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The list contains recipients of the Elizabeth Emblem, as of July 2025.

Name Age Rank (or role) Organisation Date of death Roll of Honour citation or circumstances of death Date published of recipients approved by HM King Charles III
Bernard Goodwin Bourdillon 35 Assistant Secretary to the Palestine Government HMG Foreign and Commonwealth Office 22 July 1946 Members of the Irgun disguised themselves as Arabs and set off a bomb in the King David Hotel, Jerusalem. The hotel had been the base for the British Secretariat, the military command and a branch of the police. 91 people were killed, most of them staff of the secretariat and the hotel, including Bourdillion. 4 July 2025[1]
Jack Foster Unable to locate information (July 2025) Police Constable HMG British Palestine Police Force 29 December 1947 Unable to locate information (July 2025) 4 July 2025[1]
Robert Gilchrist Broadhead Martin 47 Police Constable Metropolitan Police 23 March 1950 Fatally injured in a accident on a wet road while on motorcycle traffic patrol.[2] 4 July 2025[1]
Robert Watson MM Lieutenant Malyan Police 29 August 1951 Unable to locate information (July 2025) 4 July 2025[1]
Isaac Taylor 30 Police Constable Lancashire County Police 22 May 1956 Fatally injured when his patrol car crashed during a vehicle pursuit.[3] 4 July 2025[1]
Sidney Leslie Dodd 27 Police Constable Essex Police 24 February 1957 Killed when he was struck and knocked down by a car while on bicycle patrol near Tilbury.[4] 4 July 2025[1]
Peter Charles John Griffin 35 Police Constable Newport Borough Police 15 March 1960 Alongside PC Hosea Pope (who was also killed), Griffin was fatally injured after being knocked down directing lorries to a checkpoint.[5] 4 July 2025[1]
Kenneth Gledhill 34 Firefighter West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service 25 March 1963 Injured at an incident by a falling coping stone.[6] 4 July 2025[1]
Dennis Edward Cowell 41 Police Constable Metropolitan Police 22 November 1965 Cowell was on duty as a River Policeman. He died in the river Thames after a police launch on which he was a crew member, capsized after a collision between three boats. PC Cowell was in the cabin at the time of the incident and drowned.[7][8] 4 July 2025[1]
Henry Bertram 'Bert' Kenna Unable to locate information (July 2025) Station Officer Isle of Man Fire and Rescue Service 22 November 1965 Kenna collapsed and died after attending a commercial building fire in Douglas, after entering the smoking building alone to search for people inside, before re-emerging.[9][10] 4 July 2025[1]
Christopher Tippett-Head 30 Detective Constable Metropolitan Police 12 August 1966 Tippet-Head and his colleague David Stanley Bertram Wombwell, alongside another colleague, PC Geoffrey Fox (not yet a recipient of the Elizabeth Emblem), questioned the occupants of a suspected getaway vehicle for a prison escape, before they were all shot and killed by Harry Roberts, John Duddy and John Witney. 4 July 2025[1]
David Stanley Bertram Wombwell 25 Detective Sergeant (Temporary) Metropolitan Police 12 August 1966 Wombwell and his colleague Christopher Tippett-Head, alongside another colleague, PC Geoffrey Fox (not yet a recipient of the Elizabeth Emblem), questioned the occupants of a suspected getaway vehicle for a prison escape, before they were all shot and killed by Harry Roberts, John Duddy and John Witney. 4 July 2025[1]
Brian Armstrong 31 Police Constable Gateshead Borough Police 12 September 1966 Fatally stabbed by a youth he was questioning about theft from a car.[11][12] 4 July 2025[1]
Clive Blackburn 30 Police Constable Staffordshire County Police 24 February 1967 Killed when he was struck by a car while assisting at the scene of a breakdown.[13][14] 4 July 2025[1]
Arthur

Bertram Chadwick

Unable to locate information (July 2025) Sub Officer Derbyshire Fire Service 8 March 1967 Killed in Hopton, Wirksworth after being injured during a road traffic accident in an appliance he was in.[15] 4 July 2025[1]
Joseph Stewart Drake 36 Police Constable Stirling and Clackmannan Constabulary 11 August 1967 Drake was killed when a stolen lorry being pursued by officers intentionally struck his police vehicle as he tried to intercept it at Dennyloanhead near Falkirk.[16][17] 4 July 2025[1]
John 'Jack' Liptrot 47 Leading Firefighter Lancashire Fire Brigade 16 April 1968 Liptrot was part of a fire crew called to attempt to rescue three children who had entered a disused mineshaft at the former Brackley Colliery. He was overcome by blackdamp (a combination of gases with insufficient oxygen to support human life) and could not be revived.[8][18] 4 July 2025[1]
John Robson Taylor 53 Police Constable Hull City Police 29 April 1968 Fatally injured in a police car crash while escorting a prisoner.[19] 4 July 2025[1]
Ronald Brewer 40 Leading Firefighter Doncaster Fire Brigade 25 June 1969 Injured during an accident in an appliance, en route to a fire call.[20] 4 July 2025[1]
Douglas Frederick Beckerson 22 Police Constable Metropolitan Police 10 April 1971 Killed in a fall through a glass roof while trying to arrest a violent suspect.[21] 4 July 2025[1]
Ernest McAllister 31 Police Constable Royal Ulster Constabulary 20 March 1972 Killed alongside a colleague by a terrorist car bomb that exploded in Lower Donegall Street, Belfast.[22] 4 July 2025[1]
