On Sunday 8th May 2005
the John Armstrong Welch Memorial Garden was dedicated in a ceremony at the Sedgley Park Centre  in remembrance of all Greater Manchester Police Officers who have fallen in the service of the community.

The bereaved families were welcomed by the Chief Constable Michael Todd and senior officers from the force while the police band played during a moving multi-faith service to open this magnificent garden and memorial bearing the names of the fallen officers.

THE FALLEN

Constable Ian Rodgers
3rd April 1975, aged 25
Constable John Jefferson Cameron
6th January 1977, aged 27
Constable George Main
24th February 1978, aged 35
Sergeant Lewis Entwistle
22nd December 1981, aged 42
Constable John Egerton
11th March 1982, aged 20
Detective Constable John Sandford
2nd May 1982, aged 45
 Detective Sergeant Thomas McCarthy
21st October 1986, aged 38
Constable Nigel John Heap
21st May 1989, aged 32
Inspector Raymond Anthony Codling
14th September 1989, aged 49
Detective Constable Kevin James Dearnaley
27th March 1996, aged 31
Constable Raja Bashrat Ahmed
31st August 1999, aged 35
Constable Alison Armitage
5th March 2001, aged 29
 Detective Constable Stephen Oake
14th January 2003, aged 40