
The Police Memorial Trust

Local Police Memorials
NOTE: These information pages are provided for the
Police Memorial Trust, which is a separate charity.
Chairman: Michael
Winner; Secretary:
John Fraser; Telephone:
020 7734 8385; Fax: 020 7602 9217
Postal mail only: Police Memorial Trust, 219, Kensington High Street, London, W8 6BD
Between 1984 and 2006 the Police Memorial Trust has erected 32 local memorials to 37 police officers killed on duty, normally at or near where they fell.
Below are details of all these memorials, showing the officer's year of death, rank, name, age, force, brief circumstances of death, any national honour or award and location of the memorial.
View pictures of the memorials by clicking on any highlighted Memorial below:
(Note: If you can provide any missing photographs or better quality photographs please contact us.)
Honouring Heroes
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1966 D/Sgt Christopher Head 30 PC Geoffrey Fox 41 TDC David Wombwell 25 Metropolitan Police Shot dead without warning as they questioned three suspects in a van. Memorial - Braybrook Street, London W12 |
1975 PC Stephen Tibble 21 Metropolitan Police Fatally
shot off duty trying to arrest an armed terrorist being chased
by police. Memorial - Charleville Road, London W14 |
1983 Insp Stephen Dodd 34 Sgt Noel Lane 28 WPC Jane Arbuthnot 22 Metropolitan Police Fatally injured investigating a terrorist car bomb when the device exploded. Memorial - Hans Crescent, London SW1 |
1984 WPC Yvonne Fletcher 25 Metropolitan Police Fatally shot by terrorists whilst policing a political demonstration. Memorial - St. James's Square, London SW1 |
1984 A/Sgt Brian Bishop 37 Essex Police Shot and fatally wounded when challenging an armed suspect. Memorial - Central Avenue, Frinton-on-Sea |
1984 Sgt John Speed 39 West Yorkshire Police Shot
dead as he confronted a man who had just shot a colleague. Memorial - Kirkgate, Leeds |
1985 DC John Fordham 45 Metropolitan Police Fatally stabbed when attacked whilst on surveillance duty. Memorial - West Kingsdown, Kent |
1985 PC Keith Blakelock 40 Metropolitan Police Beaten
and stabbed to death by a mob during large scale rioting. Memorial – Muswell Hill Roundabout, London N10 |
1986 PC John Taylor 26 Staffordshire Police Fatally injured when pushed from a building while arresting a burglar. Memorial - Kingsway/Glebe Street, Stoke-on-Trent |
1987 PC Ronan McCloskey 25 Metropolitan Police Killed by a drunk driver who drove off with him clinging to the car. Memorial - Dudden Hill Lane, London NW10 |
1988 PC Frank Mason 27 Hertfordshire Constabulary Shot
dead when he intervened in an armed robbery while off duty. Memorial - Bank Court, Hemel Hempstead |
1988 PC Gavin Carlton 29 West Midlands Police Shot
dead while chasing two bank robbers armed with shotguns. Memorial - Torrington Avenue, Coventry |
1989 Insp Raymond Codling 49 Greater Manchester Police Shot dead by a suspect he was questioning in the early hours. Memorial - Birch Services M62, Heywood |
1990 PC Laurence Brown 27 Metropolitan Police Shot dead with a sawn-off shotgun as he approached a suspect. Memorial - Pownall Rd, London E8 |
1991 PC Duncan Clift 27 Kent County Constabulary Run down and fatally injured trying to stop a stolen car while off duty. Memorial - Wenworth car park, Alemouth Rd., Hexham |
1991 Sgt Alan King 41 Metropolitan Police Killed
when repeatedly stabbed in a violent struggle to arrest a suspect. Memorial - Higham Hill Road, London E17 |
1991 DC James Morrison 26 Metropolitan Police Fatally
stabbed when, although off duty, he attempted to arrest a thief. Memorial - Montreal Place, London WC2 |
1992 SC Glenn Goodman 37 North Yorkshire Police Shot
dead by terrorist gunmen while checking a suspect car. Memorial – Wetherby Road / Station Road, Tadcaster |
1993 Sgt William Forth 34 Northumbria Police Beaten
and stabbed to death while dealing with a disturbance at night. Memorial – Sun Hill, Sunniside, Whickham |
1993 PC Patrick Dunne 44 Metropolitan Police Shot dead while investigating the sound of gunfire in the street. Memorial - Cato Road, London SW4 |
1995 PC Phillip Walters 28 Metropolitan Police Shot and fatally wounded during a violent struggle to arrest a man. Memorial - Empress Avenue, Ilford, Essex |
1997 WPC Nina Mackay 25 Metropolitan Police Fatally stabbed after forcing entry to a flat to arrest a wanted man. Memorial - Arthingworth Street, London E15 |
1999 PC Jeffrey Tooley 26 Sussex Police Fatally injured by a speeding van which failed to stop at a road check. Memorial - A259 Brighton Road, Shoreham-by-Sea |
1999 PC Stephen Jones 34 Avon and Somerset Constabulary Killed when struck by a stolen vehicle he was attempting to stop. Memorial - M48 service area, Severn View |
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1999 PC Raja Bashrat Ahmed 35 Greater Manchester Police Fatally injured when a stolen car rammed his police motorcycle. Memorial – Oldham Road / Queens Road, Manchester |
1999 PC Kulwant Sidhu 24 Metropolitan Police Killed when he fell through a glass skylight while pursuing suspects. Memorial - Mereway Road, Twickenham |
2000 PC Jon Odell 30 Kent County Constabulary Run down and killed by a speeding vehicle he was attempting to stop. Memorial – Shottendane Road, Margate |
2001 PC Alison Armitage 29 Greater Manchester Police Fatally injured attempting to stop a suspect driving off in a stolen car. Memorial – Robert Street, Oldham |
2001 PC Malcolm Walker 45 West Midlands Police Killed when his motorcycle was rammed trying to stop a stolen car. Memorial - A34 Birchfield Road, Perry Barr |
2002 PC Bryan Moore 39 PC Andrew Munn 37 Leicestershire Constabulary Killed when a van being pursued by police deliberately rammed their car. Memorial - Donnington Park Services Jct. 23A of the M1 in Leicestershire. |
2003 PC Ged Walker 42 Nottinghamshire Police Fatally injured when dragged by a stolen car while attempting an arrest. Memorial - Cantrell Road, Bulwell, Nottingham. |
2003 DC Stephen Oake 40 Greater Manchester Police Fatally stabbed restraining a suspected terrorist who was attacking other officers. Memorial - Crumpsall Lane, Manchester. |
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Last updated 12 September 2006
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