DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY CONSTABULARY
Lest we Forget
William Gibson
Police Sergeant
Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary
Died 22 May 1951, aged 44
Following reports of an armed
man roaming the Dumfries streets in the early hours, the sergeant, in a car
with two colleagues, made a search of the area;
as he drew up alongside a man
loitering on a corner, the suspect produced
a shotgun and, without warning,
shot him in the head and killed him.
Posthumously awarded the King's Commendation for Brave Conduct
William Gibson was stationed
at Dumfries Police Station; he had joined
Dumfries Burgh Police in 1928,
continuing to serve with the Dumfries-shire
County Police in 1936, before
amalgamation into the present force in 1948.
He was survived by his wife,
a son aged 18 and daughter aged 12 years.
John Rutherford
Watson
Inspector
Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary
Died 13 February 1967, aged 50
While on supervisory patrol and enquiries in the village
of
Thornhill he collapsed and died
from a heart attack.
John was a married man and a native of Cumberland.
He had 29 years police service
having joined the former Dumfries-shire
Constabulary in 1938 and at the time
of his death was Sub Divisional Officer at
Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire.
Michael Hall
Police Cadet, aged 16 yrs
Isabella Janet
Harris
Woman Police Constable,
aged 27 yrs
Gerard Vincent
Hogg
Police Constable, aged
28 yrs
Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary
Died 7 November 1978
All three officers were
killed, together with a Department of Transport
Traffic Examiner, when their
traffic patrol car was struck by an
articulated
lorry and thrown into the path of a concrete mixer lorry on the
opposite carriageway of the A74 near Johnstonebridge.
Michael was a native of Sunderland, he had joined the Cadet force in August 1978
and
was stationed at Dumfries. At the time of his death he was on training
experience with the Traffic Department.
Isabella was originally from Belfast, she had been a teacher in Northern Ireland before joining the force in March 1975. She was based at Dumfries on the Traffic Department, she and a colleague having been the first female Traffic officers in the Constabulary.
Gerard was born in Wigtown; he had nearly six years service with the force
and was a Traffic Department officer based at Lockerbie since 1977.
He was survived by his wife and 13 month old daughter.
Kenneth Andrew Brodie
Police Constable
Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary
Died 8 January 1997, aged 34
Killed in a road traffic
accident when his police patrol car was involved in a three-car collision, in
which a married couple were also killed, while on
mobile patrol on the A76 near
Mennock, Dumfries-shire.
Kenny had completed
four years service with the Constabulary
having
been appointed in September 1992 and was stationed at Sanquhar.
He was survived by his wife,
a daughter aged 2 years 11 months and a son age 19 months.
Lest we Forget
