Francis John Mason QGM

Died

14 April 1988

Age

Rank

Police Constable

Force

Hertfordshire Constabulary

Cause

Homicide - Shot

Duty Status

Off Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Shot and fatally wounded after intervening in an armed robbery while off duty. Posthumously awarded the Queen’s Gallantry Medal.

Roll of Honour Citation

Shot and fatally wounded after intervening in an armed robbery while off duty. Posthumously awarded the Queen’s Gallantry Medal.

Circumstances

While off duty he intervened in an armed robbery on a security van at a bank in Hemel Hempstead, he identified himself and was arresting one robber when he was shot in the chest by a second and fatally wounded.

Posthumously awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal.

Shot and fatally wounded, while off duty, after intervening in an armed robbery on a security van at Barclays Bank in Bank Court, Hemel Hempstead. Having identified himself as a police officer he was arresting one robber when he was shot in the chest by another.

Posthumously awarded the Queen’s Gallantry Medal.