Northern Ireland - Criminal Acts since 1900

Police Homicides - Northern Ireland

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Roll of Honour
Royal Irish Constabulary, Ulster Special Constabulary, Belfast Harbour Police and Royal Ulster Constabulary
In remembrance of those police officers who have been killed in the line of duty by criminal acts of violence, since 1900, while serving in the six counties of Northern Ireland, showing the county or city in which they died, the method of killing and type of incident.

Royal Irish Constabulary
Year	Rank	Name	County/City	Method	Incident
1914	Const	Edward Casey	Belfast City	Assaulted	attempting arrest
1919	Dist/I(Rtd)	John Charles Milling	Belfast City	Shot	at his home
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	H/Const	John L. Kearney	Co. Down	Shot	off duty

Year	Rank	Name	County/City	Method	Incident
1921	Sgt	John J. Kemp	Co. Armagh	Bomb	rebel ambush
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	rebel ambush
1921	Const	Robert A Crooks	Belfast City	Shot	rebel ambush
1921	Const	John McIntosh	Belfast City	Shot	rebel ambush
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/Bomb	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	attempting arrest
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	ambush
1922	Sgt	Patrick Joseph Early	Co. Armagh	Shot	rebel ambush
1922	Const	George 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 Frizelle	Co. Londonderry	Shot	rebel ambush
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	George Graham	Co. Down	Shot	rebel ambush
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	William Lyttle	Londonderry City	Suffocated	prisoner escape
1922	S/Con	Charles McFadden	Co. Tyrone	Shot	rebel ambush
1922	S/Sgt	William Dougherty	Co. Monaghan	Shot	rebel ambush
1922	S/Con	James Lewis	Co. Monaghan	Shot	rebel ambush
1922	S/Con	William J. McFarland	Co. Monaghan	Shot	rebel ambush
1922	S/Con	Robert W. McMahon	Co. Monaghan	Shot	rebel ambush
1922	S/Con	Hector Stewart	Belfast City	Shot	by sniper
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	Co. Armagh	Fall	rebel ambush
1922	S/Con	William 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 T. McKnight	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

Year	Rank	Name	County/City	Method	Incident
1922	S/Con	George Victor Kidd	Belfast City	Shot	off duty
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	Herbert Martin	Co. Armagh	Shot	rebel attack
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	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

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	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 J. 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	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 J. M. Gibson	Belfast City	Bomb	off duty
1972	Const	Andrew Gordon Harron	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 A. 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	Co. Antrim	Shot	suspect car check
1973	A/Const	Ronald Macauley	Co. Antrim	Shot	suspect car check
1973	Const	David Purvis	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	on foot patrol
1973	R/Con	William J. 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	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 Smith 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 Kettles	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 D Nelson	Co. Tyrone	Shot	off duty
1976	Const	John W A McCambridge	Co. Tyrone	Shot	off duty
1976	D/Con	Ronald E 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 J 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	Belfast City	Shot	on mobile patrol
1976	R/Con	Joseph Scott	Co. Tyrone	Shot	off duty
1976	Const	Norman Windsor H. Campbell	Co. Armagh	Shot	at security barrier
1976	R/Con	Samuel G Armour	Co. Londonderry	Car Bomb	off duty
1977	R/Con	William J 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	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 G 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	Co. Tyrone	Shot	on mobile patrol
1977	R/Con	David James Morrow	Co. Tyrone	Shot	on patrol
1978	R/Con	Gordon H Crothers	Co. Down	Bomb	in hotel
1978	Const	Charles Malcolm Simpson	Londonderry City	Shot	on mobile patrol
1978	R/Con	John W Moore	Co. Antrim	Landmine	off duty
1978	Const	Laird M McAllister	Co. Antrim	Shot	off duty
1978	R/Con	Robert A J Struthers	Londonderry City	Shot	off duty
1978	A/Const	William Herbert Turbitt	Co. Armagh	Shot	on mobile patrol
1978	Const	Hugh McConnell	Co. Armagh	Shot	on mobile patrol
1978	R/Con	Jacob Rankin	Co. Tyrone	Shot	at station
1978	R/Con	John Lamont	Co. Antrim	Shot	on foot patrol
1978	R/Con	Howard G Donaghy	Co. Tyrone	Shot	off duty
1979	Const	Paul Moore Gray	Co. Down	Bomb	on mobile patrol
1979	R/Con	Robert Archibald Lockhart	Co. Down	Bomb	on mobile patrol
1979	Const	Noel Alexander Webb	Co. Down	Bomb	on mobile patrol
1979	Const	Richard Allen Baird	Co. Down	Bomb	on mobile patrol
1979	D/Con	Norman Samuel Prue	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	on duty
1979	R/Con	David S Wray	Londonderry City	Shot	off duty
1979	R/Con	David A Dunne	Co. Armagh	Shot	off duty
1979	Supt	Stanley Hanna	Co. Armagh	Bomb	on foot patrol
1979	Const	Kevin Thompson	Co. Armagh	Bomb	on foot patrol
1979	R/Con	John H Scott	Co. Tyrone	Shot	off duty
1979	Const	George Samuel Walsh	Co. Armagh	Shot	on mobile patrol
1979	Const	Derek Kerr Davidson	Belfast City	Shot	at crime scene
1979	Const	John Gerald Davidson	Belfast City	Shot	on mobile patrol
1979	R/Con	Stanley O Hazelton	Co. Monaghan	Shot	off duty
1980	R/Con	Robert J Crilly	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	off duty