Sir Richard Christopher Sharples KCMG OBE MC 56 Governor of Bermuda HMG Foreign and Commonwealth Office 10 March 1973 Sharples was killed outside Bermuda's Government House on 10 March 1973. An informal dinner party for a small group of guests had just concluded, when he decided to go for a walk with his Great Dane, Horsa, and his aide-de-camp, Captain Hugh Sayers of the Welsh Guards. The two men and dog were ambushed and gunned down outside the Governor's residence. Following a police search, in 1976 Erskine Durrant "Buck" Burrows and Larry Tacklyn, who had ties to a Black Power group known as the Black Beret Cadre, were arrested. Both men were hanged on 2 December 1977 at Casemates Prison, the first hanging in Bermuda since the Second World War. Burrows and Tacklyn would be the last people executed under British rule anywhere (the last hangings on British soil occurred in 1965). 4 July 2025[1]
Royston Victor Jerred 27 Police Constable Sussex Police 4 April 1973 Killed when struck by a car while on a police motorcycle training course.[23] 4 July 2025[1]
John Doherty 31 Police Constable Royal Ulster Constabulary 28 October 1973 Doherty was shot by a terrorist gunman from the Irish Republican Army (IRA) while visiting his mother in Lifford, County Donegal. He was the first RUC Constable to be killed in the Republic of Ireland during The Troubles.[24][25][26] 4 July 2025[1]
Robert Megaw 29 Police Constable Royal Ulster Constabulary 1 December 1973 Fatally shot by a terrorist sniper while on mobile patrol in Edward Street, Lurgan, County Armagh[27] 4 July 2025[1]
Dennis Arthur Smith QPM 44 Police Constable Devon and Cornwall Police 21 December 1973 Smith was shot dead at point blank range in Torquay, by a man who went on to kill two other people at a nearby casino.[28][29] 4 July 2025[1]
Hamish Harry Pettit 26 Firefighter London Fire Brigade 13 January 1974 Pettit was killed during a fire at The Worsley Hotel in Maida Vale, London, after the ceiling collapsed in a room he and three other firefighters had entered on the second floor, trapping them. Whilst the others were saved, Pettit died. Inspired by his brother's heroism, Pettit's brother joined the LFB in 1976, serving for 25 years.[30][31] 4 July 2025[1]
Cyril John Wilson 36 Police Constable Royal Ulster Constabulary 17 March 1974 Fatally shot when he was ambushed by terrorist gunmen while on mobile patrol in Rathmore, Craigavon, County Armagh.[32][8] 4 July 2025[1]
Keith Marshall 22 Firefighter West Midlands Fire Service 8 March 1974 A build-up of toxic and highly inflammable gasses at a fire at Hurcott Mill, a 19th Century Mill in Kidderminster, caused a massive flash-over which claimed the lives of Marshall and Sub Officer Robert Albert Crampkin (not yet a recipient of the Elizabeth Emblem), the first officers to be killed in the 25-year history of the brigade. [33][14] 4 July 2025[1]
John Harrison Forsythe 30 Police Constable Royal Ulster Constabulary 18 June 1974 Killed while on foot patrol as he investigated a terrorist booby-trap bomb that exploded off Market Street, Lurgan, County Armagh.[34] 4 July 2025[1]
Ian Rodgers 25 Police Constable Greater Manchester Police 3 April 1975 Struck by a train in Brinnington, having been responding to a report of children trespassing on the line. Rodgers suffered fatal injuries, dying approximately a week later.[35] 4 July 2025[1]
Andrew Alexander Baird 37 Reserve Constable Royal Ulster Constabulary 14 October 1975 Died three weeks after sustaining fatal injuries from the explosion of a terrorist booby-trap bomb in Portadown, County Armagh.[36] 4 July 2025[1]
Margaret Cherry Campbell 24 Reserve Constable Royal Ulster Constabulary 21 November 1975 Died from serious injuries received on 1 November while she was assisting other officers at the scene of a road traffic accident in Londonderry when they were struck by a speeding car.[37][26] 4 July 2025[1]
James Hunter 33 Police Sergeant Royal Ulster Constabulary 15 May 1976 Shot dead in terrorist sniper attack while on mobile patrol in Warrenpoint, County Down.[38] 4 July 2025[1]
John Aloysius Nichol 19 Firefighter Northern Ireland Fire Brigade 27 August 1976 Attending a property fire, the building collapsed, trapping him and fellow firefighter, Des Moynes. Whilst colleagues were able to release them, Nichol died.[26][39] 4 July 2025[1]
Albert Craig 33 Police Sergeant Royal Ulster Constabulary 18 September 1976 Fatally shot by terrorists in a passing vehicle as he directed traffic at Brownstone Road, Portadown, County Armagh.[40] 4 July 2025[1]
George William Barett 43 Sub Officer West Midlands Fire Service 2 December 1976 Barrett was on route to carry out a routine fire inspection when the Fire Service van he was driving was involved in a serious Road Traffic accident with a single decker bus.[14][41] 4 July 2025[1]
Patrick Liam McNulty 30 Police Constable Royal Ulster Constabulary 27 January 1977 Shot dead in a terrorist ambush after leaving his car at a garage in Strand Road, Derry.[42] 4 July 2025[1]
Kenneth William Sheehan 19 Police Constable Royal Ulster Constabulary 8 April 1977 Fatally shot, alongside a colleague, by terrorists in a car they had stopped while on mobile patrol.[43] 4 July 2025[1]
David Barnes 44 Firefighter Royal Berkshire Fire Brigade 15 September 1977 Barnes and his colleague Neil Goldsmith (not yet a recipient of the Elizabeth Emblem) were responding to a fire in a large builders’ merchants store in Elgar Road, Reading when it partially collapsed, trapping them both. Both men had died by the time they were found, with a significant fire and continuing collapse of the building hampering rescue efforts.[44] 4 July 2025[1]
Paul Christopher Clout 29 Police Constable Sussex Police 27 September 1977 Killed when the police car in which he was travelling crashed while responding to an emergency call.[45] 4 July 2025[1]
Robert Albert James Struthers 19 Reserve Constable Royal Ulster Constabulary 16 June 1978 Fatally shot by two terrorist gunmen while off duty at his office in Foyle Street, Derry.[26][46][8] 4 July 2025[1]
