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.

William Swan
William Swan

Police Constable,
Dundee City Police

27 August 1868 (27)

Hugh McLean
Hugh McLean

Police Constable,
Lanarkshire Constabulary

15 October 1867 (21)

Donald McMillan
Donald McMillan

Police Constable,
Greenock Burgh Police

27 August 1867 (26)

Hugh McDougall
Hugh McDougall

Police Constable,
Greenock Burgh Police

10 December 1865 (22)

John Graham
John Graham

Police Constable,
Greenock Burgh Police

15 April 1864 (48)

Robert Campbell
Robert Campbell

Police Constable,
City of Glasgow Police

5 November 1863 (46)

James Fitzgerald
James Fitzgerald

Police Constable,
City of Glasgow Police

28 March 1862 (51)

Alexander McLachlan
Alexander McLachlan

Police Constable,
City of Glasgow Police

31 August 1861 (42)

John McArthur
John McArthur

Police Constable,
City of Glasgow Police

2 May 1861 (30)

Duncan Cameron
Duncan Cameron

Police Constable,
City of Glasgow Police

24 October 1860 (26)

Charles Angus
Charles Angus

Police Constable,
Edinburgh City Police

6 June 1858 (24)

William Leslie
William Leslie

Police Scotland,
Leith Burgh Police

12 May 1857 (26)

Andrew Cochrane
Andrew Cochrane

Watchman,
Greenock Burgh Police

12 August 1853 (53)

Ewan McDonald
Ewan McDonald

Police Constable,
Dundee City Police

22 June 1851

James Young
James Young

Police Constable,
Ayrshire Constabulary

23 April 1851 (37)

Archibald McDonald
Archibald McDonald

Police Constable,
Edinburgh City Police

2 January 1850

James Alexander
James Alexander

Special Constable,
City of Glasgow Police

8 March 1848

John Colquhoun
John Colquhoun

Police Watchman,
City of Glasgow Police

4 April 1847

Richard Pace
Richard Pace

Police Constable,
Edinburghshire Constabulary

1 March 1846

Thomas Corstorphin
Thomas Corstorphin

Town Officer,
Burntisland Burgh Police

19 January 1844 (40)

William Ford
William Ford

Police Constable,
Edinburgh City Police

22 April 1840

Joseph Collie
Joseph Collie

Watchman,
Aberdeen City Police

26 October 1835

Alexander Ross
Alexander Ross

Special Constable,
Girvan Burgh

12 July 1831

Henry Pearson
Henry Pearson

Police Watchman,
Greenock Burgh Police

31 July 1820

Robert Simpson
Robert Simpson

Police Watchman,
Greenock Burgh Police

31 July 1820

Dugald Campbell
Dugald Campbell

Watchman,
Edinburgh City Police

3 January 1812


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.