ROYAL ULSTER CONSTABULARY
A:
Constable Kenneth Acheson - 2 April 1981- aged 23 - car
bomb, Armagh.
Constable Willis Agnew - RUC Reserve - 16 June 1985 - aged
53 - shot off-duty, Londonderry.
Constable Charles Allen - 26 July 1986 - aged 37 - shot,
Down
Constable Wallace Allen - RUC Reserve - 31 August 1980
- aged 49 - abducted at work and shot, Armagh.
Constable Norman Annett - 1 July 1989 - aged 56 - shot
visiting his mother, she was 81 and also shot in the stomach,
Londonderry.
Constable Victor Arbuckle - 12 Oct. 1969 - aged 29 - shot,
West Belfast.
Constable Samuel Armour - RUC Reserve - 22 Dec. 1976 -
aged 37 - bomb, Londonderry.
Constable Edward Armstrong - RUC Reserve - 8 Nov. 1987
- aged 52 - the Poppy Day bomb, Enniskillin. 11 people were killed
as they gathered for a Remembrance Service at the town's War Memorial.
Constable Frederick Armstrong - RUC Reserve - 11 April
1987 - aged 40 - shot, Antrim.
B:
Constable William Baggley - RUC Reserve - 29 Jan. 1974
- aged 43 - shot, Londonderry - from Surrey. His daughter was
murdered a year later. (below)
Constable Linda Baggley - RUC Reserve - 2 June 1976 - aged
19 - shot, Londonderry - daughter of the above.
Constable Andrew Baird - RUC Reserve - 14 Oct. 1975 - aged
37 - bomb, Armagh. His wife was expecting their second child.
Constable David Baird - 20 May 1985 - aged 22 - bomb, Armagh.
Constable Richard Baird - 17 April 1979 - aged 28 - bomb,
Armagh.
Constable Andrew Beacom - 12 Dec. 1993 - aged 46 - shot,
Tyrone.
Constable William Beacom - 17 Feb. 1994 - aged 30 - rocket
attack, South Belfast.
Constable Alexander Beck - 28 Sept. 1981 - aged 37 - rocket
attack, West Belfast.
Constable Harold Beckett - 30 June 1990 - aged 47 - shot
from behind, West Belfast
Constable Alexander Bell - RUC Reserve - 24 July 1989 -
aged 39 - bomb, Antrim.
Constable Edmund Bell - 10 May 1974 - aged 29 - shot, South
Belfast.
Inspector George Bell - 22 Jan. 1976 - aged 54 - bomb,
South Belfast.
Constable John Bell - RUC Reserve - 29 March 1985 - aged
34 - shot at work, Down.
Detective-Sergeant John Bennison - 23 March 1987 - aged
41 - shot, Londonderry - ex-Grenadier Guards, originally from
Bristol.
Constable Thomas Bingham - 31 Jan. 1984 - aged 29 - landmine,
Armagh.
Constable David Black - RUC Reserve - 27 June 1989 - aged
34 - car bomb,Tyrone.
Constable Karl Blackbourne - 26 July 1986 - aged 19 - shot,
Down
Sergeant James Blakely - 7 Feb. 1976 - aged 42 - shot,
North Belfast.
Constable Darren Bradshaw - 9 May 1997 - aged 24 - shot
off-duty, Central Belfast.
Detective-Constable Derek Breen - 11 Feb. 1986 - aged 29
- shot off-duty, Fermanagh.
Chief-Superintendant Harry Breen - 20 March 1989 - aged
51 - shot, Armagh.
Sergeant David Brown - 16 April 1982 - aged 35 - shot,
West Belfast.
Sergeant Eric Brown - 6 Jan. 1983 - aged 41 - shot, Down.
Constable William Brown - 13 March 1977 - aged 18 - shot,
Fermanagh.
Superintendant Bob Buchanan - 20 March 1989 - aged 55 -
shot, Armagh.
Constable Robert Buckley - 27 Feb. 1971 - aged 32 - shot,
North Belfast along with D-I Patterson.
C:
Constable Joseph Calvin - 17 Nov. 1972 - aged 42 - car
bomb, Fermanagh.
Constable Geoffrey Campbell - 24 Feb. 1985 - aged 24 -
mortar attack on Newry Police Station, Down - 9 policemen were
murdered.
Sergeant Joseph Campbell - 25 Feb. 1977 - aged 49 - shot,
Antrim. A Catholic officer.