William Herbert Turbitt 46 Police Constable Royal Ulster Constabulary 17 June 1978 Turbitt was shot and abducted by terrorists when he and Constable Hugh McConnell (not yet a recipient of the Elizabeth Emblem) were ambushed while sitting in their patrol car at Sturgan Brae, overlooking Camlough Reservoir, County Armagh.Turbitt's body was found three weeks later, on 10th July, at a derelict border farm in Crossmaglen. His colleague was shot dead during the ambush.[47] 4 July 2025[1]
Terence Kenneth Albert Saunders Unable to locate information (July 2025) Firefighter Avon Fire and Rescue 6 November 1978 Unable to locate information (July 2025) 4 July 2025[1]
Wesley Orr 53 Sub Northern Ireland Fire Brigade 16 November 1978 After two IRA terrorists held a security guard at gun point whilst planting a bomb in one of the warehouses at the Bass Charrington Brewery in Belfast, the bomb exploded, resulting in a fire. Leading his crew into the warehouse, a second blast occurred, killing Orr as he received the full force of the bomb. The other firefighter;s suffered injuries of various degrees. [26][39][48] 4 July 2025[1]
Sir Richard Adam Sykes KCMG MC 58 British Ambassador to the Netherlands HMG Foreign and Commonwealth Office, The Hague Netherlands 22 March 1979 Sykes was leaving his residence in The Hague at 9 am and was getting into his silver Rolls-Royce limousine when he was shot. The IRA claimed responsibility for the assassination in February 1980. 4 July 2025[1]
Richard Allen Baird 28 Police Constable Royal Ulster Constabulary 17 April 1979 Killed alongside three colleagues, Constables Paul Moore Gray and Noel Alexander Webb and Reserve Constable Robert Archibald Lockhart (not yet recipients of the Elizabeth Emblem).

The Constables were killed by a remote-controlled bomb, hidden in a parked van, which was detonated as their patrol drove past in Bessbrook, County Armagh.[49]

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Frederick John Eric Lutton 39 Reserve Constable Royal Ulster Constabulary 1 May 1979 A former RUC officer, shot dead by terrorist gunmen at his workplace, Argory House, near Moy, County Tyrone.[50] 4 July 2025[1]
Desmond Kellam 31 Police Constable Wiltshire Constabulary 3 October 1979 Kellam was killed by a single blow to the head with a billhook after chasing a burglar across a churchyard. Teenager David Octavius James was later convicted of Kellam's manslaughter. As of July 2025, Kellam is the only officer in Wiltshire Constabulary's history to have been killed on duty.[51] 4 July 2025[1]
Glen Russe Corder 18 Police Constable Durham Constabulary 6 February 1980 Killed when the patrol car in which he was travelling crashed while pursuing a suspect vehicle.[52] 4 July 2025[1]
William Wallace Allen 49 Reserve Constable Royal Ulster Constabulary 31 August 1980 Allen was shot by the IRA in an ambus. His patrol was responding to answer a call when it came under fire from a house in the Rathmore estate. Wilson was rushed to Craigavon Area Hospital but died the next day.[8][53] 4 July 2025[1]
Lindsay Gardiner McDougall Unable to locate information (July 2025) Reserve Constable Royal Ulster Constabulary 14 January 1981 Unable to locate information (July 2025) 4 July 2025[1]
William Edward Ivan Toombs 42 Major of 3rd Battalion Ulster Defence Regiment HM Revenue and Customs 16 January 1981 Toombs was shot by the Provisional IRA at the Customs Office Warrenpoint, County Down, where he worked. One gunman covered the customs officer on duty at the door. The second gunman burst into the room where William was working, gun in hand. The gun jammed when the trigger was pulled. William tried to get to his gun which was in his briefcase but the gunman went for him. As William grappled with him the gunman, the gunman called to the other gunman one who ran down the corridor on entry to the office told his companion to get out of the way and he then opened fire killing Toombs. He was off duty.[26] 4 July 2025[1]
Gary Desmond Martin 28 Police Constable Royal Ulster Constabulary 27 April 1981 Martin was killed at when an INLA bomb exploded in a lorry the police were preparing to remove. The lorry was found abandoned and obstructing the thoroughfare of a junction. Martin and his colleagues were diverting traffic from the area before moving it and conducting an inspection of it. The January 1982 inquest was told by an inspector that he had checked the cab but didn't find anything. He said Martin then volunteered to drive it away and as he was getting into the lorry and put his hand on the seat, the lorry exploded. A mercury-tilt switch had been placed under the seat which detonated the bomb.[54] 4 July 2025[1]
Andrew Alfred Woods 50 Police Constable Royal Ulster Constabulary 2 August 1981 Killed, alongside a colleague, by the detonation of a terrorist landmine while on mobile patrol at Loughmacrory, County Tyrone.[55] 4 July 2025[1]
Snowden Samuel Richard Corkey 41 Reserve Constable Royal Ulster Constabulary 16 November 1982 Fatally shot alongside a colleague, by terrorists in a passing vehicle at a security barrier in Markethill, County Armagh.[56] 4 July 2025[1]
Leonard Coleman 21 Police Constable St Helena Police 2 December 1982 Coleman suffered a gunshot wound during a domestic incident.[57] 4 July 2025[1]
Geoffrey Ivor Ball 32 Police Constable Bedfordshire Police 16 February 1983 Fatally injured at Astwick when his police motorcycle collided with a lorry.[58] 4 July 2025[1]
William Gordon Wilson 29 Police Sergeant Royal Ulster Constabulary 21 February 1983 Fatally injured while on patrol, by the detonation of a terrorist remote-control bomb hidden in a derelict building at Lower English Street, Armagh.[59] 4 July 2025[1]
James Ferguson 53 Reserve Constable Royal Ulster Constabulary 6 October 1983 Ferguson and his colleague William Finlay (not yet a recipient of the Elizabeth Emblem) were killed by members of the IRA whilst on foot patrol in Downpatrick, 23 miles south of Belfast.[60][61] 4 July 2025[1]