Year	Rank	Name	County/City	Method	Incident
1980	R/Con	William David Purse	Belfast City	Shot	on duty
1980	A/Const	Winston John Francis Howe	Co. Fermanagh	Landmine	on mobile patrol
1980	Const	Joseph Rose	Co. Fermanagh	Landmine	on mobile patrol
1980	R/Con	Bernard Montgomery	Belfast City	Shot	off duty
1980	Const	William Stephen George Magill	Belfast City	Shot	at crime scene
1980	R/Con	Frederick V Wilson	Belfast City	Shot	off duty
1980	R/Con	William W Allen	Co. Armagh	Shot	off duty
1980	R/Con	Thomas H. E. Johnston	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	going off duty
1981	R/Con	Lindsay Gardiner MacDougall	Belfast City	Shot	on foot patrol
1981	R/Con	James M Stronge	Co. Armagh	Shot	off duty
1981	R/Con	Charles Wilson Lewis	Belfast City	Shot	on foot patrol
1981	R/Con	Alexander Scott	Belfast City	Shot	off duty
1981	Const	Kenneth John Acheson	Co. Armagh	Car Bomb	off duty
1981	Const	Gary Desmond Martin	Belfast City	Bomb	suspect vehicle
1981	Const	Philip Charles Ellis	Belfast City	Shot	on duty
1981	Const	Samuel Vallely	Belfast City	Rocket	on mobile patrol
1981	Const	Mervyn B Robinson	Co. Armagh	Shot	off duty
1981	R/Con	Colin Patrick Dunlop	Belfast City	Shot	on duty
1981	R/Con	Christopher Kyle	Co. Tyrone	Shot	off duty
1981	Const	Neal Quinn	Co. Down	Shot	off duty
1981	Const	John Smyth	Co. Tyrone	Landmine	on mobile patrol
1981	A/Const	Andrew Alfred Woods	Co. Tyrone	Bomb	on mobile patrol
1981	Const	William Mark Evans	Co. Tyrone	Bomb	on mobile patrol
1981	Const	Stuart John Montgomery	Co. Tyrone	Bomb	on mobile patrol
1981	R/Con	John Proctor	Co. Londonderry	Shot	off duty
1981	Const	George A Stewart	Co. Down	Shot	off duty
1981	Const	Alexander Beck	Belfast City	Rocket	on mobile patrol
1981	R/Con	Silas W Lyttle	Co. Tyrone	Shot	off duty
1981	Const	William Coulter	Belfast City	Bomb	on patrol
1982	Insp	Norman Duddy	Londonderry City	Shot	off duty
1982	Sgt	David Brown	Belfast City	Shot	off duty

