There are three BTPHG Roll of Honour pages. This one, another covering the First World War, and a third page covering the Second World War and the Korean War.
The British Transport Police Roll of Honour (Line of Duty) records the deaths of railway, dock and canal police officers who have died in the line of duty. These officers are also remembered on the National Police Officers Roll of Honour and Remembrance, recorded by the name of each individual constituent force.
The classes of death used in this Roll of Honour are:
- Acts of Violence
includes all forms of unlawful killing (murder, manslaughter etc.) of officers on duty. Similarly, if they are off duty and their occupation as a police officer is a factor. - Misadventure
refers to death resulting from accidental injury incurred in the performance of a duty involving special risks (e.g. rescue etc). - Accident
refers to death resulting from unforeseen accidental injury whilst on routine duty. It does include death from accidents that occurred while travelling to or returning from duty. - Enemy Action
is death as a result of injuries incurred during wartime air raids. - Death by Natural Causes
is included if it occurred while performing a particular duty which contributed to the death (e.g. heart attack whilst chasing a suspect). Officers on duty who have died of natural causes in ordinary circumstances are included in the Remembrance list. - Remembrance
Officers who have died of natural causes whilst on duty and there is no contributing ‘police duty’ related factor. Officers killed in air raids whilst off duty. Serving officers killed off duty by an act of violence or accident where there is no ‘police duty’ related factor.
Where possible the details of the death will have been confirmed and checked against at least two sources. However, information from a single source is acceptable if it is perceived to be reliable. Where conflicting information is found, further research will be conducted until a reasoned judgement as to accuracy can be made. Where we are still investigating the death, the officers name will be placed on the working list but not on the public Roll of Honour as it appears on the website.
A list of the abbreviations used in the table can be found below.
The table lists the personnel by name in alphabetical order by default, but each column can be sorted by clicking on the column header to suit the users’ requirements. The table shows 40 entries by default, but this can be expanded up to 100. The search box can also be used to find any item required.
Sources
The names included in the Roll of Honour have been gathered from various sources. In many cases the starting point was the list of names provided by Anthony Rae, who masterminded the National Police Roll of Honour and who took a great deal of information from his detailed study of the long-standing magazine Police Review. Kevin Gordon provided much of the original information from BTP records with some additions by Viv Head from his study of railway and dock policing in South Wales.
Update March 2015: Further research has been conducted by Viv Head, and this has yielded a number of additions and changes to the names on the list.
An additional table showing Non-Railway Officers killed on duty on the railway can be found below.
Update August 2018: Additional work by Viv Head and Glyn Thomas on the ‘Non-Railway Officers killed on duty on the railway’ table has now increased the number of officers recorded from four to eighty-one.
