N. Ireland Roll 1800-1922

National Police Officers Roll of Honour
In Memory of those police officers of the United Kingdom
who have lost their lives in the line of duty.

NORTHERN IRELAND
Police Forces whose members died while serving in the six counties of Northern Ireland
1800-1922

PROVISIONAL LIST - SUBJECT TO REVIEW
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Lest we Forget

Year	Rank	Name	County/City	Method	Incident	Classification
County Constabulary
1827	Const	Thomas Warren	Co. Antrim	Shot	attempting arrest	unlawful killing
Irish Revenue Police
1836	Const	Stewart	Co. Londonderry	Killed	by mob	unlawful killing
Belfast Borough Police
1838	Const	John McBride	Co. Antrim	R.T.A.	on duty	accident
Irish Constabulary
1857	Sub/Con	William Vanston	Co. Tyrone	Fall	unsure if on duty	unconfirmed
1849	Const	Patrick Burke	Co. Down	shot	during riot
1859	Sgt	Robert McClelland	Co. Tyrone	Shot	revenge attack	unlawful killing
1865	Sub/Con	John Miskella	Co. Londonderry	Drowned	unsure if on duty	unconfirmed
Royal Irish Constabulary
1871	Sub/Con	John Fletcher	Co. Down	Drowned	unsure if on duty	unconfirmed
1874	Sub/Con	Patrick Ford	Co. Armagh	Fall off horse	unsure if on duty	unconfirmed
1874	Const	Francis Murphy	Londonderry City	Shot	revenge attack	unlawful killing
1879	Sub-Insp	Samuel Boyce	Co. Down	Unknown	on duty	unknown cause
1886	Const	Jacob Magee	Belfast City	Shot	unconfirmed	unlawful killing
1886	H/Const	William Gardiner	Belfast City	Shot	during rioting	unlawful killing

Year	Rank	Name	County/City	Method	Incident	Classification
1891	Const	William J. Finlay	Co. Antrim	Fall	unsure if on duty	unconfirmed
1891	Const	James McAweeney	Co. Down	Drowned	unsure if on duty	unconfirmed
1897	Const	James Cruickshank	Belfast City	Poisoned	unsure if on duty	unconfirmed
1899	Const	Samuel Orr	Co. Down	R.T.A.	unsure if on duty	unconfirmed
1903	Sgt	John Fleming	Belfast City	From injury	unsure if on duty	unconfirmed
1905	Const	William R. Bell	Co. Tyrone	R.T.A.	unsure if on duty	unconfirmed
1909	Const	Wallace	Co. Armagh	Drowned	attempting rescue	unconfirmed
1910	Const	William Beatty	Co. Down	From injury	unsure if on duty	unconfirmed
1914	A/Sgt	Brian Taylor	Belfast City	Rail accident	unsure if on duty	unconfirmed
1914	Const	Edward Casey	Belfast City	From injury	attempting arrest	act of violence
1915	H/Con	Patrick Donnelly	Co. Tyrone	From injury	on duty	unconfirmed
1919	Const	Patrick Gilleece	Co. Tyrone	Drowned	unsure if on duty	unconfirmed
1920	D/Sgt	Denis Moroney	Londonderry City	Shot	during rioting	political violence
1920	Sgt	Timothy Holland	Co. Armagh	Shot	rebel ambush	political violence
1920	H/Const	Samuel Perrott	Belfast City	Stoned	during rioting	unlawful killing
1920	Dist Insp	Oswald Ross Swanzy	Co. Antrim	Shot	off duty	political violence
1920	Const	James Munnelly	Co. Tyrone	Shot	rebel attack	political violence
1920	Const	Thomas Leonard	Belfast City	Shot	rebel ambush	political violence
1920	Const	John Flaherty	Londonderry City	Shot	rebel ambush	political violence
1920	Sgt	Samuel Wilfred Lucas	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	rebel attack	political violence
1920	Const	Hugh Kearns	Londonderry City	Shot	chasing suspects	political violence
1920	H/Const	John L. Kearney	Co. Down	Shot	off duty	political violence
1920	Const	William Gaffney	Co. Tyrone	R.T.A.	on duty	accident

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

Notes:

Ranks:- A - Auxiliary (or Acting), Con(st) - Constable, D - Detective, Dist - District, H - Head, In(sp) - Inspector, R - Reserve, S - Special, Sgt - Sergeant, Supt - Superintendent, W - Woman, Sub/Con � Sub Constable, the first grade of constable in use in 19^th century during which time the rank of constable would be equivalent to the later used Sergeant ; Cadet � Officer Cadets of the R.I.C. Auxiliary Division recruited mainly from former commissioned soldiers in the UK.

Classification:- unlawful killing - homicide offence i.e. murder/manslaughter; political violence - politically motivated homicide, insurrection, terrorist act; act of violence - not amounting to homicide; enemy action - wartime air raids; misadventure - duty involving special risk; accident - routine duty; travelling - to/from duty; natural causes - where a particular duty contributed to the death; sudden death - no known contributory factors; unknown cause - from injury on duty in unknown circumstances; unconfirmed - died of unnatural causes but unsure of duty or circumstances.

[Ulster Special Constabulary (formed 1921) listed separately]

This Roll was researched and compiled with the invaluable assistance of former RUC GC officer, Inspector Richard Abbott, QPM, Police Service of Northern Ireland; and of Garda Officer and Irish Police historian, Jim Herlihy.

Last updated 15th January 2004
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