Roll of Honour

Roll of Glasgow Police Officers Killed or Died on Duty:

1847– Police Watchman John Colquhoun – Assaulted whilst on Duty and later died
1848– Special Constable James Alexander – Shot by Military during riot
1860– Police Constable Duncan Cameron – Fell into Dock and drowned while on patrol
1861– Police Constable John McArthur, – Fell down stairs while on patrol
1863– Police Constable Robert Campbell – Assaulted by man he was moving on
1878– Police Constable Findlay McAulay – Fell from a bridge into River Clyde
1882– Police Constable William Gordon – Fell into the Harbour while on patrol
1882– Police Constable George Cumming – Fell through glass roof
1888– Inspector George Riddall – Collapsed while moving a drunk prisoner
1890– Police Constable John McDonald – Fell into Dock and drowned
1892– Police Constable John C. McNaught – Died while struggling with youth
1893– Detective Officer Alexander J. McMahon – Became ill and died after taking observations at night
1894– Sergeant Wilson Charles – Knocked down by train while on patrol
1895– Police Constable Robert Murray – Attempting to stop a runaway horse & lorry
1896– Police Constable Robert Cruickshanks – Collapsed and died of heart failure while on patrol
1897– Police Constable Andrew Urquhart – Struck with poker during domestic disturbance
1900– Detective Reid William Reid – Collapsed and Died of heart failure while on duty
1903– Inspector William Wilson C. Cumming – Knocked down by vehicle
1905– Police Constable Robert Caughey – Fell into the River Clyde while on patrol
1910– Police Constable Hugh Savage – Died of heart failure while chasing youths
1912– Police Constable Robert Smith – Hand injury on duty & died of blood poisoning
1916– Police Constable George Miller – Collapsed and Died of heart failure while on duty
1919– Police Constable James Campbell – Shot by housebreaker and died in hospital
1919– Police Constable William McGregor – Died of injuries received 6 months earlier in a riot
1920– Sergeant James Paterson – Fatally struck by skidding car while on patrol
1921– Inspector Robert Johnston – Shot dead escorting a Sinn Fein prisoner
1929– Police Constable John Burr – Knocked down by vehicle while on patrol
1937– Police Constable Harry Ellis Wilkinson – Knocked down by vehicle
1938– Police Constable Hugh Welsh – Died of disease from an injury sustained on duty
1938– Sergeant William James Curry – Died from heart failure while on night patrol duty
1941– Police Constable Alexander McEachen – Killed in bombing raid while off duty
1941– Police Constable Archibald C. Stevenson – Killed in bombing raid while off duty
1941– Police Constable William Steven Dickson – Killed in bombing raid while off duty
1941– Special Sergeant Donald MacDonald – Killed in bombing raid while on duty
1941– Special Constable John Morton Gray – Killed in bombing raid while on duty
1941– Special Constable Thomas Hamilton – Killed in bombing raid while on duty
1941– Special Constable James Williamson – Killed in bombing raid while on duty
1941– Special Constable John Gerard MacKrell – Killed in bombing raid while on duty
1941– Special Constable James Kerr Wilson – Killed in bombing raid while off duty
1941– Police War Reserve Constable Frederick H. Clarke – Killed in bombing raid while off duty
1944– Inspector Ernest Walker – Knocked down by vehicle in black-out
1948– Police Constable Stewart Cameron MacDonald – Knocked down by train in fog while on duty
1952– Police Constable John Macleod – Shot while attempting arrest of a theft suspect
1957– Police Constable Robert Crane Gunnis – Died from heart failure in police signal box
1958– Detective Constable James Milroy – Killed in road accident with police vehicle
1958– Police Constable Patrick Moulds – Knocked down by vehicle while on traffic control
1958– Police Constable Robert Gillies – Killed on night cycle patrol by vehicle
1962– Detective Superintendent Charles M. McNeill – Killed in road accident with police vehicle
1968– Special Constable George Brownlie Gates – Murdered by criminals while off duty
1969– Acting Detective Constable Angus M. Mackenzie – Murdered attempting arrest of a bank robber
1970– Police Constable Edward Alexander Barnett – Murdered attempting arrest of a bank robber
1970– Police Constable Robert Belford – Killed in road accident with police vehicle
1970– Police Constable John Stewart Duff Robertson – Killed in road accident with police vehicle
1971– Sergeant James Cuthell Fairbrother – Collapsed and Died of heart failure while on duty
1972– Police Constable David Robert Peterson – Overcome by smoke warning tenants of a fire
1973– Police Constable James Hay – Collapsed and Died of heart failure while on duty
1973– Police Constable Colin MacDuff – Drowned attempting to rescue a man in the River Clyde
1986– Police Constable William Wright – Died of injuries received in 1959 whilst guarding
a dangerous building

Roll of honour as compiled by the Police Roll of Honour Trust – www.policememorial.org.uk