USC Roll

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.

ULSTER SPECIAL CONSTABULARY
1921-1970

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Lest we Forget

Year	Rank	Name	County/City	Method	Incident	Classification
1921	S/Con	Robert William Compston	Co. Armagh	Shot	rebel ambush	political violence
1921	S/Con	John Cummings	Co. Down	Bomb	rebel ambush	political violence
1921	S/Sgt	William Gordon	Co. Fermanagh	Bomb	attack on home	political violence
1921	S/Sgt	Samuel Nixon	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	attack on home	political violence
1921	S/Con	William Graham	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	by accident	accident
1921	S/Con	John Fluke	Co. Armagh	Bomb	rebel attack	political violence
1921	S/Con	George Clarke Graham	Co. Down	Bomb	rebel ambush	political violence
1921	S/Con	John Russell	Co. Down	Fall	on guard duty	accident
1921	S/Con	Robert Coulter	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	rebel ambush	political violence
1921	S/Con	James Hall	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	rebel ambush	political violence
1921	S/Con	Robert Armstrong	Co. Tyrone	shot	by accident	accident
1921	S/Con	George Lyness	Co. Down	Shot	rebel attack	political violence
1921	S/Con	David Torrens	Co. Londonderry	Shot	by accident	accident
1921	S/Con	Thomas Sturdy	Belfast City	Shot	by sniper	political violence
1921	S/Con	Hugh Gabbie	Co. Down	Shot	by two gunmen	political violence
1921	S/Con	William Lyttle	Londonderry City	Suffocated	prisoner escape	political violence
1922	S/Con	Charles McFadden	Co. Tyrone	Shot	rebel ambush	political violence
1922	S/Sgt	William James Dougherty	Co. Monaghan	Shot	rebel ambush	political violence
1922	S/Con	James Lewis	Co. Monaghan	Shot	rebel ambush	political violence
1922	S/Con	William James McFarland	Co. Monaghan	Shot	rebel ambush	political violence
1922	S/Con	Robert William McMahon	Co. Monaghan	Shot	rebel ambush	political violence
1922	S/Sgt	Hugh French	Belfast city	Shot	off duty	political violence
1922	S/Con	Hector Stewart	Belfast City	Shot	by sniper	political violence
1922	S/Con	David E Friars	Belfast City	Shot	off duty	political violence
1922	S/Con	James McInnes	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	by mistake	accident
1922	S/Con	Alexander Kirkpatrick	Co. Londonderry	Shot	by rebel gunmen	political violence
1922	S/Con	Foster MacGeagh	Belfast	Shot	by accident	accident
1922	S/Con	Samuel Laird	Co. Tyrone	Shot	attack on home	political violence
1922	S/Con	George Chittick	Co. Tyrone	Shot	attack on home	political violence
1922	S/Con	William Chermside	Belfast City	Shot	on foot patrol	political violence
1922	S/Con	Thomas R. Cunningham	Belfast City	Shot	on foot patrol	political violence
1922	S/Con	James Harper	Co. Armagh	Shot	rebel ambush	political violence
1922	S/Con	David Allen	Co. Down	Shot	rebel ambush	political violence
1922	S/Con	Thomas Hall	Belfast City	Shot	in mob attack	political violence
1922	S/Con	James Edward Plumb	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	rebel ambush	political violence
1922	SHC	Alexander Compton	Co. Armagh	Fall	rebel ambush	political violence
1922	SHC	George McDonald	Co. Londonderry	Collapsed	on duty	sudden death
1922	S/Con	William Robert Johnston	Belfast City	Shot	during rioting	political violence
1922	S/Con	Robert Cardwell	Co. Armagh	Shot	rebel attack	political violence
1922	S/Con	Thomas J. Hunter	Co. Londonderry	Shot	Rebel attack	political violence
1922	S/Con	Edward D. Hegarty	Co. Londonderry	Shot	Rebel attack	political violence
1922	S/Con	William Thomas McKnight	Co. Tyrone	Shot	rebel ambush	political violence
1922	S/Con	Nathaniel McCoo	Belfast City	Shot	rebel ambush	political violence
1922	S/Con	Samuel J. Milligan	Co. Tyrone	Shot	attack on home	political violence
1922	S/Con	George B Johnston	Co. Armagh	R.T.A.	mobile patrol	accident
1922	S/Con	Thomas McNeill	Co. Antrim	Shot	by mistake	misadventure
1922	S/Con	George Victor kidd	Belfast City	shot	off duty	political violence