Noel Lane 28 Police Sergeant Metropolitan Police 17 December 1983 As Lane and other officers, including Inspector Stephen Dodd and WPC Jane Arbuthnot neared a suspect vehicle parked outside the entrance of Harrods in London, a bomb inside the vehicle exploded, killing Lane, Dodd and Arbuthnot.[62] 4 July 2025[1]
Andrew Stephen Le Comte 21 Police Constable West Midlands Police 4 February 1984 Died in a fall from the roof of the Grandfare Store in High Street, Erdington, where he had disturbed two men after hearing noises while on duty.[14][63] 4 July 2025[1]
Trevor George Elliot 29 Reserve Constable Royal Ulster Constabulary 18 May 1984 Fatally injured in a terrorist landmine attack while on mobile patrol in Lislea, near Camlough, County Armagh. Trevor’s colleague, Constable William Neville Gray (not yet a recipient of the Elizabeth Emblem), was also killed in the attack.[64] 4 July 2025[1]
Patrick Martin Vance 33 Police Inspector Royal Ulster Constabulary 31 August 1985 Fatally shot by terrorist gunmen while off duty outside his home in Crossgar, County Down.[65] 4 July 2025[1]
Paul Richard North 35 Police Constable Tayside Constabulary 17 March 1987 North (also known by his second name of Richard), died when a driver under the influence of drink and drugs crashed into his police vehicle in Perth.[16][66] 4 July 2025[1]
Brian Samuel Armour 48 Prison Officer Northern Ireland Prison Service 4 October 1988 Armour was travelling in his car when a booby-trap bomb planted by the IRA exploded underneath it in the Bloomfield area of Belfast, killing him.[26][67] 4 July 2025[1]
Bernard Andrew Butt 41 Teacher at T.P. Riley Community School Walsall Local Authority - Department of Education and Science 21 October 1988 Died when a cruise ship sank following a collision with a freighter near Piraeus, Greece. It was reported that he was attempting to save students during the sinking.[14] 4 July 2025[1]
Mark Alistair Peers Unable to locate information (July 2025) Police Constable Metropolitan Police 15 February 1989 Died after drowning during a training exercise with the Underwater Search Unit. 4 July 2025[1]
Gerard Thomas Spencer Johnson Unable to locate information (July 2025) Firefighter Falkland Islands Fire and Rescue 20 May 1989 Johnson and Robert Finlayson (not yet a recipient of the Elizabeth Emblem), died in Berkley Sound, fighting a fire on board a Spamish stern trawler.[68] 4 July 2025[1]
Gary Carl Meyer 34 Police Constable Royal Ulster Constabulary 30 June 1990 On foot patrol in Belfast Meyer was with Constable Harold John Beckett (not yet a recipient of the Elizabeth Emblem) when they were walking from Castlecourt to Queen Street. Two terrorist gunmen ran up behind the Constables and shot Meyer, after a struggle with Beckett they also shot him and fled.[69] 4 July 2025[1]
William David Wesley Murphy 50 Police Inspector Royal Ulster Constabulary 10 November 1990 Murphy and others were killed during an ambush at Lough Neagh. The ambush was a gun attack carried out by the Provisional IRA at Castor Bay, near Morrows Point, Lough Neagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland targeting members of the security forces involved in a waterfowl hunting trip with other two men at the time. An active service unit of the IRA's North Armagh Brigade shot dead Murphy, an RUC Reservist, a former Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) soldier and one civilian. Some members of the wildfowling party struggled with their attackers, and one of the constables returned fire before being killed. The alleged leader of the IRA squad, Patsy Haughian, died of cancer at age 38 in October 2000. He was never formally accused of the killings. 4 July 2025[1]
John Spence McGarry 46 Police Constable Royal Ulster Constabulary 6 April 1991 Killed, while off duty, by the explosion of a terrorist booby-trap bomb attached to his vehicle.[70] 4 July 2025[1]
Michael Frederick Hunns 31 Police Constable Devon and Cornwall Police 26 June 1991 Killed in a patrol car crash while attending a police assistance call.[71] 4 July 2025[1]
James 'Jim' Morrison QGM 26 Detective Constable Metropolitan Police 13 December 1991 Whilst off duty, Morrison witnessed a handbag theft and having given chase, cornered the suspect in Montreal Place. The suspect fatally stabbed Morrison. The suspect was never caught. Morrison was posthumously awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal.[72][73] 4 July 2025[1]
Michael John Ferguson 21 Police Constable Royal Ulster Constabulary 23 January 1993 Fatally shot from behind by a terrorist gunman as he attended a call while on foot patrol in Shipquay Street, Londonderry.[74] 4 July 2025[1]
David Alan Morris 35 Firefighter Hereford and Worcester Fire Service 6 September 1993 Died during a fire at the Sun Valley poultry processing factory, when he was trapped by a fallen ceiling. His colleague John Davies was also killed (not yet a recipient of the Elizabeth Emblem).[14][75][76] 4 July 2025[1]
Michael David Hill 33 Firefighter London Fire Brigade 10 October 1993 Hill attended a fire at Access Laundry,Willesden. As part of a crew of four inside the building, the roof collapsed trapping all four firefighters. While the others survived, Michael died from his injuries at the scene.[77] 4 July 2025[1]
Patrick Dunne 44 Police Constable Metropolitan Police 20 October 1993 Whilst attending a domestic dispute at a house in Clapham, Dunne heard gunshots and left the house to investigate. Emerging from the house, he was shot in the chest by one of the men. In 2006, Gary Nelson 36, was convicted of murdering Dunne and club doorman, William Danso and was sentenced to a life sentence with a minimum term of 35 years. Danso was already serving a life sentence in 2003, after police found his 'hit man's kit'. Dunne was posthumously awarded the Met's highest commendation in 2007.[78][79] 4 July 2025[1]
