |
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| D/Supt Ben Brynmor Devonald Collapsed and died in his office at Greenwich police station. |
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| 1966 | PC Geoffrey Roger Fox D/Sgt Christopher Tippett Head TDC David Stanley Bertram Wombwell All shot dead without warning as they questioned three suspects in a van at Shepherds Bush. |
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| PC Thomas George Alfred Jackson Died from heart disease aggravated by excessive periods of duty on prisoner escorts. |
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| PC John Loudon Fatally injured returning home after late turn duty when his motorcycle hit a car at Lambeth. |
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| PC Sidney Mark Cyril Seager Killed while on motorcycle traffic patrol, when a lorry overturned onto him at Hounslow. |
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| PC Kenneth Charles Wilkinson Fatally injured on traffic patrol when his police motorcycle collided with a car at Loughton. |
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| 1967 | PC Desmond Morgan Acreman Fatally injured when hit by a car, while chasing suspected thieves across a road at Plumstead. |
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| PC Paul Robert Cherry Killed while the radio operator in a patrol car, which crashed on an emergency call in Bromley. |
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| DC Terence Day Killed in a car accident while travelling home from duty at City Road Police Station. |
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| PC James Brian May Killed when he was struck by a lorry while directing traffic at a road junction in Wood Green. |
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| Sgt David Edward Westney Killed while giving police motorcycle instruction at Hendon when two machines collided. |
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| 1968 | PC George Arthur Dale Fatally injured when his police patrol car went out of control and crashed at Wimbledon. |
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| 1969 | PC Michael John Davies Fatally stabbed while off duty after identifying himself to warn a man on Wimbledon Common. |
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| PC Ronald Reginald Pell Fatally injured while an observer in a patrol car, which crashed into another vehicle at Enfield. |
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| PC David John Prior Fatally injured in a scooter accident returning to Brixton Police Station on a split tour of duty. |
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| 1970 | PC Christopher Billson Fatally injured in a car accident on the North Circular Road while travelling to early turn duty. |
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| Sgt David James Hems Fatally injured in a motorcycling accident while travelling to report for duty at Hackney. |
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| 1971 | PC Robert Stanley Beazer Killed in a patrol car crash answering an emergency call to a boy savaged by dogs. |
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| PC Douglas Frederick Beckerson Killed in a fall through a glass roof trying to arrest a violent suspect at Baker Street Station. |
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| TDC Alan Choules Drowned while off duty after saving the life of a boy following a boat capsize at Staines. |
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| PC Michael Eaton De Lisle Ince Killed when his patrol car collided with an area car answering an emergency call at Clerkenwell. |
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| 1972 | DC David Eric Dench Killed while on enquiries when a van driven by a drunk driver struck his car at East Dulwich. |
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| PC George William Higgs |
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| PC Douglas John Price Fatally injured when a motorcycle landed on him during training for a police display. |
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| 1973 | PC George Edward Sweeting Fatally injured in a police motorcycle convoy when he collided with a van at Walthamstow. |
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| PC Michael Anthony Whiting QPM Killed when a suspect vehicle drove off as he clung to the side and crashed in Oxford Street. |
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| Sgt Stewart Will Drowned while on holiday attempting to rescue a girl in difficulties in the sea at North Berwick. |
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| 1974 | Insp David George Gisborne Collapsed and died two days after a riot in Red Lion Square which contributed to his death. |
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| TDC Vernon Rupert F. Weatherston Suffered a fatal heart attack when involved in a collision whilst driving a CID car at Surbiton. |
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| 1975 | ExpO Captain Roger Philip Goad GC, BEM Killed by the explosion of a terrorist bomb, which he was attempting to defuse in Kensington. |
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| PC Stephen Andrew Tibble QPM Fatally shot while off duty trying to stop a man being chased by colleagues in Hammersmith. |
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| 1977 | PC Alan Baxter Killed when his police car crashed while pursuing a suspect car on a flyover at Croydon. |
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| PC Derek James Bottomley Killed on an advanced driving course when the police car hit a lorry near High Wycombe. |
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| PC John Alfred Clarke Fatally injured in a motorcycle accident returning home from late duty on Catford Division. |
