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| City of London Police | ||
| Detective Sergeant Charles Thain Died 4 December 1857, aged 45 Fatally shot by a prisoner he was escorting by ship from Hamburgh. Police Constable George Sheldon Cossons Died 15 May 1865, aged 40 Collapsed and died after chasing a boy crossing Blackfriars Bridge. Police Constable John Charles Davey Died 17 January 1872, aged 50 Fatally injured in a fall down a hole while checking insecure premises. Police Constable George Easter Died 30 September 1906, aged 38 Fatally injured by a van as he ran alongside to speak to the driver. Sergeant Charles Tucker Died 16 December 1910, aged 46 Sergeant Robert Bentley Died 17 December 1910, aged 36 Police Constable Walter Charles Choat Died 17 December 1910, aged 34 All three were shot and fatally wounded trying to arrest a gang of armed burglars. Posthumously awarded the King's Police Medal for Gallantry. PC John Pharaoh Smith Died 20 January 1913, aged 40 Killed while directing traffic when he was knocked down by a motor bus. Special Constable Henry Thomas Godrich Died 30 March 1915, aged 50 Found dead in a taxi after finishing 4 hours point duty on a cold night. Police Constable Thomas Minke Died 30 September 1915, aged 35 Fatally injured by a bomb explosion during an enemy Zeppelin air raid. Police Nurse Evelyn Rolfe S.R.N. Died 9 September 1940, aged 65 Fatally injured by enemy action at the City of London Police Hospital. Special Constable Leonard Charles Payne Died 24 September 1940, aged 20 Fatally injured in an enemy air raid while off duty assisting local ARP. Police War Reserve Constable Frederick Charles Smith Died 30 October 1940, aged 36 Killed by enemy action while on duty during an air raid. Police War Reserve Constable Frederick George Davis Died 8 September 1940, aged 34 Killed off duty in enemy air raids. Police Constable Arthur William Edgar Beagles Died 11 January 1941, aged 25 Killed by enemy action while on duty during an air raid. Police War Reserve Constable John George Heard Died 11 January 1941, aged 33 Killed by enemy action while on duty during an air raid. Police Constable Edgar John G. Whitehead Died 11 January 1941, aged 23 Killed by enemy action while on duty during an air raid. Police War Reserve Constable Henry Sidney Marshall Died 13 January 1941, aged 35 Fatally injured by enemy action while on duty during an air raid. Police Messenger Denis Frederick Melville Died 1 February 1941, aged 16 Killed off duty in enemy air raids. Police War Reserve Constable Herbert John Allwright Died 08 February 1941, aged 49 Killed off duty in enemy air raids. Special Constable Frank Ronald Collins Died 8 March 1941, aged 34 Fatally injured by enemy action whilst on duty during an air raid. Police Constable William James F. Dunnett Died 8 March 1941, aged 28 Fatally injured by enemy action whilst on duty during an air raid. Police War Reserve Constable Albert George Ridley Died 8 March 1941, aged 46 Fatally injured by enemy action whilst on duty during an air raid. Sergeant Edmund Arthur Bartlett Died 11 May 1941, aged 47 Killed by enemy action whilst on duty during an air raid. Police Constable William Robert Goodey Died 11 May 1941, aged 28 Killed off duty in enemy air raids. Special Constable Sidney Joseph Smith Died 20 June 1944, aged 49 Killed off duty in enemy air raids. Special Constable Alfred Langley Died 13 September 1944, aged 49 Killed off duty in enemy air raids. Special Constable Gilbert Saul Died 8 March 1945, aged 55 Killed off duty in enemy air raids. Commander Hugh John Moore QPM Died 4 December 1993, aged 64 Died of heart failure following a violent struggle to arrest a suspect. Police Constable Darren Lee Pike Died 3 December 2002, aged 30 Fatally injured in an accident on a police motorcycle training course. |
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