Derek John Carnie Robertson QGM

Died

9 February 1994

Age

Rank

Sergeant

Force

Metropolitan Police

Cause

Homicide - Stabbed

Duty Status

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Fatally stabbed during an armed robbery when he attempted to arrest a suspect armed with a knife. Posthumously awarded the Queen’s Gallantry Medal.

Roll of Honour Citation

Fatally stabbed during an armed robbery when he attempted to arrest a suspect armed with a knife. Posthumously awarded the Queen’s Gallantry Medal.

Circumstances

Attended a call to an armed robbery at a sub-post office in New Addington where he confronted a suspect armed with a knife and, despite threats, he attempted to arrest him, when he was repeatedly and fatally stabbed.

Posthumously awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal.

Repeatedly and fatally stabbed when he responded to a call to an armed robbery at a sub-post office in New Addington where he confronted a suspect armed with a knife and, despite being threatened, attempted to arrest him. Posthumously awarded the Queen’s Gallantry Medal.