Police Force Rolls
Current Police Force Areas
including their former constituent Forces
represented on the Roll of Honour
The names of officers from over 300 police forces are included in the Roll of Honour. Historically, since the late 18th century, more than 700 police forces have existed in the United Kingdom and British Islands. These comprised some 540 'geographic' city, borough and county forces and some 170 commercial, transport, and public authority forces. Over the years amalgamations of forces (the last major one in 1974) have reduced the numbers of forces to about 70 at the beginning of the 21st century.
Currently there are 52 geographic forces - 43 in England and Wales, 8 in Scotland and 1 in Northern Ireland; 3 Island forces, 3 National forces and about 12 Parks, Ports, Airports and Tunnel forces.
Current forces are shown below and include officers killed in their former constituent forces within the current force area.
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(Rank/Medal Abbreviations used in some lists)
WALES
IRELAND
(United Kingdom 1801-1922)
Irish Constabularies 1801-1836
(Including the Peace Preservation Force, County Constabulary and Irish Revenue Police)
Royal Irish Constabulary 1836-1922
(Including the Constabulary of Ireland)
NORTHERN IRELAND
Irish Constabularies 1801-1922
(Including the former constituent forces of the six counties of Northern Ireland.
Names may be duplicated in the Rolls for Ireland above.)
Ulster Special Constabulary 1921-1970
Police Service of Northern Ireland
(Analytical
list of Members of Northern Ireland Police Forces killed by criminal acts
since 1800)
No known Deaths recorded and not currently represented on Roll:-
NATIONAL
Civil Nuclear Constabulary
PORTS / OTHER
Port of Dover Police
Port of Liverpool Police
Other airport / parks / ports police