Update September 2018: Officers who died of natural causes whilst on duty have now been placed on a separate ‘In Remembrance’ table below.
More detailed information can be found on this document: RoH LoD Biographies (Sept 2018) v2
As at 2018, the names of ninety-eight Officers have so far been included in the Roll of Honour:
| NAME | DEATH DATE | RANK | FORCE | Place of death | CAUSE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATKINSON John | 17.03.1886 | PC | NER | Newcastle-on-Tyne | Accident |
| BAILEY Charles William | 21.02.1924 | DC | LMS | Manchester | Accident |
| BAINBRIDGE Henry | 20.05.1908 | PS | NER | Gateshead | Accident |
| BALLARD Charles | 30.03.1900 | PC | SWR | Eastleigh (Hants) | Accident |
| BARKER George Edward | 07.05.1941 | PC | LNER | Hull | Enemy Action |
| BEALES George | 21.10.1896 | PC | GER | Temple | Accident |
| BELL Leonard Percy | 01.08.1940 | PC | LNER | Norwich | Enemy Action |
| BIRRELL Sidney Henry | 13.09.1956 | PC | BTC | Shrewsbury | Accident |
| BOGOMOLETZ Vassili | 06.12.2005 | PC | BTP | Tadworth | Misadventure |
| BOWSTEAD James | 05.09.1867 | PC | BTP | St Helens (Mersey) | Misadventure |
| BRIEN (BRYAN) James | 11.12.1848 | PC | GS&WRP | Carlow (Ireland) | Accident |
| BROWN George | 22.10.1983 | INSP | BTP | Leeds | Natural causes |
| CARTER George | 03.07.1883 | PC | LNWR | Wednesbury (West Mids) | Accident |
| COATES William Herbet | 24.12.1941 | PC | GUC | Regents Canal | Drowned |
| COCKWILL John | 12.08.1942 | PC | GWR | Plymouth | Enemy Action |
| COLLIS Robert | 10.01.1839 | PC | K&DRP | Booterstown (Ireland) | Accident |
| COOK Daniel | 22.09.1894 | DET | NER | London | Accident |
| COSLETT Archibald John | 05.05.1955 | DET | BTC | London | Accident |
| CRAWLEY John | 28.06.1903 | Insp | LB&SCR | London Victoria | natural causes |
| DALTON Patrick | 15.01.1857 | PC | Mid & Grt Western (Ireland) | Cullaboy (Ireland) | Accident |
| DANIEL(L) James | 28.09.1838 | PC | L&BR | Watford | Accident |
| DEAVILLE Samuel | 22.11.1838 | PC | Leic&Swngtn | Leicester | Accident |
| DEWS Theophilus | 28.03.1903 | PC | LYR | Wakefield | Accident |
| DICKSON John | 12.01.1842 | PC | GWR | Sonning Hill, near Reading | Accident |
| DISS Albert | 22.12.1912 | PC | GER | London West Ham | Accident |
| DOBBINS Frederick William | 14.04.1906 | PC | LB&SCR | Plumpton | Accident |
| ELLIOT John | 08.09.1896 | Detective | NER | Tweedmouth | Accident |
| FAZAKERLY James | 30.09.1938 | PC | L'Pool & M'chester | Newton nr Warrington | Accident |
| FELLOWS Henry | 13.10.1877 | Supt | SDP | Basingstoke | Accident |
| FIELD Thomas | 20.08.1936 | PC | LNERP | Parkeston Quay | Accident |
| FOSTER Harold | 24.12.1907 | PC | NER | Hull | Accident |
| FOULKES John | 25.09.1890 | PC | SHTP | Swansea | Drowned |
| FURBY William Francis | 15.11.1924 | PC | LNER | London Kings Cross | Accident |
| GALE Lilian Daisy | 06.01.1944 | WPC | GWR | Plymouth | Accident |
| GERMAIN Percy Hugh | 22.07.1948 | SGT | GWR | Cardiff | Accident |
| GOATMAN William | 18.02.1860 | PC | MR | Gloucester | Accident |
| HASSALL Henry | 18.12.1880 | PC | LNWR | Manchester | Accident |
| HAYNES Alfred | 19.08.1934 | PC | SR | Shoreham | Misadventure |
| HIBBS Thomas | 10.08.1901 | DC | LNWR | Birmingham | Act of Violence |
| HILLIER William | 00.10.1868 | PC | GWR | Steventon | Accident |
