Lest we Forget

PC Andrew Albert Reuben Hancock

Died 31 October 1875, aged 33

Died from injuries received when assaulted quelling a disturbance.

Sgt Enos Molden

Died 12 April 1892, aged 49

Shot and fatally wounded arresting an armed man wanted for murder.

Supt Frederick Bull

Died 30 July 1892, aged 52

Fatally injured on duty trying to stop his horse and trap, which bolted.

Sgt William Frank Crouch

Died 31 March 1913, aged 33

Shot dead by a constable he had reported who then killed himself.

PC Frank Gray

Died 17 March 1929, aged 23

Fatally injured in an accident when his motorcycle collided with a car.

PC Henry G. Tanner 

Died 5 September 1931, aged 33

Found dead beside his crashed motorcycle in the early morning.

RPC Albert Enos Mitchell

Died 7 May 1940, aged 53

Killed cycling to a crime scene when he was in collision with a car.

PWRC Albert William Newman

Died 10 March 1942, aged 36

Shot dead with his police revolver but no evidence as to the cause.

Ch/Insp Edmund R. Norris

Died 19 January 1955, aged 41

Fatally injured when his car crashed returning from a police conference.

PC Maurice W. Foord

Died 3 February 1961, aged 43

Fatally injured directing traffic at an accident scene when hit by a car.

PC Cedric A. Hemming

Died 16 April 1968, aged 25

Killed when struck by a passing car while at the scene of an accident.

PC Colin D. R. Hayward

Died 4 October 1968, aged 22

Fatally injured in a collision with his police motorcycle and a lorry.

PC Robert Edward Cray

Died 23 September 1973, aged 27

Fatally injured when struck by a passing car at an accident scene.

PC Leonard Alan Harding

Died 13 July 1977, aged 28

Fatally injured in an accident while on duty.

PC Philip Stephen Russell

Died 16 August 1978, aged 21

Killed in a road accident while travelling to the training school.

PC Desmond Derrick Kellam

Died 3 October 1979, aged 31

Killed when struck with a billhook while attempting to arrest a burglar.

PC Mark Herbert

Died 3 September 1987, aged 30

Killed in a head on collision with a lorry whilst on surveillance duties.

PC John Lewis Marsh

Died 5 June 1989, aged 40

A dog handler, collapsed and died after struggling to arrest a suspect.

PC Christopher Mark Regelous

Died 23 December 1991, aged 32

Fatally injured in a road traffic accident while going off duty.

Sgt Philip Henry Singleton

Died 16 May 1996, aged 40 

Collapsed and died of heart failure in his office at the police station.

 Lest we Forget

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