The Second World War & Korean War – Rolls of Honour

There are three BTPHG Roll of Honour pages. This one, another covering the Officers lost in the Line of Duty, and a third page covering the First World War.

During the Second World War hundreds of railway and dock police officers were called up for service, their jobs being taken over by Special Constables, many recruited from within the railway industry. These Rolls of Honour list those former officers who subsequently gave their lives for their country during the Second World War and the Korean War.

On the home front, several police officers were killed whilst they were on duty and engaged in air raid duties. These officers are remembered in the British Transport Police Roll of Honour (Line of Duty), the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website as “Civilian War Dead”, and they are also included in the National Police Officers Roll of Honour and Remembrance. Serving railway and dock police officers killed in air raids while off duty are included in this Second World War Roll of Honour. Retired police officers killed in air raids are not recorded.

It is intended to update and add to this list when further information becomes available. Please send any additions, amendments or comments to: RoH@btphg.org.uk

 

More detailed information can be found in this document: WW2 RoH – October 2019

 

Second World War Roll of Honour

NameDate of DeathRankForceLocationCause
ANDERSON John Winton05/12/1943DSLMSEustonCrashed on a Training Mission
BAKER George Edward08/05/1941PCLNERHull DocksKilled on duty
BELL Leonard Percy01/08/1940PCLNERNorwichEBR
COCKWILL John12/08/1942PCGWRPlymouthEBR
COLLIGAN George01/02/1944PCLMSGlasgow CentralKIA
GOODMAN Stanley Edward14/06/1940PCLMSSt PancrasKIA
INNES James03/09/1943DCSRWaterlooKIA
KING Albert William25/02/1944PCLMSTilbury Riverside
LAMONT James04/01/1942 PCLee ConservancyAccident
MOORHOUSE Samuel Heber24/04/1943PCSRWaterlooKIA
POTTS Thomas08/09/1944PCLNERNewcastleKIA
RENNISON Donald George25/11/1941LNERYorkKIA
RIGBY Kenneth Craiglaw03/08/1943PCLMSLiverpoolKIA
SARGANT Eric Charles13/10/1940DCLMSEuston
SMITH Frederick William25/05/1940PCAlexandra DockAccident
SMITH Harry James15/01/1941PCLMSDerbyEBR
SMITH Robert William29/04/1942LNERYorkEBR
STONE George31/08/1943A/DCLNERGlasgowPoW
STOREY Sydney Edward22/06/1944PCSRBournemouthUnknown
TAYLOR Arthur John17/04/1941PCGWRPaddingtonKilled on duty
TOMLINSON Edwin16/04/1945PCLMSPark Lane, LiverpoolKIA
TONG John24/06/1943LNERHull
WOOD Charles Cecil25/09/1940SCCamden
WOODS John Francis08/05/1941PCLNERHull DocksKilled on Duty

Notes:
KIA = Killed in Action
EBR = Enemy Bombing Raid
PoW = Died whilst a Prisoner of War

 

Korean War Roll of Honour

NameDate of deathRankForceLocation
TRUMAN Kenneth22/07/1951PCBTCChester