Constable Norman Campbell - 15 Dec. 1976 - aged 19 - shot,
Armagh. Was to marry a few weeks later.
Constable William Campbell - RUC Reserve - 16 Oct. 1973
- aged 27 - shot, North Belfast.
Constable Douglas Carrothers - RUC Reserve - 17 May 1991
- aged 51 - car bomb, Fermanagh.
Constable Charles Carruthers - RUC Reserve - 5 Oct. 1982
- aged 54 - shot at work, Londonderry.
Constable Colin Carson - RUC Reserve - 26 May 1983 - aged
31 - shot, Tyrone.
Detective-Constable Ernest Carson - 26 August 1987 - aged
50 - shot, Central Belfast.
Constable Alan Caskey - 4 May 1982 - aged 21 - shot, Londonderry.
Constable Gerry Cathcart - 16 May 1983 - aged 49 - shot
at home, South Belfast.
Constable George Chambers - 15 Dec. 1972 - aged 44 - shot,
Armagh, while returning from delivering presents to a Catholic
girl who had been hurt in a road accident. (He had collected money
at the police station for the gifts).
Constable Eric Clarke - 17 Sept. 1991 - aged 37 - mortar
bomb, Londonderry - originally from Coventry, ex-Royal Artillery.
Constable Paul Clarke - 12 Nov. 1983 - aged 29 - mortar
attack, Tyrone - a Catholic member of the RUC.
Constable Samuel Clarke - RUC Reserve - 25 Nov. 1975 -
aged 53 - shot, Tyrone.
Constable Joseph Clements - RUC Reserve - 16 Nov. 1975
- aged 48 - landmine, Tyrone.
Constable William Clements - RUC Reserve - 7 Dec. 1985
- aged 52 - shot, Tyrone. A Methodist lay preacher.
Inspector James Cobb - 24 July 1977 - aged 38 - shot, Armagh.
Sergeant Tom Cooke - 23 April 1987 - aged 52 - shot off-duty,
Londonderry.
Constable Alan Corbett - 15 Nov. 1992 - aged 25 - shot,
Fermanagh.
Constable Snowden Corkey - RUC Reserve - 16 Nov. 1982 -
aged 40 - shot, Armagh
Detective-Constable Stanley Corry - 1 Nov. 1971 - aged
28 - shot, Belfast.
Sergeant George Coulter - 31 Jan. 1975 - aged 43 - shot,
Tyrone. Murdered the day before his birthday. Awarded the Long Service Good Conduct medal.
Constable William Coulter - 28 Nov. 1981 - aged 23 - bomb,
West Belfast.
Sergeant Albert Craig - 18 Sept. 1976 - aged 33 - shot,
Armagh - (shot 4 times in the back).
Constable Ivan Crawford - RUC Reserve - 9 Jan. 1987 - aged
49 - bomb, Fermanagh.
Constable William Crooks - RUC Reserve - 23 April 1976
- aged 29 - shot, Tyrone.
Constable Gordon Crothers - RUC Reserve - 17 Feb. 1978
- aged 30 - killed, Down - his wife was killed with him.
Constable Robert Crilly - RUC Reserve - 3 Jan. 1980 - aged
60 - shot off-duty, Fermanagh.
Detective Constable Neville Cummings - 22 Jan. 1976 - aged
37 - bomb, South Belfast.
Constable Cecil Cunningham - 15 Oct. 1971 - aged 46 - shot,
North Belfast. Awarded the Long
Service Good Conduct Medal in 1968.
Constable Thomas Cush - 31 July 1976 - aged 60 - shot,
Armagh.
D:
Constable Derek Davidson - 2 August 1979 - aged 26 - shot,
West Belfast.
Constable John Davidson - 18 Nov. 1979 - aged 26 - shot,
West Belfast.
Constable Noel Davies - 24 May 1975 - aged 22 - bomb, Londonderry.
Constable Samuel Davison - 2 June 1977 - aged 24 - shot,
Tyrone.
Constable Michael Dawson - 12 April 1984 - aged 23 - bomb,
South Belfast.
Constable Raymond Denham - RUC Reserve - 12 Jan. 1972 -
aged 42 - shot at work, West Belfast.
Inspector Alfred Devlin - 29 Oct. 1971 - aged 42 - bomb,
North Belfast - awarded Long
Service Good Conduct Medal in 1971.
Constanble Tracy Doak - 20 May 1985 - aged 21 - bomb, Armagh.
