Kenneth Robert Howorth GM

Died

26 October 1981

Age

Rank

Explosives Officer

Force

Metropolitan Police

Cause

Homicide - Bomb

Duty Status

Civilian

Roll of Honour Citation

Killed instantly when a suspected explosive device detonated as he attempted to defuse it. Posthumously awarded the George Medal for Gallantry.

Roll of Honour Citation

Killed instantly when a suspected explosive device detonated as he attempted to defuse it. Posthumously awarded the George Medal for Gallantry.

Circumstances

During a terrorist bombing campaign, he was engaged in attempting to defuse a suspected explosive device in the basement toilet of a restaurant in Oxford Street, when it exploded and he was killed instantly.

Posthumously awarded the George Medal for Gallantry.

Killed instantly when, during a terrorist bombing campaign of mainland U.K., a suspected explosive device in the basement toilet of a restaurant in Oxford Street, detonated as he attempted to defuse it. Posthumously awarded the George Medal for Gallantry.