Northern Ireland - Criminal Acts

Lest we Forget

Northern Ireland's Sacrifice

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Roll of Honour

In remembrance of those members of Northern Ireland Police Forces who have been killed by criminal acts of violence, showing the county or city, the method of killing and the type of incident, in which they died since 1800.

*Police Force*
Year	Rank	Name	County/City	Method	Incident
Ulster County Constabulary
1826	Sub-Const	Thomas McKinley	Co. Tyrone	Killed	barracks attack
1828	Sub-Const	Patrick Cleary	Co. Down	Killed	during an affray
1829	Sub-Const	William West	Co. Antrim	Killed	attempting arrest
1830	Sub-Const	Thompson Morrison	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	during rioting
1832	Sub-Const	Robert Wiggins	Co. Tyrone	Killed	checking suspects
Belfast Police
1827	Const	Thomas Warren	Belfast City	Shot	attempting arrest
Irish Revenue Police
1836	Const	Stewart	Co. Londonderry	Killed	by mob
Irish Constabulary
1849	Const	Patrick Burke	Co. Down	Shot	at disturbance
1859	Sgt	Robert McClelland	Co. Tyrone	Shot	revenge attack
Royal Irish Constabulary
1872	Sub-Const	Joseph Morton	Belfast City	Shot	during rioting
1874	Const	Francis Murphy	Co. Londonderry	Shot	revenge attack
1886	H/Const	William Gardiner	Belfast City	Shot	during rioting
1887	Dist/Insp	Joshua William V. Bernard	Belfast City	From Injury	during rioting
1886	H/Const	William Gardiner	Belfast City	Shot	during rioting
1887	Dist/Insp	Joshua William V. Bernard	Belfast City	From injury	during rioting

Year	Rank	Name	County/City	Method	Incident
1914	Const	Edward Casey	Belfast City	Assaulted	attempting arrest
1920	D/Sgt	Denis Moroney	Londonderry City	Shot	during rioting
1920	Sgt	Timothy Holland	Co. Armagh	Shot	rebel ambush
1920	H/Const	Samuel Perrott	Belfast City	Stoned	during rioting
1920	Dist/Insp	Oswald Ross Swanzy	Co. Antrim	Shot	off duty
1920	Const	James Munnelly	Co. Tyrone	Shot	rebel attack
1920	Const	Thomas Leonard	Belfast City	Shot	rebel ambush
1920	Const	John Flaherty	Londonderry City	Shot	rebel ambush
1920	Sgt	Samuel Wilfred Lucas	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	rebel attack
1920	Const	Hugh Kearns	Londonderry City	Shot	chasing suspects
1920	H/Const	John J. Kearney	Co. Down	Shot	off duty

Year	Rank	Name	County/City	Method	Incident
1921	Sgt	John J. Kemp	Co. Armagh	Bomb	off duty
1921	Const	Thomas Heffron	Belfast City	Shot	off duty
1921	Const	Michael Quinn	Belfast City	Shot	off duty
1921	Const	Walter H Cooper	Belfast City	Shot	off duty
1921	Const	Robert A Crook	Belfast City	Shot	off duty
1921	Const	John McIntosh	Belfast City	Shot	off duty
1921	H/Const	John Boyd	Co. Down	Shot	attempting arrest
1921	Sgt	John Higgins	Londonderry City	Shot	rebel ambush
1921	Const	Michael Kenny	Londonderry City	Shot	rebel attack
1921	Cadet	Ernest Baran Bolam	Belfast City	Shot	off duty
1921	Cadet	John Beets Bales	Belfast City	Shot	off duty
1921	Sgt	Peter Joseph McDonagh	Co. Tyrone	Shot	rebel ambush
1921	Sgt	Michael Burke	Co. Londonderry	Shot	rebel ambush
1921	Const	James Glover	Belfast City	Shot	rebel ambush
1921	Const	Timothy Joseph Galvin	Belfast City	Shot	rebel attack
1921	Const	Thomas Conlon	Belfast City	Shot	rebel ambush
1921	Const	Michael Gorman	Londonderry City	Suffocated	prison escape
1921	Const	Francis Hill	Belfast City	Shot	rebel ambush
1922	Const	James Cullen	Belfast City	Shot	rebel ambush
1922	Const	Patrick J. O`Connor	Belfast City	Shot	rebel ambush
1922	Sgt	Christopher P. Clarke	Belfast City	Shot	off dutty
1922	Sgt	Patrick Joseph Early	Co. Armagh	Shot	rebel ambush
1922	Const	George P. P. Turner	Belfast City	Shot	rebel ambush
1922	Sgt	John Bruin	Belfast City	Shot	attempting arrest
1922	Const	John Harvey	Co. Londonderry	Shot	rebel attack
1922	Sgt	Frederick J. Frizelle	Co. Londonderry	Shot	rebel attack
1922	Const	John Collins	Belfast City	Shot	rebel attack
1922	Const	William Heaslip	Belfast City	Shot	attempting arrest
1922	Const	Henry O`Brien	Belfast City	Shot	rebel ambush

