CITY OF LONDON POLICE
Lest we Forget
Died 4 December 1857, aged 45
Fatally shot by a prisoner he was escorting by ship from Hamburgh.
Died 15 May 1865, aged 40
Collapsed and died after chasing a boy crossing Blackfriars Bridge.
Died 17 January 1872, aged 50
Fatally injured in a fall down a hole while checking insecure premises.
Died 30 September 1906, aged 38
Fatally injured by a van as he ran alongside to speak to the driver.
Died 16 December 1910, aged 46
Died 17 December 1910, aged 36
Died 17 December 1910, aged 34
Shot and fatally wounded trying to arrest a gang of armed burglars.
Posthumously awarded the King's Police Medal for Gallantry.
Died 20 January 1913, aged 40
Killed while directing traffic when he was knocked down by a motor bus.
Died 30 March 1915, aged 50
Found dead in a taxi after finishing 4 hours point duty on a cold night.
Died 30 September 1915, aged 35
Fatally injured by a bomb explosion during an enemy Zeppelin air raid.
P/Nurse Evelyn Rolfe S.R.N.
Died 9 September 1940, aged 65
Fatally injured by enemy action at the City of London Police Hospital.
Died 24 September 1940, aged 20
Fatally injured in an enemy air raid while off duty assisting local ARP.
PWRC Frederick Charles Smith
Died 30 October 1940, aged 36
Killed by enemy action while on duty during an air raid.
Died 11 January 1941, aged 25
Killed by enemy action while on duty during an air raid.
PWRC John George Heard
Died 11 January 1941, aged 33
Killed by enemy action while on duty during an air raid.
PC Edgar John G. Whitehead
Died 11 January 1941, aged 23
Killed by enemy action while on duty during an air raid.
Died 13 January 1941, aged 35
Fatally injured by enemy action while on duty during an air raid.
Died 8 March 1941, aged 34
Fatally injured by enemy action whilst on duty during an air raid.
Died 8 March 1941, aged 28
Fatally injured by enemy action whilst on duty during an air raid.
Died 8 March 1941, aged 46
Fatally injured by enemy action whilst on duty during an air raid.
Died 11 May 1941, aged 47
Killed by enemy action whilst on duty during an air raid.
PWRC Frederick George Davis
Died 8 September 1940, aged 34
P/ms Denis Frederick Melville
Died 1 February 1941, aged 16
Died 08 February 1941, aged 49
Died 11 May 1941, aged 28
Died 20 June 1944, aged 49
Died 13 September 1944, aged 49
Died 8 March 1945, aged 55
Killed off duty in enemy air raids.
Died 4 December 1993, aged 64
Died of heart failure following a violent struggle to arrest a suspect.
Died 3 December 2002, aged 30
Fatally injured in an accident on a police motorcycle training course.
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