Year	Rank	Name	County/City	Method	Incident
1982	Const	Samuel Alan Victor Caskey	Londonderry City	Shot	on foot patrol
1982	D/Con	David Reginald Reeves	Londonderry City	Bomb	at crime scene
1982	R/Con	John Eagleson	Co. Tyrone	Shot	off duty
1982	R/Con	Charles Crothers	Londonderry City	Shot	off duty
1982	Const	Paul Hamilton	Co. Armagh	Bomb	on mobile patrol
1982	Const	Allan McCloy	Co. Armagh	Bomb	on mobile patrol
1982	Sgt	John Quinn	Co. Armagh	Bomb	on mobile patrol
1982	D/Con	Garry M. Ewing	Co. Fermanagh	Bomb	off duty
1982	R/Con	Samuel Richard Snowdon Corkey	Co. Armagh	Shot	at security barrier
1982	R/Con	Ronald Irwin	Co. Armagh	Shot	at security barrier
1983	Sgt	Eric Brown	Co. Down	Shot	suspect car check
1983	R/Con	Bernard Alexander Quinn	Co. Down	Shot	suspect car check
1983	R/Con	John R Olphert	Co. Londonderry	Shot	off duty
1983	R/Con	William Edward Magill	Co. Down	Shot	at station
1983	Sgt	William Gordon Wilson	Co. Armagh	Bomb	on patrol
1983	Const	Thomas Lindsay A. McCormack	Belfast City	Shot	on foot patrol
1983	R/Con	Frederick T Morton	Co. Down	Shot	off duty
1983	Const	Gerald Cathcart	Belfast City	Shot	off duty
1983	R/Con	Colin Herbert Alexander Carson	Co. Tyrone	Shot	at security barrier
1983	Const	John K Wasson	Co. Armagh	Shot	off duty
1983	R/Con	James Ferguson	Co. Down	Shot	on foot patrol
1983	R/Con	William Toome Finlay	Co. Down	Shot	on foot patrol
1983	Const	John Robert Nelson Hallawell	Londonderry City	Shot	on duty
1983	Sgt	Stephen Alexander Neville Fyfe	Belfast City	Bomb	off duty
1983	Insp	John Brian Martin	Belfast City	Bomb	off duty
1983	R/Con	John McFadden	Co. Antrim	Shot	off duty
1983	R/Con	William J Fitzpatrick	Co. Down	Shot	off duty
1983	Const	Paul Gabriel Marian Clarke	Co. Tyrone	Mortar	off duty
1984	R/Con	William Robert Fullerton	Co. Down	Shot	off duty
1984	Const	Thomas John Bingham	Co. Armagh	Mortar	on mobile patrol
1984	Sgt	William Ritchie Savage	Co. Armagh	Landmine	on mobile patrol
1984	Const	Michael William Dawson	Belfast City	Bomb	suspect parcel
1984	R/Con	Trevor George Elliott	Co. Armagh	Landmine	on mobile patrol
1984	Const	William Neville Gray	Co. Armagh	Landmine	on mobile patrol
1984	Const	Michael William Todd	Belfast City	Shot	attempting arrest
1984	Sgt	Malcolm Alexander White	Co. Tyrone	Landmine	on mobile patrol
1984	Sgt	William Robert McDonald	Belfast City	Bomb	off duty
1985	Sgt	John Francis Gerald Murphy	Co. Armagh	Shot	ambush

Year	Rank	Name	County/City	Method	Incident
1985	Ch Insp	Alexander Donaldson	Co. Down	Mortar	at station
1985	R/Con	Sean Brian McHenry	Co. Down	Mortar	at station
1985	R/Con	Geoffrey Kenneth Campbell	Co. Down	Mortar	at station
1985	D/Sgt	John Thomas Dowd	Co. Down	Mortar	at station
1985	WD/Con	Ivy Winifred Kelly	Co. Down	Mortar	emergency
1985	R/Cont	Paul Hilary McFerran	Co. Down	Mortar	at station
1985	W/Con	Rosemary Elizabeth McGookin	Co. Down	Mortar	at station
1985	Const	David Peter Topping	Co. Down	Mortar	at station
1985	R/Con	Denis Anthony Price	Co. Down	Mortar	at station
1985	Sgt	Hugh Brendan McCormac	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	off duty
1985	R/Con	John W. J. Bell	Co. Down	Shot	off duty
1985	R/Con	Michael Keith Kay	Co. Down	Bomb	on patrol
1985	Const	David James Ronald Baird	Co. Armagh	Bomb	on mobile patrol
1985	W/Con	Tracy Ellen Doak	Co. Armagh	Bomb	on patrol
1985	R/Con	Stephen George Rodgers	Co. Armagh	Bomb	at station
1985	Insp	William James Wilson	Co. Armagh	Bomb	at station
1985	R/Con	William A. Agnew	Co. Londonderry	Shot	ambush
1985	Const	William Robert Gilliland	Co. Fermanagh	Bomb	at station
1985	Insp	Patrick M. Vance	Co. Down	Shot	off duty
1985	Const	David Hanson	Co. Armagh	Landmine	on foot patrol
1985	R/Con	William James Clements	Co. Tyrone	Shot	at station
1985	Const	George Gilliland	Co. Tyrone	Shot	at station
1986	Const	James Andrew McCandless	Co. Armagh	Bomb	on foot patrol
1986	R/Con	Michael Johnathan Williams	Co. Armagh	Bomb	on foot patrol
1986	D/Con	Derek George Breen	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	off duty
1986	Insp	James Hazlett	Co. Down	Shot	off duty
1986	Const	David Leslie McBride	Co. Armagh	Bomb	on foot patrol
1986	Const	William Laurence Smyth	Co. Armagh	Bomb	on foot patrol
1986	A/Const	John W. McVitty	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	off duty
1986	Const	Theophileus William C. Allen	Co. Down	Shot	on mobile patrol
1986	Const	Christopher Blackbourne	Co. Down	Shot	on mobile patrol
1986	Sgt	Peter John Kilpatrick	Co. Down	Shot	on mobile patrol
1986	R/Con	Desmond John Dobbin	Belfast City	Mortar	at station
1986	Const	Derek E. Patterson	Belfast City	Shot	off duty
1987	R/Const	Ivan Noble Irvine Crawford	Co. Fermanagh	Bomb	on foot patrol
1987	R/Con	Peter Nesbitt	Belfast City	Bomb	at crime scene
1987	D/Sgt	John Reginald Charles Bennison	Londonderry City	Bomb	at crime scene
1987	D/Insp	George Austin Wilson	Londonderry City	Bomb	at crime scene
1987	R/Con	George Ian Gray Shaw	Co. Down	Shot	at station
1987	R/Con	Frederick Verner Armstrong	Co. Antrim	Shot	on foot patrol