She was to marry a few months later.
Constable Desmond Dobbin - RUC Reserve - 11 Oct. 1986 -
aged 42 - mortar attack, West Belfast.
Sergeant Ronald Dodd - 27 Oct. 1971 - aged 34 - shot, Antrim.
His wife was expecting their third child.
Detective-Constable John Doherty - 28 Oct. 1973 - aged
31 - shot at home, Lifford, Co. Donegal. A Catholic member of
the RUC.
Constable Howard Donaghy - RUC Reserve - 11 Sept. 1978
- aged 24 - shot off-duty, Tyrone.
Chief-Inspector Alexander Donaldson - 24 Feb. 1985 - aged
42 - mortar attack on Newry Police Station, Down - 9 policemen
were murdered.
Constable Samuel Donaldson - 12 August 1970 - aged 23 -
car bomb, Armagh
Sergeant David Dorsett - 14 Jan. 1973 - aged 37 - car bomb,
Londonderry -Traffic Branch.
Constable James Douglas - 10 Oct. 1992 - aged 50 - shot
off-duty, Central Belfast.
Sergeant John Dowd - 24 Feb. 1985 - aged 31 - mortar attack
on Newry Police Station, Down - 9 policemen were murdered.
Inspector Norman Duddy - 28 March 1982 - aged 45 - shot
as he left church with his sons, Londonderry.
Constable Colin Dunlop - 31 May 1981 - aged 30 - shot,
in the Royal Victoria Hospital, West Belfast. A Mormon.
Constable David Dunne - RUC Reserve - 2 June 1979 - aged
36 - shot, Armagh.
E:
Inspector David Ead - 20 April 1987 - aged 38 - shot in
the back, Down.
Constable John Eagleson - RUC Reserve - 1 Oct. 1982 - aged
49 - shot, Tyrone.
Constable Trevor Elliott - RUC Reserve - 18 April 1984
- aged 29 - car bomb, Armagh.
Inspector William Elliott - 5 Sept. 1974 - aged 48 - shot,
Antrim. Awarded the Queen's
Police Medal (posthumous).
Constable Philip Ellis - 6 May 1981 - aged 33 - shot, North
Belfast.
Constable Clifford Evans - RUC Reserve - 5 Jan. 1975 -
aged 30 - shot, Antrim.
Constable Mark Evans - 7 Sept. 1981 - aged 20 - landmine,
Tyrone.
Constable Thomas Evans - RUC Reserve - 15 May 1976 - aged
33 - bomb, Fermanagh.
Detective-Constable Garry Ewing - 9 Nov. 1982 - aged 31
- car bomb, Fermanagh.
F:
Constable James Ferguson - RUC Reserve - 6 Oct. 1983 -
aged 53 - shot, Down.
Constable Michael Ferguson - 23 Jan. 1993 - aged 21 - shot
from behind, Londonderry. A Catholic member of the RUC.
Constable William Finlay - RUC Reserve - 6 Oct. 1983 -
aged 55 - shot, Down.
Constable Winston Finlay - RUC Reserve - 30 August 1987
- aged 44 - shot at home, Tyrone. ex-RAF (14 years service).
Constable William Fitzpatrick - RUC Reserve - 10 Nov. 1983
- aged 47 - shot at home, Down - a Catholic member of the RUC.
Inspector Peter Flanagan - 23 August 1974 - aged 47 - shot,
Tyrone.
Constable Robert Forde - 20 Nov. 1974 - aged 29 - bomb,
Armagh.
Constable John Forsythe - 18 June 1974 - aged 30 - bomb,
Armagh.
Constable William Fullerton - RUC Reserve - 10 Jan. 1984
- aged 48 - shot, Down.
Sergeant Stephen Fyffe - 4 Nov. 1983 - aged 28 - bomb,
Antrim. The bomb exploded during a lecture at Ulster Polytechnic.
G:
Constable Robert Gibson - 21 July 1972 - aged 45 - bomb,
Central Belfast.
Sergeant Peter Gilgunn - 27 Jan. 1972 - aged 26 - shot,
Londonderry - a Catholic member of the RUC.
Sergeant Stephen Gillespie - 2 May 1991 - aged 31 - bomb,
West Belfast.
Constable George Gilliland - 7 Dec. 1985 - aged 34 - shot,
Tyrone.
Constable William Gilliland - 18 June 1985 - aged 39 -
landmine, Fermanagh. - Traffic Branch.