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| PC Andrew Malcolm Douglas Killed in a motorcycle accident while returning home from duty at Harrow Road station. |
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| PC Richard Kenrick Hamilton Killed when his patrol car crashed answering an emergency call to a disturbance in Balham. |
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| 1978 | PC Patrick Alan Frederick Croake Fatally injured after colliding with an elderly pedestrian while on motorcycle patrol in The Mall. |
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| D/Sgt Stuart Arthur Pinder Fatally injured while on night CID duty when his car collided with a tree on Kingston Hill. |
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| 1979 | Sgt Roger Edward Coyne Killed while reporting for night duty when his moped was hit by a drunken driver near Harrow. |
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| PC Malcolm John Fraser Killed in a motorcycle accident returning to the section house from duty at Willesden Green. |
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| PC Kevin Kelliher Killed when observer in a police van which crashed when in pursuit of a stolen car in Stepney. |
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| D/Sgt Ian David Smith Killed when his car crashed on an icy road returning home after night CID duty at Kingston. |
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| 1980 | PC Francis Joseph O'Neill QGM Fatally stabbed when questioning a suspect whilst on plain clothes duty at Waterloo. |
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| PC Alan Edward Smith Fatally injured in a motorcycle accident travelling in connection with his duties at Croydon. |
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| PC James Ralph Barber Snowdon Fatally injured in a road accident while riding a police motorcycle on Traffic patrol at Northolt. |
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| 1981 | PC Daniel John Clarke A traffic motorcyclist, killed in a crash at Holloway while en route to escort an abnormal load. |
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| ExpO Kenneth Robert Howorth GM Killed in an explosion attempting to defuse a terrorist bomb in a restaurant in Oxford Street. |
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| PC David Ian Luke Collapsed and died while training at the swimming pool at Hendon on his fourth day of service. |
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| PC Clifford Haywood Collapsed and died while on security duty at the Houses of Parliament |
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| 1982 | PC Robert Dawkins Fatally injured in a motorcycle accident while reporting for early duty at Tower Bridge station. |
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| PC Douglas Christison Dickson Killed while travelling home after night duty when a lorry hit his motorcycle at Leytonstone. |
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| PC Robert Benjamin Mercer Fatally injured while observer in a police car, which crashed pursuing a stolen car at Northolt. |
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| 1983 | WPC Jane Philippa Arbuthnot Sgt Noel Joseph Lane Insp Stephen John Dodd The three officers died from multiple injuries received while investigating a suspected terrorist car bomb in Knightsbridge when the device exploded. |
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| PC Frank Bellenie Killed while on foot patrol when a car mounted the pavement and struck him at Hillingdon. |
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| PC Gordon John Cornish Killed on an advanced driving course, when his motorcycle struck a lorry in Cambridgeshire. |
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| PC Mark Simpkins Fatally injured in a police car crash answering an emergency call to a bank alarm in Chingford. |
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| PC Stephen Paul Walker Fatally injured when struck by a car while chasing two car thieves across a road at Ashford. |
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PC John William Caplin |
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| 1984 | WPC Yvonne Joyce Fletcher Shot by terrorists and fatally wounded policing a political demonstration in St. James's Square. |
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| PC Stephen John Jones Fatally injured when run down attempting to stop a drunk driver for speeding at Holloway. |
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| PC Ronald Ian Leeuw Collapsed and died from a heart attack following a struggle with a violent prisoner at Barnet. |
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| PC Grant Clifford Sunnucks Killed when his police area car crashed whilst pursuing a stolen car in North London. |
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| 1985 | PC Keith Henry Blakelock QGM Brutally beaten, hacked and stabbed to death by a large mob during rioting at Tottenham. |
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| DC John William Fordham Died from multiple stab wounds received when attacked whilst on surveillance duty in Kent. |
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| 1986 | PC Martin Bickersteth Bell Killed when his unmarked car was struck by a drunk driver pursued by police at West Putney. |
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| PC Philip Michael Olds QGM Shot and paralysed attempting an arrest in 1980 and later died from an overdose of medication. |
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| PC Wayne Darrell Spooner Fatally injured in a motorcycle accident while reporting for duty at City Road Police Station. |
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| 1987 | PC Ronan Konrad Aidan McCloskey Killed when a drunk driver drove off with him clinging to the car and crashed at Willesden. |
