
Police Homicides - Northern Ireland
Lest we Forget
Northern Ireland's Sacrifice

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.
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| Year | Rank | Name | County/City | Method | Incident |
| 1914 | Const | Edward Casey | Belfast City | Assaulted | attempting arrest |
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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 |
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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 | 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 |
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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 | 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | 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
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| 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. | |||
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