CENTRAL SCOTLAND POLICE
and the
former constituent forces of
Alloa
Burgh Police, Stirlingshire
Constabulary,
Stirling and Clackmannan Constabulary
Lest We Forget
Donald McKinnon Anderson
Police Constable
Alloa Burgh Police
Died 14 December 1875, aged 38
While patrolling his beat on the late evening of 24 November, he slipped on a piece of orange peel and fell to the ground, breaking his leg; infection set in resulting in amputation of the limb and his subsequent death.
Peter McLaren
Police Constable
Stirlingshire Constabulary
Died 2 October 1908, aged 21
Went missing from his beat in Grangemouth in the early hours and was later found drowned in the canal basin near the police office having, it was supposed, accidentally fallen in the water during the foggy weather.
John Duncan Gordon
Inspector
Stirling and Clackmannan Constabulary
Died 9 January 1956, aged 47
Collapsed and died of heart failure while at his desk in Bridge of Allan Police Station.
Joseph Stewart Drake
Police Constable
Stirling and Clackmannan Constabulary
Died 11 August 1967, aged 38
Killed while attempting to stop a stolen motor lorry being pursued by police when it struck his patrol car at a road-block at Dennyloanhead near Falkirk.
James Mason
Constable
Central Scotland Police
Died 27 November 1976, aged 27
Fatally injured when his police car was involved in an accident.
Edward Bell
Special Constable
Central Scotland Police
Died 9 August 1981, aged 35
Died in the early hours as a result of multiple injuries, including a fractured skull, sustained while on patrol with two regular officers, when their police vehicle was involved in a collision with another vehicle at Bonnybridge.
Henry John Gauld Lawrie BEM
Police Sergeant
Central Scotland Police
Died 1st February 1987
Killed while assisting in a search and rescue operation on Ben More mountain, when the helicopter he was aboard, was hit by a sudden squall while trying to manoeuvre onto a ledge, and crashed into the mountainside.
Edward James Walton
Police Constable
Central Scotland Police
Died 13 May 1989, aged 34
Killed when the police patrol van, in which he was observer, went out of control and collided with an oncoming car late at night near Alloa.
Lest We Forget