Ulster Special Constabulary
Year	Rank	Name	County/City	Method	Incident
1921	S/Con	Robert William Compston	Co. Armagh	Shot	rebel ambush
1921	S/Con	John Cummings	Co. Down	Bomb	rebel ambush
1921	S/Sgt	William Gordon	Co. Fermanagh	Bomb	attack on home
1921	S/Sgt	Samuel Nixon	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	attack on home
1921	S/Con	John Fluke	Co. Armagh	Shot	rebel attack
1921	S/Con	Robert Coulter	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	rebel ambush
1921	S/Con	James Hall	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	rebel ambush
1921	S/Con	George Lyness	Co. Down	Shot	rebel attack
1921	S/Con	Thomas Sturdy	Belfast City	Shot	by sniper
1921	S/Con	Hugh Gabbie	Co. Down	Shot	by two gunmen
1921	S/Con	George Clarke Graham	Co. Down	Shot	rebel ambush
1921	S/Con	William Lyttle	Londonderry City	Suffocated	prisoner escape
1922	S/Con	Charles McFadden	Co. Tyrone	Shot	rebel ambush
1922	S/Sgt	William James Dougherty	Co. Monaghan	Shot	rebel ambush
1922	S/Con	James Lewis	Co. Monaghan	Shot	rebel ambush
1922	S/Con	William James McFarland	Co. Monaghan	Shot	rebel ambush
1922	S/Con	Robert William McMahon	Co. Monaghan	Shot	rebel ambush
1922	S/Con	Hector Stewart	Belfast City	Shot	by sniper
1922	S/Sgt	Hugh French	Belfast City	Shot	off duty
1922	S/Con	David E. Friars	Belfast City	Shot	off duty
1922	S/Con	Alexander Kirkpatrick	Co. Londonderry	Shot	by rebel gunmen
1922	S/Con	Samuel Laird	Co. Tyrone	Shot	attack on home
1922	S/Con	George Chittick	Co. Tyrone	Shot	attack on home
1922	S/Con	William Chermside	Belfast City	Shot	on foot patrol
1922	S/Con	Thomas R. Cunningham	Belfast City	Shot	on foot patrol
1922	S/Con	James Harper	Co. Armagh	Shot	rebel ambush
1922	S/Con	David Allen	Co. Down	Shot	rebel ambush
1922	S/Con	Thomas Hall	Belfast City	Shot	in mob attack
1922	S/Con	James Edward Plumb	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	rebel ambush
1922	SHC	Alexander Compton MC	Co. Armagh	Fall	rebel ambush
1922	S/Con	William Robert Johnston	Belfast City	Shot	during rioting
1922	S/Con	Robert Cardwell	Co. Armagh	Shot	rebel attack
1922	S/Con	Thomas J. Hunter	Co. Londonderry	Shot	by three gunmen
1922	S/Con	Edward D. Hegarty	Co. Londonderry	Shot	by three gunmen
1922	S/Con	William Thomas McKnight MM	Co. Tyrone	Shot	rebel ambush
1922	S/Con	Nathaniel McCoo	Belfast City	Shot	mobile patrol
1922	S/Con	Samuel J. Milligan	Co. Tyrone	Shot	attack on home
1922	S/Con	George Victor Kidd	Belfast City	Shot	off duty