Year	Rank	Name	County/City	Method	Incident	Classification
1922	S/Con	James Murphy	Belfast City	Shot	by rebel sniper	political violence
1922	S/Con	George E. Connor	Belfast City	Shot	by rebel sniper	political violence
1922	S/Con	Herbert Martin	Co. Armagh	Shot	rebel attack	political violence
1922	S/Con	Thomas Steen	Co. Fermanagh	Collapsed	on duty	sudden death
1922	S/Con	Albert Thomas Rickerby	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	rebel ambush	political violence
1922	S/Con	John Megarity	Belfast City	Shot	rebel ambush	political violence
1922	S/Con	Andrew Roulston	Belfast City	Shot	rebel ambush	political violence
1922	S/Con	James Murray	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	by accident	accident
1922	S/Con	Thomas W. Dobson	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	rebel ambush	political violence
1922	S/Con	Richard Black	Co. Londonderry	Shot	by mistake	misadventure
1922	S/Con	Thomas Sheridan	Co. Tyrone	Shot	by sniper	political violence
1922	S/Con	Thomas Hume	Co. Londonderry	Shot	by accident	accident
1922	S/Con	Thomas Russell	Co. Armagh	Shot	rebel ambush	political violence
1922	S/Con	william Liggett	Co. Fermanagh	R.T.A.	mobile patrol	accident
1922	S/Con	William Mitchell	Co. Armagh	Shot	rebel ambush	political violence
1922	S/Con	Samuel Young	Co. Armagh	Shot	rebel ambush	political violence
1922	S/Con	Robert McDowell	Co. Wicklow	Shot	off duty	political violence
1922	S/Con	James Skillen	Co. Down	shot	by accident	accident
1922	S/Con	Thomas Cochrane	Co. Down	Shot	by accident	accident
1922	S/Con	David Surgenor	Belfast	Shot	by accident	accident
1922	S/Con	Samuel Hayes	Belfast City	Shot	while off duty	political violence
1922	S/HC	Albert Ross	Co. Antrim	Shot	by mistake	misadventure
1922	S/Con	Thomas Greenfield	Co. Antrim	Hit by train	on patrol	accident
1922	S/Con	Samuel Holmes	Co. Tyrone	Shot	by accident	accident
1922	S/Con	John Alexander White	Co. Tyrone	R.T.A.	mobile patrol	accident
1922	S/Con	Joseph Irwin	Belfast City	Collapsed	on duty	sudden death
1922	S/Con	Hugh O`Hare Law	Belfast City	R.T.A.	unknown	unconfirmed
1923	S/Con	William Finley	Co. Tyrone	Shot	by accident	accident
1924	S/Con	Joseph Cooke	Co. Down	Drowned	on patrol	accident
1924	S/Con	William Campbell	Belfast City	From injury	shot on duty	political violence
1925	S/Con	Samuel Neill	Co. Antrim	R.T.A.	motorcycle patrol	accident
1940	S/Sgt	Hugh Lindsay McCracken	Co. Antrim	Collapsed	firearms training	natural causes
1941	S/Con	John Murray Duffy	Belfast City	Air Raid	at home-off duty	unconfirmed
1941	S/Con	William John Higginson	Belfast City	Air Raid	at home-off duty	unconfirmed
1941	S/Con	William Maurice Howe	Belfast City	Air Raid	at home-off duty	unconfirmed
1941	S/Con	John McCombe	Belfast City	Air Raid	unsure if on duty	unconfirmed
1941	S/Con	James Thompson	Belfast City	Air Raid	unsure if on duty	unconfirmed
1942	S/Con	Arthur Kenwell	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	by accident	accident
1942	S/Con	Samuel Hamilton	Co. Tyrone	Shot	by gunmen	political violence
1942	S/Con	James Lyons	Belfast City	Shot	attempting arrest	political violence
1947	Sgt/Instr	Joseph Miller	Co. Antrim	Shot	firearms training	accident
1953	Ass Staff Officer	Robert Matthew Boyce	Londonderry City	Collapsed	on duty	sudden death

Year	Rank	Name	County/City	Method	Incident	Classification
1957	S/Con	Robert Henderson	Co. Tyrone	Shot	at station	accident
1961	S/Con	David Johnstone	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	by mistake	misadventure
1961	S/Con	Clifford Benjamin Bassett	Co. Down	Collapsed	on foot patrol	sudden death
1964	S/Con	Samuel Irwin	Belfast City	Collapsed	on foot patrol	sudden death
1964	S/Sgt	Andrew McFeeters	Unknown	Collapsed	training	sudden death
1964	S/Con	John Charles Greene	Belfast City	R.T.A.	coming on duty	travelling
1985	Rtd S/Con	William James Heenan	Co. Down	shot	Retired	political violence
1994	Rtd SDC	Samuel Victor Montgomery	Co. Londonderry	shot	Retired	political violence

Notes:

Ranks:- C(onst) - Constable, H - Head, Instr - Instructor, S - Special, Sgt - Sergeant.

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.

This Roll was researched and compiled with the invaluable assistance of former RUC GC officer, Inspector Richard Abbott, QPM, Police Service of Northern Ireland.

Last updated 20th January 2004
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