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| Sgt Christopher Harris Hunter While travelling home from duty at Brixton in the early hours his motorcycle was in collision with a car which turned across his path and he was fatally injured. |
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| 1989 | PC Paul Maurice Breen Killed while navigator in an army ambulance, which crashed on an emergency in Camberwell. |
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| PC Mark Alastair Peers Drowned on a training exercise for the Underwater Search Unit at Luxborough Lake, Chigwell. |
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| PC Brian George Lashmar Killed in a road traffic accident in Cheshunt whilst travelling home |
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| PC Philip Keith Lake Whilst on motorcycle patrol duty early in the morning, in connection with an RAC rally in central London, his machine collided with an unlit bollard in the roadway and he was thrown off and run over by a police car and fatally injured |
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| 1990 | PC Laurence Peter Brown Shot dead with a sawn-off shotgun as he approached a suspect in an ambush at Hackney. |
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| PC Ashley Day Killed when the area car in which he was operator crashed responding to an alarm at Acton. |
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| PC Nicholas Guy Sweeney Fatally injured in a motorcycle accident while reporting for early turn duty at Croydon. |
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| PS Graham Peter Melhuish Killed in a motorcycle accident in Greenford whilst on his way home |
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| 1991 | PC Robert Chenery Gladwell Died from injuries received when struck on the head while making an arrest at Paddington. |
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| Sgt Alan Derek King Fatally wounded when he was repeatedly stabbed by a suspect he stopped at Walthamstow. |
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| DC James Morrison QGM Fatally stabbed attempting to arrest a thief he had chased while off duty at Covent Garden. |
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| 1992 | PC Steven Lawrence Perks Killed while returning home from night duty when his motorcycle was hit by a car at Brixton. |
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| PC Matthew John Allen Died of injuries received on the 30 March while responding to an emergency call for assistance when his patrol car was in collision with a vehicle in Twickenham. |
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| 1993 | PC Patrick Dunne Shot dead when he confronted suspects while investigating the sound of gunfire in Clapham. |
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| PC Noel Charles Frick Killed in a road accident while on motorcycle surveillance duty at Shepherds Bush. |
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| DC Thomas William Need Killed when his motorcycle was in collision with a car while on surveillance duty in Surrey. |
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| PC Michael Robert Perry Killed when his patrol car crashed into a tree while responding to an emergency call at Ruislip. |
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| 1994 | PC Michael Anthony Hale Killed in a motorcycle accident at Epsom travelling on duty from home to a training course. |
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| PC Matthew James Parsonson Killed in the rear of a police car, which crashed on a call for assistance at Stoke Newington. |
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| PC Gail Doreen Pirnie Collapsed and died from a heart attack whilst undergoing a baton training course at Hendon. |
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| Sgt Derek John Carnie Robertson QGM Fatally stabbed attempting to arrest an armed suspect at a robbery in New Addington. |
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| PC Michael William Tring Fatally injured when his area car crashed responding to an assistance call on the Isle of Dogs. |
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| 1995 | PC George Pickburn Hammond QPM Died of heart disease from complications of stab wounds he received during an arrest in 1985. |
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| PC Phillip John Walters Shot and fatally wounded during a violent struggle to arrest a man at a disturbance in Ilford. |
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| PC Mark Leonard Davis Died of head injuries sustained 26 September in a motorcycle accident whilst returning home from late turn duty with the Diplomatic Protection Group. |
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| 1996 | PC Stephen Robert Williams Killed in a motorcycle accident whilst making security visits with the DPG in North London. |
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| Insp Peter Durack Collapsed on duty at Wembley police station on 8 February and died in hospital of heart failure. |
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| 1997 | PC Mark Ian Flood Killed in a motorcycle accident while reporting for early turn duty at Addington Police Station. |
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| PC Ian Jessett Killed in a motorcycle accident on his way to report for aiding duty at the Notting Hill Carnival. |
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| PC Nina Alexandra Mackay Stabbed and fatally wounded after forcing entry to a flat to arrest a wanted man at Stratford. |
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| 1998 | DC Ian Raymond Herbert Killed in a road accident while on a training exercise with the stolen vehicle unit in Kent. |
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| 1999 | PC Kulwant Singh Sidhu Killed when he fell through a glass skylight pursuing suspects across a roof at Twickenham. |
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