Year	Rank	Name	County/City	Method	Incident
1922	S/Con	James Murphy	Belfast City	Shot	by rebel sniper
1922	S/Con	George E. Connor	Belfast City	Shot	by rebel sniper
1922	S/Con	Albert Thomas Rickerby	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	rebel ambush
1922	S/Con	John Megarrity	Belfast City	Shot	rebel ambush
1922	S/Con	Andrew Roulston	Belfast City	Shot	on foot patrol
1922	S/Con	Thomas W. Dobson	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	rebel ambush
1922	S/Con	Thomas Sheridan	Co. Tyrone	Shot	by sniper
1922	S/Con	Thomas Russel	Co. Armagh	Shot	rebel ambush
1922	S/Con	Herbert Martin	Co. Armagh	Shot	rebel attack
1922	S/Con	William Mitchell	Co. Armagh	Shot	rebel ambush
1922	S/Con	Samuel Young	Co. Armagh	Shot	rebel ambush
1922	S/Con	Robert McDowell	Co. Wicklow	Shot	off duty
1922	S/Con	Samuel Hayes	Belfast City	Shot	while off duty
1924	S/Con	William Campbell	Belfast City	Shot	on duty
1942	S/Con	Samuel Hamilton	Co. Tyrone	Shot	by gunmen
1942	S/Con	James Lyons	Belfast City	Shot	attempting arrest
1985	S/C (Retd)	William James Heenan	Co. Down	Shot	at home
1994	S/C (Retd)	Samuel Victor Montgomery	Co. Londonderry	Shot	in public bar

Belfast Harbour Police
Year	Rank	Name	County/City	Method	Incident
1921	S/Con	Alfred Craig	Belfast City	Shot	by gunmen
1921	Const	John McHenry	Belfast City	Shot	by gunmen
1978	Const	Edward Ferguson	Belfast City	Shot	off duty

Royal Ulster Constabulary GC
Year	Rank	Name	County/City	Method	Incident
1933	Const	John Ryan	Belfast City	Shot	attempting arrest
1933	Const	Charles Sellery Anderson	Belfast City	Shot	attempting arrest
1940	H/Con	Thomas Dempsey	Co. Londonderry	Shot	by constable
1942	Const	Patrick Murphy KPM	Belfast City	Shot	attempting arrest
1942	Const	Thomas James Forbes	Co. Tyrone	Shot	attempting arrest
1942	Const	James Miller Laird	Co. Tyrone	Shot	ambush
1943	Const	Patrick McCarthy	Belfast City	Shot	armed robbery
1956	Const	John Scally	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	attack on station

Year	Rank	Name	County/City	Method	Incident
1957	Const	Thomas Cecil Johnston Gregg	Co. Armagh	Shot	ambush
1957	Sgt	Arthur James Ovens	Co. Tyrone	Bomb	checking premises
1958	Const	Henry Balfour Ross	Co. Armagh	Landmine	ambush
1961	Const	Norman John C. Anderson	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	off duty
1961	Const	William John Hunter	Co. Armagh	Shot	ambush
1969	Const	Victor William Arbuckle	Belfast City	Shot	during rioting
1970	Const	Samuel Donaldson	Co. Armagh	Bomb	checking vehicle
1970	Const	Robert Millar	Co. Armagh	Bomb	checking vehicle
1971	D/Insp	Cecil James Matthew Patterson	Belfast City	Shot	during rioting
1971	Const	Robert William Alex. Buckley	Belfast City	Shot	during rioting
1971	Const	Robert Fredrick Leslie	Co. Tyrone	Shot	ambush
1971	Const	Cecil Henry Cunningham	Belfast City	Shot	ambush
1971	Const	John Thompson Haslett	Belfast City	Shot	on guard duty
1971	Sgt	Ronald James Dodd	Co. Antrim	Shot	ambush
1971	Insp	Alfred Henry Devlin	Belfast City	Bomb	at station
1971	D/Con	Stanley Corry	Belfast City	Shot	at crime scene
1971	D/Con	William Robert Russell	Belfast City	Shot	ambush
1971	Sgt	Dermot Hurley	Belfast City	Shot	on enquiries
1971	Const	Thomas James Walker Moore	Belfast City	Shot	on enquiries
1972	R/Con	Raymond Frederick Denham	Belfast City	Shot	off duty
1972	Sgt	Peter Gilgunn	Co. Londonderry	Shot	mobile patrol
1972	Const	David John Montgomery	Londonderry City	Shot	ambush
1972	Const	Raymond Norman Carroll	Belfast City	Shot	off duty
1972	Sgt	Thomas Robert Morrow	Co. Armagh	Shot	ambush
1972	Const	William Stewart Logan	Co. Tyrone	Shot	ambush
1972	Const	Ernest McAllister	Belfast City	Bomb	car bomb
1972	Const	Bernard Malachy O`Neill	Belfast City	Bomb	car bomb
1972	Const	Samuel Richard David Houston QPM	Co. Down	Shot	checking suspect
1972	Const	Robert David Laverty	Belfast City	Shot	ambush

