Kenneth Andrew Brodie

Police Constable
Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary
Died 8 January 1997, aged 34

Killed in a road traffic accident when his police patrol car was involved in a three-car collision, in which a married couple were also killed, while on mobile patrol on the A76 near Mennock, Dumfries-shire.

Michael Gamble

Constable
Royal Ulster Constabulary
Died 27 February 1997, aged 24

Fatally injured in a road traffic accident late on the night of 26 February, when his police patrol car collided with tree on the Kesh-Enniskillen Road at Buninubber, Killadeas, Co. Fermanagh, and died from his injuries the next day.

Giles Fraser Drinkall

Police Constable
Leicestershire Constabulary
Died 2 April 1997, aged 35

Killed in a road accident, while returning to police headquarters from Royal escort duties at Hinckley, when he lost control of his police motorcycle and crashed on the M69 motorway.

Darren Robert Bradshaw

Constable
Royal Ulster Constabulary
Died 9 May 1997, aged 24

While the officer was off duty with friends in a bar in Dunbar Street, Belfast, late at night, nationalist gunmen entered the premises and one of them shot the constable in the back; as the officer staggered two more shots were fired and he died at the scene from his injuries.

Keith Maddison

Police Constable
Durham Constabulary
Died 21 May 1997, aged 46

Following a five mile pursuit of a stolen horse box across Co. Durham at night, two men abandoned the vehicle at Howden-le-Wear; the traffic patrol officer then began chasing the two suspects on foot but soon afterwards he collapsed and died.

Robert Gregory Taylor

Constable
Royal Ulster Constabulary
Died 1 June 1997, aged 41

While off duty with friends in a public house in Ballymoney, Co. Antrim, he was recognised as a police officer by local loyalists and jostled and abused. When he left the bar in the early hours he was attacked by a waiting mob and brutally beaten and kicked to death.

Roland John Graham

Constable
Royal Ulster Constabulary
Died 16 June 1997, aged 34

David Andrew Johnston

Reserve Constable (Full Time)
Royal Ulster Constabulary
Died 16 June 1997, aged 30

While on foot patrol together in Church Walk, Lurgan, two republican gunmen approached the officers from behind and opened fire at point blank range, both officers were shot in the head and killed.

Mark Ian Flood

Police Constable
Metropolitan Police
Died 29 July 1997, aged 32

Killed in a road accident, while reporting for early duty at Addington Police Station, when his motorcycle collided head-on with a lorry at Hurst Green.

Terry Finch

Constable
Ministry of Defence Police
Died 20 August 1997, aged 49

Whilst escorting a Ministry of Defence convoy, with the Special Escort Group, he sustained fatal injuries when his motorcycle was in collision with a lorry near Burghfield, Berkshire.

Stephen Philip Armstrong

Police Sergeant
Durham Constabulary
Died 23 August 1997, aged 35

Fatally injured in a road accident on the A194m Washington by-pass, while returning home after finishing duty in the early hours, when his vehicle collided with a stray horse.

Ian Jessett

Police Constable
Metropolitan Police
Died 25 August 1997, aged 39

Killed when his motorcycle was in collision with a lorry, while on route to Clapham police station to report for aiding duty at the Notting Hill Carnival.

Nina Alexandra Mackay

Police Constable
Metropolitan Police
Died 24 October 1997, aged 25

As a member of a Territorial Support Group she forced entry to a dwelling flat at Stratford, in order to arrest a violent and deranged wanted man, whereupon she was stabbed in the chest and fatally wounded.

Posthumously awarded a Commissioner's High Commendation for Bravery, her name inscribed on the Roll of Honour at New Scotland Yard, and a memorial stone was erected by the Police Memorial Trust at the scene at Arthingworth Street, E15.

John Shevlin

Police Constable
Merseyside Police
Died 10 November 1997, aged 36

Seriously injured on 21 October 1995, while responding on an emergency call to a road accident in Huyton, when his police vehicle went out of control and hit a garden wall. As a result of his injuries he  remained in a coma until his death two years later.

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