Gina Rutherford 25 Police Constable South Yorkshire Police 7 February 1994 Drowned in the early hours when the patrol car, in which she was the observer, skidded off an icy road and plunged upside down into the river at Wath-Upon-Dearne, near Barnsley, trapping her inside.[80] 4 July 2025[1]
Roderick Mackenzie Nicolson 43 Firefighter Tayside Fire Service 4 December 1995 Nicolson became trapped in five tonnes of sodium carbonate ash whilst attempting to rescue two Perth Harbour workmen from a silo of chemical dust.[16][81] 4 July 2025[1]
Gwen Mayor 45 Primary school teacher Central Region Scotland 13 March 1996 Mayor was shot and killed during the Dunblane Massacre, whereby she tried to protect her class of schoolchildren against gunman Thomas Hamilton, who killed Mayor and 16 children.[16][8] 4 July 2025[1]
Alastair Fordon Soutar QGM 46 Chief Engineer Officer onboard HMC Sentinel HM Revenue and Customs 29 July 1996 Soutar was crushed between a customs boat and smuggler's vessel during an operation to catch drug smugglers off of the Caithness coast. Soutar had already been awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal in 1992, having helped to rescue five sailors from a sinking boat in Dartmouth Harbour.[16][82] 4 July 2025[1]
Nina Alexandra Mackay 25 Police Constable Metropolitan Police 24 October 1997 Mackay was confronted with a violent and mentally unstable man while searching a property in East London. The man stabbed her once in the abdomen, and she died from her injuries.[8] 4 July 2025[1]
Bryan Moore 39 Police Constable Leicestershire Police 15 August 2002 Moore and his colleague Andrew Munn, were killed when Leayon Dudley, 41, who had been drinking and driving a van being pursued by police deliberately rammed it into their stationary police vehicle. Dudley admitted two manslaughter charges after a retrial and was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment. He was also banned from driving for 10 years.[83][84] 4 July 2025[1]
Andrew Munn 37 Police Constable Leicestershire Police 15 August 2002 Munn and his colleague Bryan Moore, were killed when Leayon Dudley, 41, who had been drinking and driving a van being pursued by police deliberately rammed it into their stationary police vehicle. Dudley admitted two manslaughter charges after a retrial and was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment. He was also banned from driving for 10 years.[83][84] 4 July 2025[1]
Lisa Hallworth 38 British Consulate Official Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Istanbul, Turkey 20 November 2003 Hallworth died in an explosion which hit the consulate building she worked in. Twenty six other people, four of them Britons, were killed in the terrorist attack on the British Consulate building and the HSBC bank headquarters.[85] 4 July 2025[1]
Michael Liam Brady Miller 26 Firefighter East Herts Fire and Rescue 2 February 2005 Along with colleague Jeffrey Richard Tristan Wornham GM (not yet a recipient of the Elizabeth Emblem) and a member of the public, Miller was killed after being engulfed by flames attending a fire on the 14th floor of a block of flats in Stevenage.[86] 4 July 2025[1]
Ali Abdul Hussain Unable to locate information (July 2025) Unable to locate information (July 2025) HMG British Consulate, Basra 18 June 2006 Unable to locate information (July 2025) 4 July 2025[1]
Ashley Paul Stephens 20 Firefighter Warwickshire Fire and Rescue 2 November 2007 Stephens, alongside other colleagues, John Averis, 27, Darren Yates-Badley, 24, and Ian Reid, 44 (not yet recipients of the Elizabeth Emblem), entered a building at the scene of a fire at a warehouse in Atherstone-on-Stour, wearing breathing apparatus. Stephens was not on duty at the time of the incident, but volunteered to help anyway. It is believed that there was an issue with the breathing apparatus the firefighters were wearing and after not emerging from the building, they died. Stephen's father was present at the scene, as he was also a firefighter. His last words with his son were 'just be careful, it's hot in there, just be careful'.[14] 4 July 2025[1]
Glen Howe 48 Police Constable South Yorkshire Police 24 October 2008 Killed in a road traffic accident while responding to an emergency incident in Sheffield, during the afternoon, when his police motorcycle was involved in a collision with a heavy goods vehicle in the Darnall area of the city.[87] 4 July 2025[1]
Kenneth Thomas Irvine 30 Reserve Constable Police Service of Northern Ireland 23 November 2008 Died with three colleagues while responding to a call for assistance from other officers in the early hours when their police vehicle lost control and struck a wall before bursting into flames near Warrenpoint in Co. Down.[88] 4 July 2025[1]
Ewan Williamson 35 Firefighter Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue 12 July 2009 Died after responding to a pub fire in Edinburgh. Williamson was deployed to tackle the fire in the basement and ground floor levels, however, became trapped and died.[16][89] 4 July 2025[1]
Phillipa Reynolds 27 Police Constable Police Service of Northern Ireland 9 February 2013 Having spent the afternoon drinking and taking drugs, Shane Christopher Frane and Conor Clarence broke into a house in the early hours of the morning, stealing a car. They drove through red traffic lights in Londonderry, crashing into an unmarked police car that Reynolds was a passenger in, before running away from the scene. Shane was jailed for six years for manslaughter.[26][90] 4 July 2025[1]
Andrew Duncan 47 Police Constable Metropolitan Police 22 September 2013 Duncan was hit by a car being driven by Gary Cody (also known as Gary Bromige), 25, in Sutton, south London, while conducting vehicle speed checks with a colleague. Cody, who had 88 offences and 35 convictions, was jailed for eight-and-a-half years for causing Duncan's death by his dangerous driving.[91] 4 July 2025[1]