Constable Colin Gilmore - 25 Jan. 1988 - aged 27 - impact
grenade, West Belfast.
Constable Clive Graham - 21 March 1988 - aged 25 - shot,
Londonderry.
Constable Roland Graham - 16 June 1997 - aged 34 - shot,
Armagh.
Constable Paul Gray - 10 May 1975 - aged 20 - shot, Londonderry.
Constable Paul M. Gray - 17 April 1979 - aged 25 - bomb,
Armagh - he was to marry in June.
Constable William Gray - 19 May 1984 - aged 25 - bomb,
Armagh.
Constable William Greer - RUC Reserve - 14 Jan. 1977 -
aged 27 - car bomb, Antrim.
Sergeant Robert Guthrie - 23 June 1987 - aged 41 - shot,
North Belfast.
H:
Constable James Haggan - 10 March 1994 - aged 33 - shot
off-duty watching greyhound racing with his pregnant wife, North
Belfast.
Constable John Hallawell - 28 Oct. 1983 - aged 35 - shot,
Londonderry.
Constable William Hamer - RUC Reserve - 12 Feb. 1976 -
aged 31 - shot, Londonderry. (shot in the back).
Constable Paul Hamilton - 27 Oct. 1982 - aged 26 - landmine,
Armagh
Superintendent - Stanley Hanna - 3 June 1979 - aged 48
- bomb, Armagh.
Constable David Hanson - 15 Nov. 1985 - aged 25 - landmine,
Armagh.
Constable William Hanson - 24 July 1990 - aged 37 - landmine,
Armagh.
Constable Alwyn Harris - 8 Oct. 1989 - aged 51 - car bomb,
Antrim.
Constable Mildred Harrison - RUC Reserve - 16 March 1975
- aged 26 - bomb, Down. First female RUC officer murdered.
Constable Robert Harrison - RUC Reserve - 5 Feb. 1977 -
aged 50 - shot, Down.
Constable Gordon Harron - 21 Oct. 1972 - aged 32 - shot,
North Belfast.
Constable John Haslett - 15 Oct. 1971 - aged 21 - shot,
North Belfast along with Constable Cunningham.
Constable Stanley Hazelton - RUC Reserve - 23 Dec. 1979
- aged 48 - shot off-duty, Eire.
Inspector James Hazlett, BEM - 23 April 1986 - aged 54
- shot off-duty, walking his dog, Down. He had been awarded the
British Empire Medal in 1973.
Constable James Heaney - 26 August 1976 - aged 20 - shot
off-duty, West Belfast - a Catholic officer.
Constable Arthur Henderson - RUC Reserve - 8 Oct. 1974
- aged 31 - bomb, Tyrone.
Constable David Houston - 26 June 1972 - aged 22 - shot,
Down - from Manchester. His wife had their first child a few days
later.
Constable Winston Howe - 11 Feb. 1980 - aged 35 - bomb,
Fermanagh.
Sergeant James Hunter - 16 May 1976 - aged 33 - shot, Down.
Sergeant Dermot Hurley - 11 Nov. 1971 - aged 50 - shot,
North Belfast.
I:
Constable Ronnie Irwin - RUC Reserve - 16 Nov. 1982 - aged
24 - shot, Armagh.
J:
Detective-Constable Andrew Johnston - 7 July 1975 - aged
26 - bomb, Armagh (left at Carrick Primary School).
Constable David Johnston - RUC Reserve - 16 June 1997 -
aged 30 - shot, Armagh.
Constable Ernest Johnston - RUC Reserve - 23 Sept. 1980
- aged 34 - shot at home, Fermanagh.
Constable George Johnston - RUC Reserve - 29 July 1976
- aged 24 - shot, Armagh.
Constable Ian Johnston - 9 Nov. 1989 - aged 31 - shot by
accident, North Belfast. Awarded the RUC medal.
K:
Constable Michael Kay - RUC Reserve - 3 April 1985 - aged
38 - car bomb, Down.
Constable Ivy Kelly - 24 Feb. 1985 - aged 29 - mortar attack
on Newry Police Station, Down - 9 policemen were murdered.
Constable Norman Kennedy - 27 July 1987 - aged 41 - shot
at home, Antrim. Traffic Branch.
Constable Francis Kettyles - RUC Reserve - 15 May 1976
- aged 33 - bomb,Fermanagh.
Sergeant Henry Keys - 15 May 1976 - aged 29 - bomb, Fermanagh.
