Northern Ireland - Criminal Acts

National Police Officers Roll of Honour

Lest we Forget

Northern Ireland's Sacrifice

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Roll of Honour

In remembrance of those members of Northern Ireland Police Forces who have been killed by
criminal acts of violence, showing the county or city, the method of killing and the type of incident,
in which they died since 1800.

Lest We Forget

*Police Force*
Year	Rank	Name	County/City	Method	Incident
Ulster County Constabulary
1826	Sub-Con	Thomas McKinley	Co. Tyrone	Killed	barracks attack
1828	Sub-Con	Patrick Cleary	Co. Down	Killed	during an affray
1829	Sub-Con	William West	Co. Antrim	Killed	attempting arrest
1830	Sub-Con	Thompson Morrison	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	during rioting
1832	Sub-Con	Robert Wiggins	Co. Tyrone	Killed	checking suspects
Belfast Police
1827	Const	Thomas Warren	Belfast City	Shot	attempting arrest
Irish Revenue Police
1836	Const	Stewart	Co. Londonderry	Killed	by mob
Irish Constabulary
1849	Const	Patrick Burke	Co. Down	Shot	at disturbance
1859	Sgt	Robert McClelland	Co. Tyrone	Shot	revenge attack
Royal Irish Constabulary
1872	Sub-Con	Joseph Morton	Belfast City	Shot	during rioting
1874	Const	Francis Murphy	Co. Londonderry	Shot	revenge attack
1886	H/Const	William Gardiner	Belfast City	Shot	during rioting
1887	Dist/Insp	Joshua William V. Bernard	Belfast City	From Injury	during rioting
1886	H/Const	William Gardiner	Belfast City	Shot	during rioting
1887	Dist/Insp	Joshua William V. Bernard	Belfast City	From injury	during rioting

Year	Rank	Name	County/City	Method	Incident
1914	Const	Edward Casey	Belfast City	Assaulted	attempting arrest
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	Const	Hugh Kearns	Londonderry City	Shot	chasing suspects
1920	H/Const	John J. Kearney	Co. Down	Shot	off duty

Year	Rank	Name	County/City	Method	Incident
1921	Sgt	John J. Kemp	Co. Armagh	Bomb	off duty
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	off duty
1921	Const	Robert A Crook	Belfast City	Shot	off duty
1921	Const	John McIntosh	Belfast City	Shot	off duty
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	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	rebel ambush
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	off dutty
1922	Sgt	Patrick Joseph Early	Co. Armagh	Shot	rebel ambush
1922	Const	George P. 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 J. Frizelle	Co. Londonderry	Shot	rebel attack
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

Ulster Special Constabulary
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	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	George Clarke Graham	Co. Down	Shot	rebel ambush
1921	S/Con	William Lyttle	Londonderry City	Suffocated	prisoner escape
1922	S/Con	Charles McFadden	Co. Tyrone	Shot	rebel ambush
1922	S/Sgt	William James Dougherty	Co. Monaghan	Shot	rebel ambush
1922	S/Con	James Lewis	Co. Monaghan	Shot	rebel ambush
1922	S/Con	William James McFarland	Co. Monaghan	Shot	rebel ambush
1922	S/Con	Robert William McMahon	Co. Monaghan	Shot	rebel ambush
1922	S/Con	Hector Stewart	Belfast City	Shot	by sniper
1922	S/Sgt	Hugh French	Belfast City	Shot	off duty
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 MC	Co. Armagh	Fall	rebel ambush
1922	S/Con	William Robert 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 Thomas McKnight MM	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
1922	S/Con	George Victor Kidd	Belfast City	Shot	off duty

Year	Rank	Name	County/City	Method	Incident
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	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	Herbert Martin	Co. Armagh	Shot	rebel attack
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
1985	S/C (Rtd)	William James Heenan	Co. Down	Shot	at home
1994	S/C (Rtd)	Samuel Victor Montgomery	Co. Londonderry	Shot	in public bar