Gareth Anthony Browning 36 Police Constable Thames Valley Police 1 April 2017 In November 2013, Browning, on foot, was hit by a stolen car being driven by Luke Hayward, as he attempted to stop him. Browning was medically retired from the police, requiring 'constant care'. He died three years after the incident. Hayward was jailed for nine years causing grievous bodily harm with intent and dangerous driving.[92] 4 July 2025[1]
Russell Michael Curwen 49 Volunteer blood transport biker North West Blood Bikes 5 May 2018 Curwen was injured after a crash with a car in Lancaster, who voluntary worked for the North West Blood Bikes charity, was delivering emergency samples to a laboratory.[93] 4 July 2025[1]
Tammy Claire Minshall 31 Student Paramedic West Midlands Ambulance Service 3 July 2019 Minshall was killed when the ambulance she was in was involved in a crash with a car in Needwood, near Burton-upon-Trent[14][94] 4 July 2025[1]
Jane Pickett Unable to locate information (July 2025) Unable to locate information (July 2025) National Health Service 29 March 2020 Unable to locate information (July 2025) 4 July 2025[1]
Charles Goodwin 61 Ambulance driver First 4 Care Ambulance Service 20 April 2020 Goodwin, an ambulance driver, contracted Covid-19, spending 11 days in intensive care before dying.[95][96] 4 July 2025[1]
Dr Poornima Nair Balupuri 56 General Practitioner Partner National Health Service 12 May 2020 Dr Balupuri was the first Covid-19 patient to be admitted to the University Hospital of North Tees and Hartlepool, spending 46 days in intensive care before dying.[8][97] 4 July 2025[1]
Daniel Jones 30 Firefighter South Wales Fire and Rescue 4 August 2020 Jones died after suddenly falling ill whilst on duty on 3 August 2020. The appliance that he was travelling in was involved in a minor crash before Jones fell ill.[98] 4 July 2025[1]
Rodney Moore 63 Paramedic Scottish Ambulance Service 21 November 2020 Having retired from the ambulance service, Moore returned to support colleagues during the Coronavirus pandemic. Moore contracted the virus and died as a result.[16][99][100] 4 July 2025[1]
Julie Henderson Unable to locate information (July 2025) Unable to locate information (July 2025) Mid and South Essex NHS Trust 1 January 2021 Unable to locate information (July 2025) 4 July 2025[1]
David William Morgan 59 Hereford hospital team leader Wye Valley NHS Trust 28 January 2021 Morgan died at Hereford County Hospital, where he had worked for about seven years, after testing positive for Covid-19.[14][101] 4 July 2025[1]
Jeremy 'Jack' Allen Daw 66 Technician West Midlands Ambulance Service 24 April 2021 Daw, a retired emergency service technician, returned to work to help during the Covid-19 pandemic. Whilst a passenger in an ambulance driving to a 999 call, an object struck the vehicle's windscreen, killing Daw. Daw only had eight shifts remaining before he was due to retire again.[14][102] 4 July 2025[1]
Nathanael Edgar 33 Police Constable Metropolitan Police 13 February 1948 Having become suspicious of a male, Edgar and his colleague approached but the male made off. Separating, Edgar traced the male but was fatally shot. The male was wanted by the Military Police having deserted from the Army two years earlier.[103] 9 November 2024[104]
Leslie Marsh 35 Leading Firefighter West Midlands Fire Service 12 February 1949 Marsh died after suffering multiple injuries when he fell through the first floor of a disused burning church.[105] 9 November 2024[104]
Frank Bennett Divisional Officer Nottingham City Fire Brigade 8 November 1949 [106] 9 November 2024[104]
Edward James Harwood Firefighter London Fire Brigade 21 December 1951 [107] 9 November 2024[104]
Leslie Arthur Pearce Assistant Divisional Officer Kent Fire Brigade 29 November 1957 A fire had engulfed the tailor's shop at Oakwood Hospital in Maidstone. The fire was successfully extinguished, but without warning, an adjacent 115-foot (35 m) tower collapsed on those performing dampening down operations. Many people were trapped under the rubble and three firemen and three hospital staff were killed.[108][109] 9 November 2024[104]
George Edward Gladstone Sub Officer Northumberland Fire Brigade 22 March 1959 9 November 2024[104]
Leslie Edwin Vincent Meehan 33 Police Constable Metropolitan Police 2 March 1960 Meehan was fatally injured when a suspect in a car that he had stopped in Woolwich drove off with him on the side. He was dragged and then run over.[110] 9 November 2024[104]
William Wallace Crockett 32 Firefighter Glasgow Fire Brigade 28 March 1960 The Cheapside Street whisky bond fire. Allan, along with 13 other Glasgow Fire Service colleagues and five from the Glasgow Salvage Corps, were killed at the whisky bond warehouse owned by Arbuckle, Smith & Co. Over a 1,000,000 imperial gallons (4,500,000 L; 1,200,000 US gal) of alcohol was stored on the site and a combination of secure-proof building design and narrow streets hampered the efforts of the firefighters. As the alcohol was superheated, a massive explosion ruptured the walls outwards and covered the firefighters on two different streets with falling masonry; one turntable ladder and its crew were completely covered in rubble. 19 firefighters died in all, in what was described as Britain's worst firefighter disaster since the Second World War.[111][112][113] 9 November 2024[104]
Dudley Hamish Grant 36 Leading Firefighter Scottish Fire Service 19 April 1965 [114][115] 9 November 2024[104]
Stanley Edward Moore 37 Police Constable Lancashire Police 11 February 1969 In the course of a missing person investigation Moore, in his capacity as a Police Diver, was called in to help search for the two children but drowned while participating in an underwater search at Howley Weir, on Knutsford Road, Warrington.[116] 9 November 2024[104]