Constable Robert Keys - RUC Reserve - 28 Nov. 1972 - aged
55 - rocket attack, Fermanagh.
Sergeant Peter Kilpatrick - 26 July 1986 - aged 27 - shot,
Down - a Catholic member of the RUC.
Constable Christopher Kyle - RUC Reserve - 17 June 1981
- aged 25 - shot, Tyrone.
L:
Constable John Lamont - RUC Reserve - 3 August 1978 - shot,
Antrim.
Constable John Larmour - 15 Oct. 1988 - aged 42 - shot
off-duty, South Belfast.
Constable Robert Laverty - 15 July 1972 - aged 18 - shot,
North Belfast.
Constable Robert Leslie - 18 Sept. 1971 - aged 20 - shot,
Tyrone.
Constable Charles Lewis - RUC Reserve - 6 Feb. 1981 - aged
38 - shot, South Belfast.
Constable Robert Lockhart - RUC Reserve - 17 April 1979
- aged 44 - bomb, Armagh.
Constable William Logan - 15 March 1972 - aged 23 - shot,
Tyrone.
Constable Michael Logue - 29 Dec. 1973 - aged 21 - shot,
West Belfast - a Catholic member of the RUC.
Detective-Constable David Love - 6 Oct. 1975 - aged 45
- bomb, Londonderry.
Constable Kenneth Lynch - 2 June 1977 - aged 22 - shot,
Tyrone
Constable Silas Lyttle - RUC Reserve - 17 Nov. 1981 - aged
59 - shot at home, Tyrone.
M:
Constable Ronald Macauley - RUC Reserve - 25 March 1973
- shot, Armagh - awarded the (posthumous) Queen's Police Medal (for
gallantry).
Constable William Magill - RUC Reserve - 20 Feb. 1983 -
aged 20 - shot, Down.
Detective-Constable Michael Malone - 26 August 1987 - aged
35 - shot, Central Belfast. A Catholic member of the RUC.
Constable Michael Marshall - 20 Oct. 1989 - aged 25 - shot,
Armagh.
Constable Gary Martin - 27 April 1981 - aged 28 - bomb,
West Belfast.
Constable Hugh Martin - RUC Reserve - - 2 June 1977 - aged
58 - shot, Tyrone.
Inspector John Martin - 4 Nov. 1983 - aged 27 - bomb, Antrim.
The bomb exploded during a lecture at Ulster Polytechnic.
Sergeant Patrick Maxwell - 25 Nov. 1975 - aged 36 - shot,
Tyrone - a Catholic officer.
Detective Constable Ronald McAdam - 2 June 1976 - aged
31 - shot, West Belfast.
Constable Ernest McAllister - 20 March 1972 - aged 38 -
bomb, central Belfast.
Constable Millar McAllister - 22 April 1978 - aged 36 -
shot at home, Antrim.
Constable David McBride - 22 May 1986 - aged 27 - bomb,
Armagh.
Detective Constable Noel McCabe - 2 Nov. 1976 - aged 26
- shot, West Belfast.
Constable Thomas McCall - 16 April 1974 - aged 33 - shot,
Armagh.
Constable John McCambridge - 22 May 1976 - aged 22 - shot
at home, Tyrone.
Constable James McCandless - 1 Jan. 1986 - aged 38 - bomb,
Armagh.
Constable Samuel McClean - 2 June 1987 - aged 41 - shot
while visiting his parents in Eire.
Constable Thomas McClinton - 2 March 1974 - aged 28 - shot,
North Belfast.
Constable Alan McCloy - 27 Oct. 1982 - aged 34 - landmine,
Armagh
Constable Hugh McConnell - 17 June 1978 - aged 32 - shot,
Armagh.
Sergeant Hugh McCormac - 3 March 1985 - aged 40 - shot
as he went to worship with his family, Fermanagh - a Catholic
member of the RUC.
Constable Lindsay McCormack - 2 March 1983 - aged 50 -
shot outside a Primary School, North Belfast. Awarded the Long Service Good Conduct Medal.
Constable John McCracken - 8 April 1977 - aged 22 - shot,
Londonderry.
Sergeant Ernest McCrum - 13 April 1991 - aged 61 - shot
off-duty, Antrim.
Sergeant William McDonald - 12 August 1984 - aged 29 -
bomb, Antrim. The bomb exploded during a lecture at Ulster Polytechnic.