Belfast Harbour Police
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

Royal Ulster Constabulary GC
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 KPM	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 John 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 QPM	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 John M. Gibson	Belfast City	Bomb	off duty
1972	Const	Andrew Gordon Harron QPM	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 Alexander 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 QPM	Co. Antrim	Shot	suspect car check
1973	A/Const	Ronald Macauley QPM	Co. Antrim	Shot	suspect car check
1973	Const	David Purvis	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	on foot patrol
1973	R/Con	William John 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 QPM	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 Smyth 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 Kettyles	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 David Nelson	Co. Tyrone	Shot	off duty
1976	Const	John William Anthony McCambridge	Co. Tyrone	Shot	off duty
1976	D/Con	Ronald Edwin 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 Jude 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 QGM	Belfast City	Shot	on mobile patrol
1976	R/Con	Joseph Scott	Co. Tyrone	Shot	off duty
1976	Const	Norman Windsor Hanna Campbell	Co. Armagh	Shot	at security barrier
1976	R/Con	Samuel Graham Armour	Co. Londonderry	Car Bomb	off duty
1977	R/Con	William James 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 QGM	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 George 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 Hedley Crothers	Co. Down	Bomb	in hotel
1978	Const	Charles Malcolm Simpson	Londonderry City	Shot	on mobile patrol
1978	R/Con	John Wilson Moore	Co. Antrim	Landmine	off duty
1978	Const	Laird Millar McAllister	Co. Antrim	Shot	off duty
1978	R/Con	Robert Albert James 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 George 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 Stanley Wray	Londonderry City	Shot	off duty
1979	R/Con	David Allen 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 Henry 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 Osborne Hazelton	Co. Monaghan	Shot	off duty
1980	R/Con	Robert James 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 Victor Wilson	Belfast City	Shot	off duty
1980	R/Con	William Wallace Allen	Co. Armagh	Shot	off duty
1980	R/Con	Thomas Henry Ernest Johnston	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	going off duty
1981	R/Con	Lindsay Gardiner MacDougall	Belfast City	Shot	on foot patrol
1981	R/Con	James Matthew 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 Basil 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 Alexander Stewart	Co. Down	Shot	off duty
1981	Const	Alexander Beck	Belfast City	Rocket	on mobile patrol
1981	R/Con	Silas Weir 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 Mervyn 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 Robinson 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 Thomas 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 Kevin 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 James 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 QGM	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 William Joseph 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 Archibald Agnew	Co. Londonderry	Shot	ambush
1985	Const	William Robert Gilliland	Co. Fermanagh	Bomb	at station
1985	Insp	Patrick Martin 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 BEM	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 William McVitty	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	off duty
1986	Const	Theophileus William Charles Allen	Co. Down	Shot	on mobile patrol
1986	Const	Karl 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 Ewing 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 BEM	Co. Donegal	Shot	off duty
1987	Sgt	Robert Guthrie	Belfast City	Shot	at station
1987	Const	Norman Alexander 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 Gilchrist 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 John 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 William 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 Alexander 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 Martin 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 George 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 Spence McGarry	Co. Antrim	Car Bomb	off duty
1991	Sgt	Samuel Ernest 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 Rea 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/Con	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 Edward 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/Con	William Norman Thompson	Belfast City	Vehicle	checking vehicle

Former RUC officers killed by acts of terrorism after leaving the service.
Year	Rank	Name	County/City	Method	Incident
1973	D/Con	Ivan Acheson Johnston	Co. Armagh	Shot	abducted
1975	R/Con	William Ambrose Meaklin	Co. Armagh	Shot	abducted
1977	Sgt	Christopher Shaw	Belfast City	Shot	at home
1977	R/Con	Herbert John Anderson	Co. Armagh	Shot	at work
1979	R/Con	Frederick John Lutton	Co. Tyrone	Shot	at work
1979	R/Con	James Wright	Co. Armagh	Car Bomb	own car
1980	R/Con	Robert McCartney Shields	Belfast City	Shot	at work
1981	Const	Thomas Harpur	Co. Tyrone	Shot	visiting house
1982	Insp	Albert White	Co. Down	Shot	near home
1982	R/Con	John Martin	Co. Armagh	Shot	at work
1987	Sgt	Samuel Gault	Co. Fermanagh	Bomb	Remembrance Day
1989	R/Con	Harold Irvine Keys	Co. Donegal	Shot	visiting friend
1989	Insp	Patrick Joseph Gabriel Mullaly	Belfast City	Car Bomb	own car
1990	R/Con	James Carrick Annette Sefton	Belfast City	Car Bomb	own car
1990	R/Con	Steven Ernest Craig	Belfast City	Shot	in street
1991	R/Con	Thomas Edward C. Stephenson	Co. Fermanagh	Shot	at home
1991	R/Con	Robert James Orr	Co. Armagh	Car Bomb	own car
1992	Const	Robert James Irvine	Co. Antrim	Shot	at home
1993	Const	John Patrick Murphy	Belfast City	Shot	in hotel bar
1998	R/Con	Samuel Cyril Stewart	Co. Armagh	Shot	with his wife

Police Authority Members and Employees
Year	Rank	Name	County/City	Method	Incident
1972	Member	William James Johnston	Co. Armagh	Shot	abducted
1976	Member	Charles Oliver Eaton	Belfast City	Shot	at work
1978	CSO	Norma Spence	Belfast City	Shot	civilian searcher
1978	CSO	Brian Russell	Londonderry City	Shot	civilian searcher
1994	Cleaner	Frederick Anthony	Co. Armagh	Car Bomb	own car

Police Service of Northern Ireland
Year	Rank	Name	County/City	Method	Incident
2009	Const	Stephen Paul Carroll	Co. Armagh	Shot	ambush


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 452 known police deaths in the six counties of Northern Ireland from criminal acts of violence since 1800; the majority of deaths were as a result of political violence and terrorist activity. In addition, between 1800 and 1922 there are 544 known deaths by acts of violence in the the Royal Irish Constabulary and its constituent forces, and the Dublin Metropolitan Police, in Southern Ireland while part of the United Kingdom, the majority as a result of political violence.

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