Year	Rank	Name	County/City	Method	Incident
1972	R/Con	Robert John M. Gibson	Belfast City	Bomb	off duty
1972	Const	Andrew Gordon Harron QPM	Belfast City	Shot	chasing suspects
1972	R/Con	Joseph Calvin	Co. Fermanagh	Car Bomb	off duty
1972	A/Const	Robert Keys	Co. Fermanagh	Rocket	at station
1972	Const	James Alexander Nixon	Belfast City	Shot	off duty
1972	Const	George Chambers	Co. Armagh	Shot	ambush
1973	R/Con	Henry James Sandford	Co. Tyrone	Landmine	on mobile patrol
1973	Const	Mervyn Samuel Wilson	Co. Londonderry	Car Bomb	on private car
1973	Sgt	David William Dorsett	Co. Antrim	Car Bomb	going off duty
1973	Const	Charles Hamilton Morrison	Co. Tyrone	Shot	ambush
1973	Const	William Raymond Wylie QPM	Co. Antrim	Shot	suspect car check
1973	A/Const	Ronald Macauley QPM	Co. Antrim	Shot	suspect car check
1973	Const	David Purvis	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	on foot patrol
1973	R/Con	William John McElveen	Co. Armagh	Shot	off duty
1973	R/Con	William Edward Campbell	Belfast City	Shot	on foot patrol
1973	D/Con	John Doherty	Co. Donegal	Shot	off duty
1973	Const	Robert Megaw	Co. Armagh	Shot	on mobile patrol
1973	D/Con	George Maurice Rolston	Co. Down	Car Bomb	off duty
1973	Const	Michael Joseph Logue	Belfast City	Shot	at robbery scene
1974	R/Con	John Molyneaux Rodgers	Co. Antrim	Shot	on foot patrol
1974	R/Con	William Raymond Baggley	Co. Londonderry	Shot	on foot patrol
1974	Const	Thomas Ian McClinton	Belfast City	Shot	on foot patrol
1974	Const	Cyril John Wilson	Co. Armagh	Shot	on mobile patrol
1974	Sgt	Frederick Robinson	Co. Antrim	Car Bomb	off duty
1974	A/Const	Thomas George McCall	Co. Armagh	Shot	at security barrier
1974	Const	Brian Edmund Bell	Belfast City	Shot	on foot patrol
1974	Const	John Malcolm Ross	Belfast City	Shot	on foot patrol
1974	Const	John Harrison Forsythe	Co. Armagh	Bomb	suspect parcel
1974	Sgt	Daniel Joseph O`Connor	Belfast City	Shot	on parade duty
1974	D/Insp	Peter Augustine Flanagan	Co. Tyrone	Shot	licensed premises
1974	Insp	William Elliot QPM	Co. Antrim	Shot	attempting arrest
1974	R/Con	Arthur Sterling Henderson	Co. Tyrone	Bomb	suspect car check
1974	Const	Robert William Forde	Co. Armagh	Bomb	at crime scene
1974	Const	David James Alexander McNeice	Co. Armagh	Shot	at crime scene
1975	Sgt	George Coulter	Co. Tyrone	Shot	on mobile patrol
1975	WR/Con	Mildred Ann Harrison	Co. Down	Bomb	on foot patrol
1975	Const	Paul Radcliffe Gray	Co. Londonderry	Shot	on foot patrol