| HOLLAND George | 25.04.1882 | PC | LYR | Preston | Accident |
| HOWARD Thomas | 18.12.1869 | PS | BDP | Cardiff | Drowned |
| JAMES Michael | 29.11.1956 | PC | BTC | Birkenhead | Accident |
| JONES Charles | 18.01.1840 | PC | LBR | Watford Tunnel | Accident |
| KENDALL Sydney | 18.04.1950 | PC | BTC | Newton Abbott | Accident |
| KIDD Robert | 24.09.1895 | DS | LNWR | Wigan | Act of Violence |
| KING John | 08.01.1849 | PC | GWR | Taunton | Misadventure |
| LARKIN Dennis | 03.03.1900 | PC | LBSCR | Croyden Norwood Jnctn | Accident |
| LEAFE George William | 26.03.1907 | PC | NER | Leeds | Act of Violence |
| LEGGE Hezekiah | 14.08.1873 | Pc | B&ER | Bristol | Accident |
| LENNY Herbert Charles | 26.11.1973 | D/Hndlr | BTP | London Kings Cross | Natural Causes |
| LINGARD John Arthur | 22.09.1914 | SC | NER | Hull | Accident |
| LOOM Frederick William | 19.01.1913 | PC | MR | London | Accident |
| LOXTON Aaron | 24.02.1859 | PC | SWRP | Cardiff | Accident |
| LUTKIN Dennis William | 03.03.1900 | PC | LB&SCR | Accident | |
| MacRAE Peter | 15.11.1935 | PC | LMS | Rotherham | Misadventure |
| MAGUIRE Unknown | 29.12.1845 | Pc | SWR | Nine Elms | Accident |
| MARSH Alfred | 12.01.1898 | PC | L&YR | Fleetwood | Act of Violence |
| McLAFFERTY James | 01.10.1954 | C/INSP | BTC | Edinburgh | Natural Causes |
| McLEOD John | 10.10.1953 | PC | BTC | Burntisland | Accident |
| McMANUS Henry | 26.01.1861 | PC | Sudbury | Harrow Middlesex | Accident |
| McMILLAN Walter | 25.01.1960 | PC | BTC | Edinburgh | Misadventure |
| MOORE Ernest | 04.12.1906 | PC | MR | Wolverhampton | Accident |
| MURDOCH David Tanner | 14.12.1938 | PC | LNER | Glasgow | Accident |
| MURRY Donald | 03.10.1873 | PC | L&NWR | Euston | Accident |
| PEARCE Joseph | 19.12.1856 | PC | VoNR | Merthyr Tydfil | Act of Violence |
| PIKE John Edwin | 07.01.1938 | PC | LMS | Wilmslow | Accident |
| PROUDFOOT Allan | 14.12.1938 | PC | LNER | Glasgow | Accident |
| PURDY William | 26.10.1916 | PC | GNR | Barnsley | Accident |
| RACE William | 22.07.1940 | PC | LNER | West Hartlepool | Accident |
| RALPH George | 15.10.1882 | PC | GWR | London Harrow Road | Accident |
| ROBINSON John | 09.04.1901 | PC | NER | Gateshead | Accident |
| ROBINSON Raymond George | 29.08.1975 | PS | BTP | Brighton | Natural Causes |
| RUSTON William | 04.05.1912 | PC | MR | Swansea | Misadventure |
| SCUDDAMORE John | 04.11.1858 | PC | BDP | Cardiff | Accident |
| SEDMAN Thomas William | 12.09.1923 | PC | LNER | Selby | Accident |
| SHOPLAND Robert | 03.10.1863 | PC | BER | Taunton | Accident |
| SMITH Frank | 20.12.1885 | PC | NSRP | Stoke on Trent | Accident |
| SMITH Frederick Albert | 07.12.1906 | PC | GER | Newmarket | Accident |
| SMITH Harry James | 15.07.1941 | PC | LMS | Derby | Enemy Action |
| SMITH Robert William | 29.04.1942 | PC | LNER | York | Enemy Action |
| STAGG Edwin | 02.08.1873 | GWR | Wooten Basset | Accident | |
| SULLY John | 02.02.1853 | PC | B&ER | Bridgewater | Accident |
| TALLEY Thomas | 12.01.1863 | PC | Bletchley | Accident | |
| TAYLOR Arthur, John | 17.04.1941 | PC | GWR | London Paddington GWR | Enemy Action |
| TEMPLE William | 09.01.1867 | PC | SWR | Cardiff | Accident |
| THOMPSON Richard | 04.09.1858 | PC | LPJR | Galgate | Accident |
| TUBBS George | 08.04.1890 | SGT | L&SWR | Nine Elms | Accident |
| TYRELL Charles Albert | 30.11.1950 | PC | BTC | London East Ham | Natural Causes |