Constable Lindsay McDougall - RUC Reserve - 9 Jan. 1981
- aged 36 - shot, Central Belfast.
Detective-Constable John McGarry - 6 April 1991 - aged
46 - car bomb, Antrim.
Constable John McFadden - RUC Reserve - 5 Nov. 1983 - aged
50 - shot at home, Antrim.
Constable Paul McFerran - RUC Reserve - 24 Feb. 1985 -
aged 33 - mortar attack on Newry Police Station, Down - 9 policemen
were murdered.
Constable Rosemary McGookin -24 Feb. 1985 - aged 27 - mortar
attack on Newry Police Station, Down - 9 policemen were murdered.
Constable Sean McHenry - RUC Reserve - 24 Feb. 1985 - aged
19 - mortar attack on Newry Police Station, Down - 9 policemen
were murdered.
Constable William McIlveen - RUC Reserve - 13 August 1973
- aged 36 - shot at work, Armagh.
Constable Samuel McKane - RUC Reserve - 12 Feb. 1977 -
aged 33 - shot at home, Antrim.
Constable Arthur McKay - RUC Reserve - 8 Oct. 1976 - aged
43 - bomb, Londonderry.
Constable Robert McLean - RUC Reserve - 11 April 1987 -
aged 44 - shot, Antrim.
Constable Colleen McMurray - 27 March 1992 - aged 34 -
mortar bomb, Down.
Constable David McNeice - 14 Dec. 1974 - aged 19 - shot,
Armagh.
Detective Constable Patrick McNulty - 27 Jan. 1977 - aged
30 - shot off duty, Londonderry - a Catholic officer.
Constable Robert McPherson - 26 July 1975 - aged 25 - shot,
Londonderry.
Constable Hugh McCrone - RUC Reserve - 26 Oct. 1988 - aged
20 - shot, Fermanagh.
Constable John McVitty - 8 July 1986 - aged 46 - shot off-duty,
his 12 year old son witnessed his murder, Fermanagh.
Constable Robert Megaw - 1 Dec. 1973 - aged 29 - shot,
Armagh.
Constable Gary Meyer - 30 June 1990 - aged 35 - shot from
behind, West Belfast.
Constable Robert Millar - 12 August 1970 - aged 26 - car
bomb, Armagh.
Inspector Derek Monteith - 22 Jan. 1990 - aged 35 - shot
at home, Armagh.
Constable William Monteith - RUC Reserve - 21 Nov. 1988
- aged 59 - shot, Tyrone.
Constable David Montgomery - 27 Jan. 1972 - aged 20 - shot,
Londonderry - was to marry in June.
Constable Stephen Montgomery - 28 Jan. 1989 - aged 26 -
drogue bomb, Tyrone.
Constable Stuart Montgomery - 7 Sept. 1981 - aged 19 -
landmine, Tyrone
Constable William Montgomery - RUC Reserve - 4 April 1980
- aged 34 - shot at work, North Belfast.
Constable John Moore - RUC Reserve - 15 April 1978 - aged
57 - bomb, off-duty.
Constable Thomas Moore - 11 Nov. 1971 - aged 37 - shot,
North Belfast.
Constable Charles Morrison - 8 Feb. 1973 - aged 26 - shot
while helping a woman hurt in a road accident, Tyrone.
Constable David Morrow - RUC Reserve - 6 July 1977 - aged
35 - shot, Tyrone.
Sergeant Thomas Morrow - 2 March 1972 - aged 28 - shot,
Armagh.
Constable Frederick Morton - RUC Reserve - 15 March 1983
- aged 59 - shot at work, Down.
Sergeant Frank Murphy - 21 February 1985 - aged 30 - shot
while driving a community minibus at Drumsallen Primary School
- a Catholic member of the RUC.
Inspector William Murtagh - 7 Feb. 1976 - aged 31 - shot,
North Belfast. (shot in the back 3 times).
N:
Constable Kenneth Nelson - RUC Reserve - 16 May 1976 -
aged 28 - shot at home, Tyrone.
Constable Peter Nesbitt - RUC Reserve - 10 March 1987 -
aged 32 - bomb, North Belfast.
Detective-Constable Stuart Nicholl - 13 Oct. 1972 - aged
22 - shot, Central Belfast.
Constable James Nixon - 13 Dec. 1972 - aged 49 - shot off
duty, North Belfast.
