Wiltshire Police has held a service to remember the officers who have died while serving the county, as part of this year's National Police Memorial Day.
National Police Memorial Day takes place each year on the last Sunday of September and remembers police officers who have lost their lives while carrying out their duties.
This year's national service was held in Belfast, with Wiltshire Police Chief Constable Catherine Roper attending alongside Special Police Constable Nigel Todd, who represented the force as standard bearer.
A separate service was held in Wiltshire on Thursday, with officers and staff gathering to remember colleagues who died while serving with the force. The service was led by Chief Constable Roper and the force's Acting Lead Chaplain, David Fiddy.
The names of 29 Wiltshire officers who died in service were read out:
- PC Daniel John Cooper – 2010, road traffic accident
- PC Michael James Johnson – 2009, heart failure whilst on duty
- Sergeant Philip Henry Singleton – 1996, heart failure whilst on duty
- PC Christopher Mark Regelous – 1991, road traffic accident
- Sergeant Michael Ivor Tucker – 1991, heart attack during firearms training
- PC John Lewis Marsh – 1989, collapsed and died after struggling to arrest a suspect
- DC Mark Herbert – 1987, road traffic accident
- PC Desmond Derrick Kellam – 1979, attacked by a suspect
- PC Philip Stephen Russell – 1978, road traffic accident
- PC Leonard Alan Harding – 1977, road traffic accident
- PC Robert Edward Cray – 1973, struck by car
- PC Colin D. R. Hayward – 1968, road traffic accident
- PC Cedric A. Hemming – 1968, struck by car
- PC Maurice William Foord – 1961, struck by car
- Chief Inspector Edmund Richard Norris – 1955, road traffic accident
- War Reserve Constable Albert William Newman – 1942, shot
- DC Fredrick William Slater – 1940, road traffic accident
- Inspector Albert Enos Mitchell – 1940, road traffic accident
- PC Henry G. Tanner – 1931, road traffic accident
- PC Frank Gray – 1929, road traffic accident
- Sergeant William Frank Crouch – 1913, shot
- PC James Dee – 1903, taken ill on duty
- PC Bernard Beggin – 1897, heat exhaustion whilst on duty
- PC John Giles – 1895, heart failure whilst on duty
- Superintendent Frederick Bull – 1892, fatally injured while riding a horse
- Sergeant Enos Molden – 1892, shot
- PC Andrew Albert Reuben Hancock – 1875, attacked during a disturbance
- PC William Watts – 1870, drowned
- PC Jasper Keepence – 1861, fractured spine
Chief Constable Catherine Roper said the annual memorial was an opportunity to remember the officers and the families, friends and colleagues affected by their deaths.
“Last Thursday, officers and staff came together locally to remember those who have died in service. It was important for us to take time to reflect on their contribution and recognise the occasion here in Wiltshire.”
She added: “Behind every name we remember is a family, a circle of friends and colleagues whose lives were forever changed by their loss.”
Wiltshire's Police and Crime Commissioner Philip Wilkinson also paid tribute to the officers who died while serving.
He said: “Today, we remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving and protecting their communities. Their courage, commitment and selflessness will never be forgotten, and we owe a profound debt of thanks to them and their families.”
National Police Memorial Day was first held in 2004 and the national service is held in turn across the four UK nations.