| WALTON George | 15.12.1948 | PC | BTC | Hull Docks | Accident |
| WARBURTON George | 14.05.1860 | PC | VoNRP | Abernant South Wales | Accicent |
| WATTS Samuel | 06.09.1839 | Insp | L&BR | Wolverton | Accident |
| WETHERALL Leonard | 30.11.1927 | PC | RCD | London | Accident |
| WHINN George Dodds | 28.01.1932 | PC | LNER | Newcastle | Accident |
| WILCOX Ralph | 20.08.1964 | PC (CID) | LMSRP | Dublin | Accident |
| WINTER Keith | 23.11.1970 | PC | BTP | Hull Docks | Accident |
| WOODS John Francis | 07.05.1941 | PC | LNER | Hull Docks | Enemy Action |
| YELLOP William | 07.09.1901 | PC | GNR | London | Accident |
| IN REMEMBERANCE: | DATE OF DEATH | RANK | FORCE | Place of death | CAUSE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURKE Charles Matthew | 07.10.1900 | PC | GER | London West Ham | Natural Causes |
| CORBETT, Murdo | 04.01.1976 | PC | BTP | Leighton Buzzard | Natural Causes |
| DUNN George Cornhill | 22.02.1911 | PC | BDP | Cardiff Docks | Natural Causes |
| EDWARDS, Thomas | 09.12.1885 | Supt | BDP | Cardiff Docks | Natural Causes |
| KEATING John | 00.04.1899 | PC | GCRP | Nottingham | Natural Causes |
| OLIVER Robert Pryce | 17.02.1987 | Insp | BTP | Stranraer | Natural Causes |
| SARGENT Eric Charles | 13.10.1940 | Dc | LMS | London | Enemy Action |
| STAMP John | 14.07.1911 | PC | LSWR | Sandowne Park | Natural Causes |
| TANNER Charles John | 03.01.1919 | Pc | BDP | Cardiff Docks | Natural Causes |
| THOMPSON Edwin | 19.11.1940 | Sgt | LMS | Bimingham | Enemy Action |
| TONG John | 26.06.1943 | Pc | LNER | Hull | Enemy Action |
| WOOD Charles Cecil | 25.09.1940 | S/Pc | n/k | London | Enemy Action |
| BTP officers killed on duty after having transferred to another force | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH Trevor Harold | 18.11.1972 | C/Insp | South Wales Police | Nr. Bridgend South Wales | Accident |
| Non Railway Police officers killed on duty on the railway | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARRETT Thomas | 19.10.1877 | PC | Northamptonshire Constabulary | Accident | |
| BATLEY William | 25.12.1877 | PC | West Riding Yorks Constabulary | Accident | |
| BENNETT George | 04.08.1894 | PC | Derbyshire Constabulary | Accident | |
| BRISLEY Charles Edward | 20.04.1978 | Det/Sgt | Kent County Constabulary | Folkestone | Accident |
| BURDETT John Henry | 31.10.1905 | P/Fm | York City Police / Fire Brigade | Accident | |
| BYRNE Joseph | 29.10.1885 | PC | Plumpton | Act of violence | |
| CALLAN Clarence St Clair M.A. | 22.07.1944 | Insp | Hull Borough Police | Accident | |
| CAPERS John Henry | 07.06.1879 | PC | Warwickshire Constabulary | Accident | |
| CHARLES Wilson | 22.11.1894 | Sgt | City of Glasgow Police | Glasgow | Accident |
| COLLIS James | 22.04.1879 | PC | Metropolitan Police 1829/99 | Accident | |
| COUTTS William | 06.12.1886 | Sgt | Lancashire Constabulary | Widnes | Accident |
| CROYDON George | 11.10.1915 | SC | Birmingham City Police | Accident | |
| DAVIS John | 05.08.1915 | PC | Lancashire Constabulary | Upholland | Accident |
| DIX Thomas | 03.04.1917 | PC | Swansea Borough | Swansea | Drowning |
| DORNEY Edward Roy | 01.01.1960 | PC | Metropolitan Police since 1946 | Deptford | Accident |
| DOUGHERTY William James | 11.02.1922 | S/Sgt | Ulster Special Constabulary 1921-1970 | Clones | Act of violence |
| DOWNIE James | 22.08.1896 | Sgt | Ayrshire Constabulary | Dalry | Accident |
