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 |
1969– 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