
Lest we Forget
Northern Ireland's Sacrifice

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.
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Police Force |
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Year |
Rank |
Name |
County/City |
Method |
Incident |
| Ulster County Constabulary | |||||
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1826 |
Sub-Const |
Thomas McKinley |
Co. Tyrone |
Killed | barracks attack |
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1828 |
Sub-Const |
Patrick Cleary |
Co. Down |
Killed |
during an affray |
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1829 |
Sub-Const |
William West |
Co. Antrim |
Killed |
attempting arrest |
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1830 |
Sub-Const |
Thompson Morrison |
Co. Fermanagh |
Shot |
during rioting |
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1832 |
Sub-Const |
Robert Wiggins |
Co. Tyrone |
Killed |
checking suspects |
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Belfast Police | |||||
| 1827 | Const | Thomas Warren | Belfast City | Shot | attempting arrest |
| Irish Revenue Police | |||||
| 1836 | Const | Stewart | Co. Londonderry | Killed | by mob |
| Irish Constabulary | |||||
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1849 | Const |
Patrick Burke |
Co. Down | Shot |
at disturbance |
| 1859 | Sgt | Robert McClelland | Co. Tyrone | Shot | revenge attack |
| Royal Irish Constabulary | |||||
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1872 |
Sub-Const |
Joseph Morton | Belfast City |
Shot |
during rioting |
| 1874 | Const | Francis Murphy | Co. Londonderry | Shot | revenge attack |
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1886 |
H/Const |
William Gardiner |
Belfast City |
Shot |
during rioting |
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1887 |
Dist/Insp |
Joshua William V. Bernard |
Belfast City |
From Injury |
during rioting |
| 1886 | H/Const | William Gardiner | Belfast City | Shot |
during rioting |
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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 |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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1922 |
S/Sgt |
Hugh French |
Belfast City |
Shot |
off duty |
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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 |
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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 |
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1985 |
S/C (Retd) |
William James Heenan |
Co. Down |
Shot |
at home |
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1994 |
S/C (Retd) |
Samuel Victor Montgomery |
Co. Londonderry |
Shot |
in public bar |
| Belfast Harbour Police |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |