Royal Ulster Constabulary GC

In memory of all those officers who lost their lives in the service of the Royal Ulster Constabulary GC and those antecedent constabularies throughout history.

James Millar Laird
James Millar Laird

Constable,
Royal Ulster Constabulary

6 September 1942 (46)

Thomas James Forbes
Thomas James Forbes

Constable,
Royal Ulster Constabulary

8 April 1942 (40)

Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy KPFSM

Constable,
Royal Ulster Constabulary

5 April 1942 (49)

Patrick Joseph Mageean
Patrick Joseph Mageean

Constable,
Royal Ulster Constabulary

27 February 1942 (40)

William Hasson
William Hasson

Constable,
Royal Ulster Constabulary

9 December 1941 (41)

John Joseph Cunning
John Joseph Cunning

Constable,
Royal Ulster Constabulary

2 December 1941 (20)

Christopher Crawford
Christopher Crawford

Constable,
Royal Ulster Constabulary

2 November 1941 (34)

Martin Robert Armstrong
Martin Robert Armstrong

Constable,
Royal Ulster Constabulary

5 May 1941 (24)

Hugh Campbell
Hugh Campbell

Constable,
Royal Ulster Constabulary

5 May 1941 (22)

William John Lemon
William John Lemon

Constable,
Royal Ulster Constabulary

5 May 1941 (19)

James McKenna
James McKenna

Constable,
Royal Ulster Constabulary

5 May 1941 (22)

Robert Reid
Robert Reid

Constable,
Royal Ulster Constabulary

5 May 1941 (22)

James Meaklim
James Meaklim

Constable,
Royal Ulster Constabulary

16 April 1941 (38)

William John Armstrong
William John Armstrong

Constable,
Royal Ulster Constabulary

26 November 1940 (21)

Thomas Dempsey
Thomas Dempsey

Head Constable,
Royal Ulster Constabulary

8 June 1940 (47)

Harold Anderson
Harold Anderson

Constable,
Royal Ulster Constabulary

5 November 1939 (42)

George Albert Brown
George Albert Brown

Constable,
Royal Ulster Constabulary

7 September 1939 (19)

Peter O’Reilly
Peter O’Reilly

Sergeant,
Royal Ulster Constabulary

2 May 1939 (46)

Albert Victor Willis Perrott
Albert Victor Willis Perrott

Sergeant,
Royal Ulster Constabulary

26 April 1938 (35)

Thomas Halliday
Thomas Halliday

Constable,
Royal Ulster Constabulary

20 July 1937 (38)

James Mahoney
James Mahoney

Constable,
Royal Ulster Constabulary

31 January 1936 (43)

Frederick Clarke
Frederick Clarke

Constable,
Royal Ulster Constabulary

22 August 1935 (41)

David Cameron
David Cameron

Constable,
Royal Ulster Constabulary

3 November 1934 (40)

John Evans
John Evans

Constable,
Royal Ulster Constabulary

17 October 1934 (35)

William James Orr
William James Orr

Constable,
Royal Ulster Constabulary

10 October 1933 (32)

Charles Sellery Anderson
Charles Sellery Anderson

Constable,
Royal Ulster Constabulary

9 October 1933 (32)

George Thompson
George Thompson

Constable,
Royal Ulster Constabulary

4 May 1933 (36)

John Ryan
John Ryan

Constable,
Royal Ulster Constabulary

28 February 1933 (37)

William John Doherty
William John Doherty

Constable,
Royal Ulster Constabulary

10 January 1925 (31)

James O’Neill
James O’Neill

Constable,
Royal Ulster Constabulary

5 September 1924 (20)

Robert Alexander E Stewart
Robert Alexander E Stewart

Constable,
Royal Ulster Constabulary

13 July 1924 (22)

Edward Gillespie
Edward Gillespie

Sub-Constable,
Londonderry Municipal Police

18 June 1851 (26)


The Royal Ulster Constabulary was the police force in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 2001. It was founded on 1 June 1922 as a successor to the Royal Irish Constabulary following the partition of Ireland. At its peak the force had around 8,500 officers, with a further 4,500 who were members of the RUC Reserve.

The RUC policed Northern Ireland from the aftermath of the Irish War of Independence until after the turn of the 21st century and played a major role in the Troubles between the 1960s and the 1990s.

During the Troubles, 319 RUC officers were killed and almost 9,000 injured in paramilitary assassinations or attacks, mostly by the IRA, which made the RUC the most dangerous police force in the world in which to serve by 1983. In the same period, the RUC killed 55 people, 28 of whom were civilians. In 2000, the RUC was awarded the George Cross for bravery.