Terence Joseph Breen 37 Firefighter London Fire Brigade 17 July 1969 Breen died alongside several colleagues at the Dudgeon's Wharf Explosion. The London Fire Brigade had been called out to a tank farm on the Isle of Dogs in East London when one of the tanks being demolished caught fire. Whilst five firemen were atop the structure trying to pour water in from the top to cool the tank, a worker on the site used a cutting torch to remove an inspection plate at the base of the tank. A spark from the torch ignited the air/gas mix and the tank exploded killing the five firemen and the civilian torch-cutter.[117][118][119] 9 November 2024[104]
Edward Alexander Barnett QPM 24 Police Constable City of Glasgow Police 4 January 1970 On 30th December 1969, Barnett with colleagues, entered a house and questioned three men about the contents of two suitcases found there. The party separated to search the house and one of them was shot by a gunman with a pistol. Barnett and Constable Mackenzie heard the shot and ran to the scene. In trying to disarm the gunman, Mackenzie and Barnett were both shot in the head at close range. Barnett died four days later.[120][114] 9 November 2024[104]
Paul Anthony Parkin 27 Firefighter Sheffield Fire Brigade 10 March 1974 [121][122][123] 9 November 2024[104]
Neil MacLellan Nursing officer National Health Service 30 November 1976 MacLellan was attacked by patients at The State Hospital, a psychiatric hospital located close to the village of Carstairs by patients Thomas McCulloch and Robert Mone. In 1970, McCulloch had shot the chef and manageress of the Erskine Bridge Hotel in Renfrewshire and having been declared insane, was sent to The State Hospital. In November 1976, along with Mone, McCulloch decided to escape, having stashed away axes, knives, fake identification, uniforms, nurses hats and garrottes over six months. The pair attacked and killed MacLellan and another patient, Ian Simpson, who had attempted to save MacLellan. Having killed the men, they escaped using a rope ladder, before killing a police officer and seriously injuring another (see George William Chree Taylor for further details).[124][125][126][114] 9 November 2024[104]
George William Chree Taylor 27 Police Constable Strathclyde Police 30 November 1976 See Neil MacLellan for further details.

Whilst on routine patrol with a colleague near The State Hospital in Carstairs, Taylor noticed two men, dressed as Prison Officers, acting suspiciously. The men were patients Thomas McCulloch and Robert Mone, who had escaped after killing a nursing officer and patient. On approaching the pair, Taylor was attacked and hacked to death. The men escaped in the Police vehicle, leaving him for dead, by the roadside. Taylor's colleague, PC John Gillies, was badly injured during the incident, survived.[127][114]

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Hylton Brearley 37 Firefighter West Yorkshire Fire Service 14 December 1976 Brearley was killed in Netherton when the appliance that he was in overturned on ice whilst en route to a callout.[128] 9 November 2024[104]
Christopher John McDonald 19 Police Constable Nottinghamshire Police 17 May 1978 McDonald was found drowned in the River Ryton, having been beaten with his own truncheon and a brick while attempting to arrest a burglar in Worksop. Posthumously awarded the Queen’s Commendation for Bravery.[129] 9 November 2024[104]
Michael Hawcroft 31 Police Sergeant West Yorkshire Police 12 March 1981 Hawcroft was on patrol with his Inspector and whilst they were patrolling in Lockwood Street, Low Moor, Bradford in the early hours, they spotted two youths trying to steal a car. Both officers gave chase and as Hawcroft arrested one of the males he was repeatedly stabbed in the chest and back. He died later in hospital and was posthumously awarded the Queen’s Commendation for Brave Conduct.[130] 9 November 2024[104]
James 'Jim' Brian Porter 31 Detective Constable Durham Constabulary 4 March 1982 Porter was fatally wounded while chasing two armed men after shots had already been fired at the pay office of a wallpaper factory in Woodhouses, Bishop Auckland during a robbery.[131] 9 November 2024[104]
Anthony John Hall 24 Firefighter Durham County Fire Service 5 September 1982 Hall and his colleague John Donley (not yet a recipient of the Elizabeth Emblem) were killed in the line of duty when their fire engine overturned on the way to answer a call for help. Following the accident, all fire appliances were modified with reinforced cabs to help ensure the safety of firefighters in the future.[132] 9 November 2024[104]
William Ross Hunt 56 Detective Sergeant Strathclyde Police 5 June 1983 Whilst Hunt was attempting to arrest a man for a serious assault, he was fatally stabbed when members of the suspect's family attacked him and other officers with knives and other weapons.[114][133][134] 9 November 2024[104]
Jane Arbuthnot 22 Woman Police Constable Metropolitan Police 17 December 1983 As Arbuthnot and other officers, including Inspector Stephen Dodd and Sergeant Noel Lane neared a suspect vehicle parked outside the entrance of Harrods in London, a bomb inside the vehicle exploded, killing Arbuthnot, Dodd and Lane.[62] 9 November 2024[104]
Yvonne Fletcher 25 Woman Police Constable Metropolitan Police 17 April 1984 Fletcher was fatally wounded by a shot fired from the Libyan embassy on St James's Square, London, by an unknown gunman. As at 2025 no one has been convicted of Fletcher's murder, although in 2021 the High Court of Justice determined that Gaddafi's ally Saleh Ibrahim Mabrouk was jointly liable for Fletcher's murder.[135] 9 November 2024[104]