Year	Rank	Name	County/City	Method	Incident
1975	Const	Noel Saunderson Davis	Co. Londonderry	Car Bomb	suspect car check
1975	D/Con	Andrew Johnston	Co. Armagh	Bomb	at crime scene
1975	Const	Robert John McPherson	Co. Londonderry	Shot	checking suspects
1975	D/Con	David Smyth Love	Co. Londonderry	Bomb	at crime scene
1975	R/Con	Andrew Alexander Baird	Co. Armagh	Bomb	at security barrier
1975	R/Con	Joseph James Clements	Co. Tyrone	Landmine	emergency call
1975	R/Con	Samuel John Clarke	Co. Tyrone	Shot	on mobile patrol
1975	Sgt	Patrick Maxwell	Co. Tyrone	Shot	on mobile patrol
1976	R/Con	William James Clifford Evans	Co. Londonderry	Shot	on mobile patrol
1976	Insp	George Mclean Bell	Belfast City	Bomb	checking firearm
1976	D/Con	Neville Cummings	Belfast City	Bomb	checking firearm
1976	Sgt	James William Blakely	Belfast City	Shot	on foot patrol
1976	Insp	William Henry Murtagh	Belfast City	Shot	on foot patrol
1976	R/Con	William George Victor Hamer	Co. Londonderry	Shot	on foot patrol
1976	R/Con	William Ronald Crooks	Co. Tyrone	Shot	on mobile patrol
1976	R/Con	Thomas Henry Evans	Co. Fermanagh	Bomb	at crime scene
1976	R/Con	Francis Joseph Kettyles	Co. Fermanagh	Bomb	at crime scene
1976	Sgt	Henry Francis Keys	Co. Fermanagh	Bomb	at crime scene
1976	Sgt	James Hunter	Co. Down	Shot	on mobile patrol
1976	R/Con	Kenneth David Nelson	Co. Tyrone	Shot	off duty
1976	Const	John William Anthony McCambridge	Co. Tyrone	Shot	off duty
1976	D/Con	Ronald Edwin McAdam	Belfast City	Shot	off duty
1976	WR/Con	Linda Emmeline Baggley	Londonderry City	Shot	on foot patrol
1976	A/Const	Thomas Cush	Co. Armagh	Shot	at security barrier
1976	Const	James Jude Heaney	Belfast City	Shot	off duty
1976	Sgt	Albert Craig	Co. Armagh	Shot	on foot patrol
1976	R/Con	Arthur McKay	Co. Londonderry	Bomb	suspect car check
1976	D/Con	Noel Michael McCabe QGM	Belfast City	Shot	on mobile patrol
1976	R/Con	Joseph Scott	Co. Tyrone	Shot	off duty
1976	Const	Norman Windsor Hanna Campbell	Co. Armagh	Shot	at security barrier
1976	R/Con	Samuel Graham Armour	Co. Londonderry	Car Bomb	off duty
1977	R/Con	William James Greer	Co. Antrim	Car Bomb	off duty
1977	D/Con	Patrick Liam McNulty	Londonderry City	Shot	off duty
1977	R/Con	Robert James Harrison	Co. Down	Shot	at crime scene

Year	Rank	Name	County/City	Method	Incident
1977	R/Con	Samuel McKane	Co. Antrim	Shot	going off duty
1977	Insp	James Harold Cobb	Co. Armagh	Shot	at security barrier
1977	Sgt	Joseph Patrick Campbell	Co. Antrim	Shot	at station
1977	Const	William David Brown QGM	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	on mobile patrol
1977	Const	John Thompson McCracken	Co. Londonderry	Shot	suspect car check
1977	Const	Kenneth William Sheehan	Co. Londonderry	Shot	suspect car check
1977	R/Con	Robert George North	Co. Tyrone	Shot	off duty
1977	Const	Samuel Dereck Davison	Co. Tyrone	Shot	on mobile patrol
1977	Const	Kenneth Norman Lynch	Co. Tyrone	Shot	on mobile patrol
1977	R/Con	Hugh Henry Martin