Jane Philippa Arbuthnot

Died

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17 December 1983

Age

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22

Rank

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Woman Police Constable

Force

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Metropolitan Police

Cause

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Homicide - Bomb

Duty Status

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On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Killed instantly when a terrorist car bomb exploded outside Harrods store in Knightsbridge, London.

Killed instantly, alongside PS Noel Joseph Lane, as they and another officer, Inspector Stephen John Dodd, who died a week later, were investigating a reported terrorist car bomb and evacuating the area outside Harrods store in Knightsbridge, when the device exploded. Three members of the public were also killed.