| EDMONDS Edwin | 25.11.1877 | Sgt | Somerset Constabulary | Accident | |
| ELLIOTT William | 14.11.1905 | PC | Warwickshire Constabulary | Accident | |
| ENRIGHT Michael | 13.05.1919 | PC | Royal Irish Constabularies | Act of violence | |
| FAITHORN Arthur Charles | 00.05.1943 | PWRC | War Dept Constabulary / M.O.D. | Woolwich | Accident |
| FALKINER M.C. Walter V | 12.03.1921 | T/Cadet | Royal Irish Constabularies | Act of violence | |
| GARROTT George Hillier | 05.03.1980 | PC | Strathclyde Police | Accident | |
| GRAHAM John Anthony | 00.03.1922 | Sgt | Tyne Docks & Piers Police | Accident | |
| GREENFIELD Thomas | 15.08.1922 | S/Con | Ulster Special Constabulary 1921-1970 | Accident | |
| GRIGGS William Leonard | 07.07.1926 | P/Fm | Dover Borough Police | Accident | |
| HARRISON Ambrose | 02.01.1898 | PC | Hull Borough Police | Drowning | |
| HARRYMAN John | 29.05.1907 | PC | Kent County Constabulary | Accident | |
| HETHERINGTON James | 19.04.1921 | PC | Royal Irish Constabularies | Act of violence | |
| HOEY Owen | 29.06.1921 | PC | Royal Irish Constabularies | Act of violence | |
| HOLBROOK Edwin | 02.08.1892 | PC | Hull Borough Police | Drowning | |
| JACKSON William | 26.11.1914 | Sgt | Sheffield City Police | Accident | |
| JOHNSON George | 17.09.1914 | PC | Met Police 1829/99 | Accident | |
| KELLY Thomas | 19.04.1921 | PC | Royal Irish Constabularies | Act of violence | |
| KEMP Joseph | 29.09.1880 | PC | Hull Borough Police | Drowning | |
| KIMBERLEE Samuel | 12.02.1875 | PC | Warwickshire Constabulary | Accident | |
| LEE Herbert John | 28.03.1920 | PC | Northamptonshire Constabulary | Accident | |
| LEECH William | 28.05.1922 | Sgt | Royal Irish Constabularies | Act of violence | |
| LEWIS James | 11.02.1922 | S/Con | Ulster Special Constabulary 1921-1970 | Clones | Act of violence |
| LOBB | 03.07.1886 | Pc | Cornwall Constabulary | Nr Saltash | Accident |
| LONG John | 01.02.1880 | PC | Lancashire Constabulary | St Helens | Accident |
| MacDONALD Stewart C. | 22.11.1948 | PC | City of Glasgow Police | Accident | |
| MARTIN Patrick William | 05.10.1906 | PC | London & India Docks Police | Accident | |
| McCALL James | 19.06.1876 | PC | Lanarkshire Constabulary | Hamilton | Accident |
| McEWAN Thomas | 18.04.1907 | PC | Liverpool City Police | Accident | |
| McFARLAND William James | 11.02.1922 | S/Con | Ulster Special Constabulary 1921-1970 | Clones | Act of violence |
| McMAHON Robnert William | 11.02.1922 | S/Con | Ulster Special Constabulary 1921-1970 | Clones | Act of violence |
| MINTON Robert | 00.08.1928 | PC | Brighton Borough | Accident ? | |
| NEWMAN Edwin Henry A. | 29.10.1915 | SC | Metropolitan Police 1829/99 | Accident | |
| PLANT John | 12.08.1882 | PC | Staffordshire Constabulary | Sudbury | Accident |
| POOLE Lewis | 18.10.1877 | Supt | Northamptonshire Constabulary | Accident | |
| PRIOR Charles | 20.07.1893 | PC | Berkshire Constabulary | Accident | |
| PULLEN William | 10.06.1905 | Sgt | West Sussex Constabulary | Accident | |
| Robert MICHIE | 04.12.1876 | PC | Lancashire Constabulary | Accident | |
| ROBERTS Gregory D. | 09.01.1959 | PC | Glamorganshire Constabulary | Barry Dock | Fatal injury |
| ROBERTS Robert | 08.09.1949 | Sgt | Flintshire | North Wales | Accident |
| RODGERS Ian | 03.04.1975 | PC | Greater Manchester Police | Accident | |
| ROTHNIE Thomas | 14.12.1912 | Det.Off. | Edinburgh City Police | Gretna | Fatal injury |
