Edward Alexander Barnett QPM

Died

4 January 1970

Age

Rank

Police Constable

Force

City of Glasgow Police

Cause

Homicide - Shot

Duty Status

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Shot and fatally wounded when questioning three men seen acting suspiciously. Posthumously awarded the Queen’s Police Medal for Gallantry.

Roll of Honour Citation

Shot and fatally wounded when questioning three men seen acting suspiciously. Posthumously awarded the Queen’s Police Medal for Gallantry.

Circumstances

On 30th December 1969. Constable Barnett with other members of the force, entered a house and questioned three men about the contents of two suitcases found there. The party separated to search the house and one of them was shot by a gunman with a pistol. Constable Barnett and Constable Mackenzie heard the shot and ran to the scene. In trying to disarm the gunman, Constable Mackenzie .and Constable Barnettt were both shot in the head at close range. Constable Barnett died four days later.

Posthumously awarded the Queen's Police Medal for Gallantry.

Shot in the head and fatally wounded, alongside his colleague, DC Angus MacKenzie, who died five days earlier, after they and two other officers were called as back-up to question three men their Inspector had seen acting suspiciously outside a flat in Allison Street, Govanhill.

Unaware that the men had just carried out a bank robbery, the five officers were searching the flat and checking the contents of two suitcases found in the property, when one of the men pulled out a gun and shot the Inspector. As they tried to disarm the gunman, PC Barnett and DC Mackenzie were also shot, with Angus being shot a second time as he fell.

He was survived by his wife and two children.

Posthumously awarded the Queen’s Police Medal for Gallantry.