Constable Robert North - RUC Reserve - 20 May 1977 - aged
52 - shot at work, Tyrone (driving a school bus with children
on board). He was an ex-Royal Marine.
O:
Sergeant Daniel O'Connor - 22 June 1974 - aged 35 - shot,
North Belfast - a Catholic officer.
Constable John Olphert - RUC Reserve - 18 Jan. 1983 - aged
39 - shot at work, Londonderry.
Constable Bernard O'Neill - 20 March 1972 - aged 36 - bomb,
central Belfast - a Catholic officer.
Constable Frank O'Reilly - 6 Oct. 1998 - aged 30 - bomb,
Armagh.
P:
Detective-Inspector Cecil Patterson - 27 Feb. 1971 - aged
46 - shot, North Belfast - in response to his death all RUC members
were issued revolvers while on duty.
Constable Derek Patterson - 10 Nov. 1986 - aged 39 - shot
off-duty, South Belfast.
Constable Gregory Pollock - 1 April 1994 - aged 23 - mortar
bomb, Londonderry.
Constable John Proctor - RUC Reserve - 14 Sept. 1981 -
aged 25 - shot in a hospital car park having just visited his
wife and their new child.
Constable Denis Price - RUC Reserve -24 Feb. 1985 - aged
22 - mortar attack on Newry Police Station, Down - 9 policemen
were murdered. A Catholic member of the RUC.
Detective-Constable Norman Prue - 6 May 1979 - shot, Fermanagh.
Constable David Purse - RUC Reserve - 12 Jan. 1980 - aged
43 - shot at a football match, North Belfast.
Constable David Purvis - 5 June 1973 - aged 22 - shot,
Fermanagh.
Q:
Constable Brian Quinn - RUC Reserve - 6 Jan. 1983 - aged
41 - shot, Down. A Catholic member of the RUC.
Constable Neal Quinn - 20 June 1981 - aged 53 - shot, Down.
A Catholic member of the RUC with 30 years service.
Sergeant Sean Quinn - 27 Oct. 1982 - aged 37 - landmine,
Armagh. A Catholic member of the RUC.
R:
Constable Jacob Rankin - 4 July 1978 - aged 37 - shot,
Tyrone.
Constable David Reeves - 11 June 1982 - aged 24 - bomb,
Londonderry.
Constable Jonathan Reid - 25 Feb. 1993 - aged 30 - shot,
Armagh.
Sergeant Frederick Robinson - 19 March 1974 - aged 45 -
car bomb, Antrim.
Detective-Constable Louis Robinson - 16 Sept. 1990 - aged
42 - abducted while on sick leave and shot, Armagh.
Constable Mervyn Robinson - 27 May 1981 - aged 47 - shot,
Armagh.
Constable John Rodgers - RUC Reserve - 26 Jan. 1974 - aged
50 - shot, Antrim.
Constable Steven Rodgers - RUC Reserve - 20 May 1985 -
aged 19 - bomb, Armagh.
Detective-Constable Maurice Rolston - 11 Dec. 1973 - aged
37 - bomb, Down.
Constable Joseph Rose - 11 Feb. 1980 - aged 21 - bomb,
Fermanagh.
Constable Malcolm Ross - 10 May 1974 - aged 40 - shot,
South Belfast.
Detective-Constable William Russell - 1 Nov. 1971 - aged
31 - shot, West Belfast.
S:
Constable Henry Sandford - RUC Reserve - 14 Jan. 1973 -
aged 34 - landmine, Tyrone.
Sergeant William Savage - 31 Jan. 1984 - aged 27 - landmine,
Armagh.
Constable Alexander Scott - RUC Reserve - 8 Feb. 1981 -
aged 37 - shot at work, South Belfast.
Constable John Scott - RUC Reserve - 22 June 1979 - aged
49 - shot at work, Tyrone.
Constable Joseph Scott - RUC Reserve - 3 Dec. 1976 - aged
50 - shot, Tyrone. He was on School Crossing Duty.
Constable George Shaw - RUC Reserve - 3 April 1987 - aged
51 - shot, Down.
Constable Kenneth Sheehan - 8 April 1977 - aged 19 - shot,
Londonderry - he had just returned to duty after being seriously
wounded in an ambush in 1976.
Constable Charles Simpson - 28 Feb. 1978 - aged 26 - shot,
Londonderry.
Constable Ernest Smith - RUC Reserve - 12 Dec. 1993 - aged
49 - shot, Tyrone.
