Police Service of Scotland

In memory of all those officers who lost their lives in the Police Service of Scotland and those antecedent constabularies throughout history.

James Milroy
James Milroy

Detective Constable,
City of Glasgow Police

27 March 1958 (35)

Robert Crane Gunnis
Robert Crane Gunnis

Police Constable,
City of Glasgow Police

12 September 1957 (54)

John Duncan Gordon
John Duncan Gordon

Inspector,
Stirling & Clackmannan Constabulary

9 January 1956 (47)

James McArthur Anderson
James McArthur Anderson

Police Constable,
Edinburgh City Police

1 May 1955 (41)

Thomas Robert Muir
Thomas Robert Muir

Police Constable,
Perthshire & Kinross-shire Constabulary

8 September 1953 (28)

Alexander Anderson
Alexander Anderson

Police Constable,
Fife Constabulary

31 July 1953 (53)

John Currie
John Currie

Police Constable,
Motherwell & Wishaw Burgh Police

23 January 1953 (22)

John Macleod
John Macleod

Police Constable,
City of Glasgow Police

4 September 1952 (31)

Alexander Ross
Alexander Ross

Police Constable,
Scottish North-Eastern Counties Constabulary

6 May 1952 (35)

William Alexander Findlater
William Alexander Findlater

Inspector,
Scottish North-Eastern Counties Constabulary

24 January 1952 (51)

William Gibson
William Gibson

Sergeant,
Dumfries & Galloway Constabulary

22 May 1951 (44)

Andrew Crichton Greenshields
Andrew Crichton Greenshields

Police Constable,
Edinburgh City Police

9 December 1950 (50)

Henry Ferrier
Henry Ferrier

Police Constable,
Edinburgh City Police

1 October 1950 (40)

Stewart Cameron MacDonald
Stewart Cameron MacDonald

Police Constable,
City of Glasgow Police

22 November 1948 (21)

Alexander Christie
Alexander Christie

Police Constable,
Perthshire & Kinross-shire Constabulary

30 May 1946 (36)

Ernest Walker
Ernest Walker

Inspector,
City of Glasgow Police

29 June 1944 (47)

Andrew Perrie
Andrew Perrie

Special Constable,
Inverness Burgh Police

15 April 1944 (47)

William King McDonald
William King McDonald

Sergeant,
Renfrewshire Constabulary

8 July 1943 (36)

James Rankin Shepherd
James Rankin Shepherd

Police Constable,
Dunbartonshire Constabulary

30 June 1943 (36)

David Hutchinson Thomson
David Hutchinson Thomson

Special Constable,
Fife Constabulary

12 January 1942 (52)

Robert Stirrat
Robert Stirrat

Police Constable,
Dundee City Police

5 May 1941 (24)

James Whamond
James Whamond MM

Sergeant,
Lanarkshire Constabulary

27 April 1941 (46)

Thomas Hamilton
Thomas Hamilton

Special Constable,
City of Glasgow Police

14 March 1941 (36)

James Williamson
James Williamson

Special Constable,
City of Glasgow Police

14 March 1941 (37)

John Gerard MacKrell
John Gerard MacKrell

Special Constable,
City of Glasgow Police

14 March 1941 (29)

William Steven Dickson
William Steven Dickson

Police Constable,
City of Glasgow Police

13 March 1941 (27)

Donald MacDonald
Donald MacDonald

Special Sergeant,
City of Glasgow Police

13 March 1941 (52)

John Morton Gray
John Morton Gray

Special Constable,
City of Glasgow Police

13 March 1941 (38)

James Smith Milne
James Smith Milne

Inspector,
Greenock Burgh Police

26 January 1941 (49)

George Lambert Storrar
George Lambert Storrar

Special Constable,
Fife County Constabulary

23 January 1941 (38)

Robert Chisholm Thomson
Robert Chisholm Thomson

Assistant Chief Constable,
Edinburgh City Police

16 July 1940 (38)

Samuel McGowan
Samuel McGowan

Police Constable,
Perthshire & Kinross-shire Constabulary

16 June 1940 (34)

Arthur Malcolmson
Arthur Malcolmson

Police Constable,
Lanarkshire Constabulary

8 February 1940 (23)

John McPherson Stevenson
John McPherson Stevenson

Special Constable,
Airdrie Burgh Police

5 October 1939 (38)

William McClimmens
William McClimmens

Police Constable,
Perthshire & Kinross-shire Constabulary

3 July 1939 (35)

Andrew Matthew
Andrew Matthew

Police Constable,
Aberdeen City Police

26 January 1939 (49)

William James Curry
William James Curry

Sergeant,
City of Glasgow Police

15 December 1938 (53)

Albert William Curtis
Albert William Curtis

Special Constable,
Perthshire & Kinross-shire Constabulary

22 November 1938 (63)

John Henderson Brown
John Henderson Brown

Police Constable,
Inverness-shire Constabulary

30 July 1938 (21)

Simon Fraser Taylor
Simon Fraser Taylor

Inspector,
Dundee City Police

8 January 1938 (41)


After a consultation process, the Scottish Government confirmed on 8 September 2011 that a single police service would be created in Scotland. The Scottish Government stated that “reform will safeguard frontline policing in communities by creating designated local senior officers for every council area with a statutory duty to work with councils to shape local services. Establishing a single service aims to ensure more equal access to national and specialist services and expertise such as major investigation teams and firearms teams, whenever and wherever they are needed.” The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Bill was published in January 2012 and was approved on 27 June 2012 after scrutiny in the Scottish Parliament. The bill received royal assent as the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012.