| RUDGE Aubrey Ronald | 14.04.1939 | PC | Kidderminster Borough Police | Accident | |
| RUSSELL George William M | 10.02.1965 | PC | Cumberland, Westmorland & Carlisle Constabulary | Oxenholme | Act of Violence |
| SALVIDGE George | 28.11.1882 | PC | Hull Borough Police | Drowning | |
| SCOTT John | July 11, 1900 | Insp | East Lothian Constabulary | Dunbar | Accident |
| SIMPSON Joseph | 10.05.1897 | PC | Lanarkshire Constabulary | Accident | |
| SMEED William | 16.07.1836 | PC | Dover Borough Police | Drowning | |
| SMITH John | 19.09.1880 | PC | Hull Borough Police | Drowning | |
| SMITH John | 25.09.1899 | PC | Metropolitan Police 1829/99 | Accident | |
| STANTON Harry Leslie | 28.01.1929 | PC | Dudley Borough Police | Dudley | Suspicious |
| STOBART James | 00.04.1887 | PC | Durham County Constabulary | Accident | |
| STOREY Smith | 05.10.1932 | PC | Durham County Constabulary | Accident | |
| STUBBS John | 19.11.1845 | PC | Leeds City Police | Accident | |
| TAYLOR Brian | 12.08.1914 | A/Sgt | Royal Irish Constabularies | Belfast | Accident |
| TAYLOR Ernest James | 30.10.1942 | D/C | Sunderland Borough Police | Collapsed | |
| TURNER Archibald | 09.11.1920 | PC | Royal Irish Constabularies | Act of violence | |
| TURNER John George | 26.07.1949 | PC | West Riding Yorks Constabulary | Accident | |
| Unnamed | 00.04.1906 | PC | Plumpton ? | Accident | |
| WALDREN James | 12.10.1882 | Sgt | Basingstoke Borough Police | Accident | |
| WALLACE Peter | 14.05.1919 | Sgt | Royal Irish Constabularies | Act of violence | |
| WARWICK George | 00.05.1931 | PC | Hull Borough Police | Edmonton | Accident |
| WILSON Isaac | 14.11.1877 | Sgt | Northamptonshire Constabulary | Accident | |
| WOODS James Thomas | 15.11.1920 | PC | Royal Irish Constabularies | Act of violence | |
| WREN Henry Frederick | 15.01.1930 | Sgt | Port of London Authority Police | Accident |
| BDP | BUTE DOCKS POLICE | DC | DETECTIVE CONSTABLE | |
| BER | BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY | DS | DETECTIVE SERGEANT | |
| BTC | BRITISH TRANSPORT COMMISSION POLICE | INSP | INSPECTOR | |
| BTP | BRITISH TRANSPORT POLICE | PC | POLICE CONSTABLE | |
| GER | GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY | C/INSP | CHIEF INSPECTOR | |
| GDP | GLOUCESTER DOCK (and Sharpness Canal) POLICE | PS / SGT | SERGEANT | |
| GNR | GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY | |||
| GUC | GRAND UNION CANAL | |||
| GWR | GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY | |||
| LBR | LONDON & BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY | |||
| LBSCR | LONDON BRIGHTON & SOUTH COAST RAILWAY | |||
| LMS | LONDON MIDLAND & SCOTTISH RAILWAY | |||
| LNER | LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY | |||
| LNWR | LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY | |||
| LPJR | LANCASTER & PRESTON JUNCTION RAILWAY | |||
| L&SRP | LEICESTER AND SWANNINGTON RAILWAY | |||
| LSWR | LONDON & SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY | |||
| LT | LONDON TRANSPORT | |||
| LYR | LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE RAILWAY | |||
| MR | MIDLAND RAILWAY | |||
| NER | NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY | |||
| RCD | REGENT'S CANAL & DOCK | |||
| SHTP | SWANSEA HARBOUR TRUST | |||
| SR | SOUTHERN RAILWAY | |||
| SWR | SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY | |||
| SWRP | SOUTH WALES RAILWAY POLICE | |||
| VoNR | VALE of NEATH RAILWAY |