Year	Rank	Name	County/City	Method	Incident
1987	R/Con	Robert James Bennett McLean	Co. Antrim	Shot	on foot patrol
1987	Insp	David John Ead	Co. Down	Shot	ambush
1987	Sgt	Thomas Cooke	Londonderry City	Shot	off duty
1987	Const	Samuel McLean	Co. Donegal	Shot	off duty
1987	Sgt	Robert Guthrie	Belfast City	Shot	at station
1987	Const	Norman A. Kennedy	Co. Antrim	Shot	off duty
1987	D/Con	Ernest Stanley Carson	Belfast City	Shot	off duty
1987	D/Con	Michael Philip Malone	Belfast City	Shot	off duty
1987	R/Con	Winston G. Finlay	Co. Londonderry	Shot	off duty
1987	R/Con	Edward Armstrong	Co. Fermanagh	Bomb	off duty
1988	Const	Colin James Gilmore	Belfast City	Bomb	on mobile patrol
1988	Const	Clive Graham	Londonderry City	Shot	at road check
1988	D/Con	John George Warnock	Co. Antrim	Car Bomb	going off duty
1988	Const	John Larmour	Belfast City	Shot	off duty
1988	R/Con	Hugh Harold McCrone	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	on mobile patrol
1988	R/Con	William James Monteith	Co. Tyrone	Shot	at security barrier
1989	Const	Stephen Montgomery	Co. Tyrone	Bomb	on mobile patrol
1989	Ch Supt	Henry Alexander Breen	Co. Armagh	Shot	ambush
1989	Supt	Robert James Buchanan	Co. Armagh	Shot	ambush
1989	R/Con	David J. Black	Co. Tyrone	Car Bomb	off duty?
1989	Const	Norman Annett	Londonderry City	Shot	off duty
1989	R/Con	Alexander Bell	Co. Antrim	Bomb	on mobile patrol
1989	Supt	Alwyn W. Harris	Co. Antrim	Car Bomb	off duty
1989	Const	Michael Frederick Leslie Marshall	Co. Armagh	Shot	on mobile patrol
1990	Insp	Mervyn Derek Monteith	Co. Armagh	Shot	off duty
1990	R/Con	George A Starrett	Co. Armagh	Shot	off duty
1990	Const	Harold John Beckett	Belfast City	Shot	on foot patrol
1990	Const	Gary Carl Meyer	Belfast City	Shot	on foot patrol
1990	Const	William James Brown Hanson	Co. Armagh	Landmine	on mobile patrol
1990	R/Con	David Sterritt	Co. Armagh	Landmine	on mobile patrol
1990	R/Con	Joshua Cyril Willis	Co. Armagh	Landmine	on mobile patrol
1990	Const	Louis M Robinson	Co. Down	Shot	off duty
1990	Const	Samuel Todd	Belfast City	Shot	at security barrier
1990	D/Insp	William David Wesley Murphy	Co. Armagh	Shot	off duty
1990	R/Con	Thomas G. Taylor	Co. Armagh	Shot	off duty
1990	R/Con	Wilfred Wethers	Co. Armagh	Shot	off duty

