2008

Lest We Forget

Fatally wounded when he was accidentally struck in the chest by a single shot, discharged from a shotgun carried by a colleague, during a firearms training exercise in a disused factory in Newton Heath, North Manchester.

Ian was from Burnley, he joined Greater Manchester Police in 1997
and served on Rochdale Division before joining the Firearms Unit in 2002
where he was an extremely experienced and highly qualified firearms officer.

He is survived by his wife, their daughter aged 4 and son aged 3 years,
his parents and his brother, also a serving police officer.

Killed in a motorcycle accident, whilst travelling to report for early turn duty at Hammersmith, when he crashed on the M1 motorway near Staples Corner.

Noel had completed 24 years service on uniform patrol and the Territorial Support Group
and since 2003 he had been a member of the Mounted Branch, based at Hammersmith.

He is survived by his wife and two daughters aged 17 and 14 years,
his parents and two younger brothers.

Killed in a road traffic accident while travelling to report for duty at Colchester when his motorcycle was in collision with a car near East Bergholt, Suffolk.

 Bob had 26 years service working with the Metropolitan Police before joining Essex in 1989; he worked as the Colchester Town Sergeant and had been commended 3 times for his work.

He is survived by his two sons aged 20 and 15 years, his mother and brother,
and his fiancee and her four children with whom he lived in Suffolk.

Killed in a road traffic accident, while responding to an emergency incident
just before midnight, when the police van he was driving was in collision
with a car at Openshaw; the police vehicle overturned and he
sustained major head injuries from which he died instantly.

Christopher had just over four years service and was a response officer based at Bury;
in 2005 he had been awarded a Divisional Commander's commendation for his
professionalism and calmness in helping to rescue a child from a violent incident.

He is survived by his six year old son and his parents of whom he was their
only surviving child following the death of his brother Andrew, aged 17, in 1987.

Lest we Forget