Francis John Mason QGM
Died =>14 April 1988
Force => Hertfordshire Constabulary
Rank =>Police Constable
Age =>27
Cause =>Homicide - Shot
Duty Status =>Off Duty
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.