John Richard Speed 39 Police Sergeant West Yorkshire Police 31 October 1984 During a routine check on two men acting suspiciously near Leeds Parish Church, an officer was fired on. Speed attended the scene to assist his colleague, however, was shot. He was posthumously awarded the Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct.[136] 9 November 2024[104]
Malcolm James Victor Wiltshire 44 Detective Constable Hampshire Police 15 May 1985 Wiltshire was acting as a photographer in a light aircraft operated by the Hampshire Constabulary Air Support Unit, tasked with photographing traffic congestion, when it crashed into the ground in Ringwood. The aircraft was piloted by PC Gerald William Spencer, who also died (yet to be a recipient of the Elizabeth Emblem), who had a Private Pilot Licence and a CAA exemption.[137][138][139] 9 November 2024[104]
Alan King 41 Police Sergeant Metropolitan Police 29 November 1991 King stopped to question Nicholas Vernage, 27, who was wanted on suspicion of handling stolen goods. Unaware of the man's hatred of police and the fact he had killed two people, Vernage stabbed King. He was posthumously warded the Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct in 1995.[140][141][142] 9 November 2024[104]
William Forth 34 Police Sergeant Northumbria Police 21 March 1993 Whilst answering a routine call in Gateshead, Forth was beaten and stabbed to death. He was posthumously warded the Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct in 1996.[143] 9 November 2024[104]
Lewis George Fulton 28 Police Constable Strathclyde Police 17 June 1994 Fulton was stabbed to death in Glasgow as he attempted to arrest Phillip McFadden As a result of Fulton's death, there were lot's of changes in the Scottish police service, whereby officer's received stab-proof vests, side-handles batons, better handcuffs and better training in dealing with mentally ill people. It also brought about his two big legacies - Care of Police Survivors and the Scottish Police Memorial.[114][144][145] 9 November 2024[104]
Phillip Walters 28 Police Constable Metropolitan Police 18 April 1995 Walters was shot dead while investigating a domestic disturbance in Ilford, Essex. Having been called to assist in the incident, he was attempting to handcuff a suspect when a gun was drawn and he was shot dead.[146] 9 November 2024[104]
Fleur Lombard QGM 21 Firefighter Avon Fire and Rescue 4 February 1996 Whilst fighting a supermarket fire in Staple Hill, near Bristol, Lombard and her partner, Robert Seaman, were caught in a flashover. She was killed as a direct result of the intense heat and her body was found just a few yards from the exit. Lombard was the first female firefighter to die in peacetime service in Britain.[147][148] 9 November 2024[104]
Malcolm Walker 46 Police Constable West Midlands Police 4 October 2001 Walker was deliberately rammed off his police motorbike by a man in a stolen car.[149] 9 November 2024[104]
Gerald Michael Walker 42 Police Constable Nottinghamshire Police 9 January 2003 Walker was dragged 100 yards (roughly 90 m) and fatally injured by a stolen taxi as he reached into the vehicle in an attempt to remove the keys from the ignition. He died in hospital two days later from serious head injuries. 9 November 2024[104]
Keith Malcolm Dobson 68 Police Constable West Midlands Police 11 September 2011 Dobson died in retirement of malignant mesothelioma resulting from exposure to asbestos during firearms training at military sites over many years while a firearms officer and member of the Birmingham Airport Police Firearms Unit. Dobson joined Birmingham City Police in 1967 and after amalgamation in 1974 he worked at Erdington and Aston as an area car driver. For his last ten years he was a full-time Firearms Team member, retiring in 1995 after 28 years service.[150] 9 November 2024[104]
Fiona Bone 32 Police Constable Greater Manchester Police 18 September 2012 Bone and her colleague PC Nicola Hughes were killed by Dale Cregan in a gun and grenade ambush while responding to a report of a burglary in Tameside, Greater Manchester.The incident was the first in England in which two female police officers were killed on duty.[114][a] 9 November 2024[104]
Nicola Hughes 23 Police Constable Greater Manchester Police 18 September 2012 Hughes and her colleague PC Fiona Bone were killed by Dale Cregan in a gun and grenade ambush while responding to a report of a burglary in Tameside, Greater Manchester.The incident was the first in England in which two female police officers were killed on duty.[114][b] 9 November 2024[104]
Neil Doyle 36 Police Constable Merseyside Police 19 December 2014 Doyle was off-duty on a night out in Liverpool when he was killed by Andrew Taylor, 29 and Timmy Donovan, 30. Doyle was punched, with the punch being described as a 'pile driver'. It is unknown who struck the fatal blow that led to an injury in Doyle's artery in his kneck, leading to bleeding over the surface of the brain (the same type of injury that killed Australian cricketer, Philip Hughes).[151] 9 November 2024[104]
Rebecca 'Becky' Dykes 30 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office 16 December 2017 Dykes was raped and killed by Tariq Houshieh, whilst working at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in Lebanon.[152] 9 November 2024[104]
Andrew Harper 28 Police Constable Thames Valley Police 15 August 2019 Harper and a fellow officer were responding to a report of a burglary, after which Harper was dragged behind a car for a mile (1.6 km), causing his death. In July 2020, three teenage males were found guilty of manslaughter and received sentences of 16 and 13 years imprisonment. They were acquitted on the charge of murder. Harper's killing led to the passing of "Harper's Law", which introduced a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment for anyone convicted of killing emergency workers. 9 November 2024[104]

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