Kenneth Robert Howorth GM

Died

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26 October 1981

Age

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49

Rank

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Explosives Officer

Force

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Metropolitan Police

Cause

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Homicide - Bomb

Duty Status

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Civilian

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.