Obituaries

    This section was started in 2006. The first two years are still on line, but putting those in the table above would look ugly even on a reasonably sized monitor. To access them you can find links on the pages for 2017 to 2022.

    Statistically, this is the most popular part of the website; it's certainly the most populous. You'll see that there is variety among even the brief obituaries here. If you subscribe to the email circulations, you'll see that the differences are even more noticeable in the longer version. I even get emails complaining about the paucity of information about the people who've died (which is particularly galling when the complainant isn't even a member). The Branch has 1,700 members and I don't know even half of them. If all it says in here is that they were a Branch Member, it's because that's all I know. Long-standing members weren't required to give much information when they joined, for some we only have initials so we don't really know their name or age. If I can contact the family I can get some information, but often the only available person is from the next generation and weren't born when the member joined the police so have no idea where they worked, or even which force they joined.

   That is why we continuously ask for you to submit your career profile. Less than 5% of our members have done so. Come on! You've probably made a will (I hope you've made a will), and doing this is no more likely to hasten your demise. We all end up in this list, so make sure it says something about you; far more people will see this than a stone in a cemetery. It won't take you long, because you have the information. Send it, with a nice little photo if possible to the Branch Secretary; you'll be remembered as you want to be.

    Anyway, for you to get the idea I'm re-publishing those of interest. Another thing to do when I can find the time. Links to them are below.

    Superintendent John Berry

    Constable Gerard Richard Burns, later Supervising Senior Fingerprint Expert

    Constable Brian Chapman

    Constable Ronald Frank "Ronnie" Charlton

     Roger Coles

   Superintendent Richard Crawshaw

    Detective Chief Superintendent Ian Fairley

    Constable Anthony George Lowe Grisedale

    Inspector Melvyn Hague

    Inspector John Hanton

     Constable Idwal Wyn Jones

    Inspector Dick Kellett

    Chief Superintendent Albert Leach

    Detective Chief Superintendent Glyn Morgan

    Inspector "Jack" Nicholls

    Constable Alan "Bootsy" Ogden

    Detective Constable Tom Sheehan

    Deputy Chief Constable John Stalker

    Constable Brian Sweeney

    Inspector Ronald "Ronnie" White

    Sergeant Stuart Worthington