Year	Rank	Name	County/City	Method	Incident
1991	D/Con	John S McGarry	Co. Antrim	Car Bomb	off duty
1991	Sgt	Samuel E. McCrum	Co. Antrim	Shot	off duty
1991	Sgt	Stephen Gillespie	Belfast City	Shot	on mobile patrol
1991	R/Con	Douglas Carrothers	Co. Fermanagh	Car Bomb	off duty
1991	Const	Edward Wilson Spence	Belfast City	Shot	on foot patrol
1991	Const	Eric Clarke	Co. Londonderry	Mortar	mobile patrol
1992	W/Con	Colleen Linda McMurray	Co. Down	Mortar	on mobile patrol
1992	Const	James R. Douglas	Belfast City	Shot	off duty
1992	R/Con	Alan Corbett	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	at vehicle check
1993	Const	Michael John Ferguson	Londonderry City	Shot	on foot patrol
1993	R/Con	Reginald Williamson	Co. Armagh	Car Bomb	off duty
1993	Const	Jonathan Reid	Co. Armagh	Shot	on foot patrol
1993	R/Con	Brian James William Woods	Co. Down	Shot	ambush
1993	A/Const	William John Andrew Beacom	Co. Tyrone	Shot	on mobile patrol
1993	R/Con	Ernest Frederick Smith	Co. Tyrone	Shot	on mobile patrol
1994	Const	William Johnston Beacom	Belfast City	Rocket	on mobile patrol
1994	Const	John (Jackie) E. Haggan	Belfast City	Shot	off duty
1994	Const	Gregory William Pollock	Londonderry City	Mortar	on mobile patrol
1995	Const	Arthur Robert James Seymour	Co. Tyrone	Shot	at station
1997	Const	Darren Robert Bradshaw	Belfast City	Shot	ambush
1997	Const	Robert Gregory Taylor	Co. Antrim	Beaten	off duty
1997	Const	Roland John Graham	Co. Armagh	Shot	ambush
1997	R/Con	David Andrew Johnston	Co. Armagh	Shot	ambush
1998	Const	Francis Adrian O`Reilly	Co. Armagh	Bomb	during rioting
2000	R/Const	William Norman Thompson	Belfast City	Vehicle	checking vehicle

The following officers have been killed by acts of terrorism after leaving the service.

1973 D/Con Ivan Johnston

1975 R/Con William Meaklin

1976 R/Con John Morrow

1977 Sgt Cecil Shaw

1977 R/Con John Anderson

1979 R/Con Frederick Lutton

1979 R/Con James Wright

1980 R/Con Robert Shields

1981 Const Thomas Harpur

1982 Insp Albert White

1982 R/Con John Martin

1987 Sgt Samuel Gault

1989 R/Con Harold Keys

1989 Insp Gabriel Mullaly

1990 R/Con James Sefton

1990 R/Con Steven Craig

1991 R/Con Cullen Stephenson

1991 R/Con Robert Orr

1993 Const John Murphy

1998 R/Con Cyril Stewart


Notes
Rank Abbreviations:-
Cadet:	Officer cadet	Const/Con/C:	Constable
Ch:	Chief	D:	Detective
Insp/In/I:	Inspector	H:	Head
S:	Special	R:	Reserve
Supt:	Superintendent	Sgt:	Sergeant
W:	Woman

First Names - These are from official records and may differ from the familiar name in use
Car Bomb - under car booby-trap bomb
*County/City* - Shows county where serving/killed, except - Belfast City which is in County Antrim and Londonderry City (also known as Derry City) in County Londonderry.

This list contains all currently known police deaths in Northern Ireland from criminal acts of violence since 1900 (there are no known cases prior to 1914). The majority of deaths are as a result of political violence and terrorist activity. In addition more than 70 officers have committed suicide, at least 6 were killed on duty by enemy action in wartime air raids and about 90 have been killed on duty by accident. Between 1900 and 1922 there were some 480 further deaths by acts of violence in the Royal Irish Constabulary and Dublin Metropolitan Police in Southern Ireland while part of the United Kingdom.

Last updated 29 November 2005
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