Constable John Smyth - 2 August 1981 - aged 34 - landmine,
Tyrone.
Constable William Smyth - 22 May 1986 - aged 25 - bomb,
Armagh. A Catholic member of the RUC.
Constable Edward Spence - 27 May 1991 - aged 26 - shot,
South Belfast.
Constable George Starrett - RUC Reserve - 28 March 1990
- aged 58 - shot at home, Armagh. He was on crutches after a road
accident.
Constable William Stephen - 9 April 1980 - aged 24 - shot,
West Belfast. An ex-Royal Engineer.
Constable David Sterritt - RUC Reserve - 24 July 1990 -
aged 34 - landmine, Armagh.
Constable George Stewart - 26 Sept. 1981 - aged 34 - shot
off-duty in front of his fiancee, Down.
Constable James Stronge - RUC Reserve - 21 Jan. 1981 -
aged 48 - shot with his 86 year old father at home, Armagh.
Constable Robert Struthers - RUC Reserve - 16 June 1978
- aged 19 - shot at work, Londonderry.
T:
Constable Gregory Taylor - 1 June 1997 - aged 41 - kicked
to death, Antrim.
Constable Thomas Taylor - RUC Reserve - 10 Nov. 1990 -
aged 49 - shot off-duty, Armagh.
Constable Kevin Thompson - 3 June 1979 - aged 22 - bomb,
Armagh - due to marry in September.
Constable Michael Todd - 15 June 1984 - aged 22 - shot,
West Belfast.
Constable Samuel Todd - 15 Oct. 1990 - aged 40 - shot,
Central Belfast. A dog-handler.
Constable David Topping - 24 Feb. 1985 - aged 22 - mortar
attack on Newry Police Station, Down - 9 policemen were murdered.
Constable William Turbitt - 17 June 1978 - aged 47 - shot
and wounded, Armagh. He was then abducted, his body was found
in a farm.
V:
Constable Samuel Vallely - 14 May 1981 - aged 23 - rocket
attack, West Belfast. His wife was expecting their second child.
Constable Martin Vance - 31 August 1985 - aged 33 - shot
at home, Down - a Catholic member of the RUC.
W:
Constable George Walsh - 31 July 1979 - aged 51 - shot,
Armagh.
Detective-Constable John Warnock - 2 August 1988 - aged
45 - car bomb, Antrim.
Constable John Wasson - 7 Sept. 1983 - aged 61 - shot at
home, Armagh - he had been a policeman for 42 years and was to
retire in 5 weeks. A Catholic member of the RUC.
Constable Noel Webb - 17 April 1979 - aged 30 - bomb, Armagh.
Inspector William Wesley - 10 Nov. 1990 - aged 50 - shot
off-duty, Armagh.
Constable Wilfred Wethers - RUC Reserve - 20 Dec. 1990
- aged 46 - shot at home, Armagh.
Sergeant Malcolm White - 12 August 1984 - aged 26 - landmine,
Tyrone.
Constable Michael Williams - 1 Jan. 1986 - aged 24 - bomb,
Armagh.
Constable Reginald Williamson - RUC Reserve - 24 Feb. 1993
- aged 46 - car bomb, Tyrone. Brother of UDR Corporal Frederick
Williamson, murdered in 1982.
Constable Joshua Willis - RUC Reserve - 24 July 1990 -
aged 35 - landmine, Armagh.
Detective-Inspector Austin Wilson - 23 March 1987 - aged
35 - shot, Londonderry.
Constable Cyril Wilson - 17 March 1974 - aged 37 - shot,
Armagh.
Constable Frederick Wilson - 11 April 1980 - aged 43 -
shot, South Belfast.
Constable Mervyn Wilson - 14 Jan. 1973 - aged 23 - car
bomb, Londonderry - Traffic Branch.
Sergeant William Wilson - 21 Feb. 1983 - aged 29 - bomb,
Armagh.
Inspector William Wilson - 20 May 1985 - aged 28 - bomb,
Armagh.
Constable Andrew Woods - 2 August 1981 - aged50 - landmine,
Tyrone.
Constable Brian Woods - 2 Nov. 1993 - aged 30 - shot, Armagh.
Constable David Wray - RUC Reserve - 20 May 1979 - aged
50 - shot in the back as he took his 2 teenage children to church.
Constable William Wylie - 27 Feb. 1973 - aged 26 - shot,
Armagh - awarded the (posthumous) Queen's Police Medal (for
gallantry).