Gerard Vincent Hogg

Died

7 November 1978

Age

Rank

Police Constable

Force

Dumfries & Galloway Constabulary

Cause

Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

Duty Status

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Killed when the traffic patrol car in which he was travelling collided with a lorry on the A74 near Johnstonebridge.

Roll of Honour Citation

Killed when the traffic patrol car in which he was travelling collided with a lorry on the A74 near Johnstonebridge.

Circumstances

Killed with two other officers and a Ministry of Transport Examiner, when their traffic patrol car collided with one lorry and was thrown into the path of another on the opposite carriageway of the A74 near Johnstonebridge.

Two other officers, WPC Isabella Janet G. Harris and Police Cadet Michael John Hall, and a Ministry of Transport Examiner, were also killed when the car collided with one lorry and was then thrown into the path of another on the opposite carriageway.