Charity for 2009 / 2010
United Developers is also a corporate sponsor of
the Police Roll of Honour Trust
The Police Roll of Honour Trust is a Registered Charity
The Trust is registered with the Charity Commission and has the following charitable objects:
To foster good citizenship for the benefit of the public at large by the construction and maintenance of a Roll of Honour in remembrance of every police officer killed in the line of duty.
To advance the education of the public, and in particular the police, in the history of officers killed in the line of duty and officer safety by the maintenance of a comprehensive archive of information available to the public.
To relieve the need, in particular the emotional suffering, of bereaved families and friends of police officers who die or have died as a result of an injury received in the line of duty, by the provision of resources and services including care and support, advice and information.
The Trust is unique in being the only charity which carries out research and aims to name and honour every United Kingdom police officer who has lost their life on or as a result of duty since the earliest days of professional law enforcement over three centuries ago. We maintain a national archive on line of duty deaths, offer information and support to bereaved families, and provide the National Police Officers Roll of Honour for other memorial charities and national and local police organisations including: -
The National Police Memorial Day
The National Police Memorial
The Scottish Police Memorial
The Metropolitan Police
We are committed to assisting in the provision, on "The Beat" at the National Memorial Arboretum, of the following : -
A National Book of Remembrance
A National Police Monument
The engraving of fallen officers' names on a Memorial Wall
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Creating the National Police Officers Roll of Honour ~
a record of public service and sacrifice
The Trust was founded in 2000 after 20 years research into the Roll of Honour, paying tribute to some 4,000 United Kingdom police officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty since the first recorded death of a Constable in 1680. We will ensure future losses are also recorded. The Roll includes officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty as a result of criminal acts, enemy air raids, misadventure whilst taking special risks to protect the public or make arrests, accidents whilst on routine patrol or travelling to and from duty, natural causes and unknown causes. It commemorates their sacrifice in the public service and provides a focal point and visible means for family and friends to reflect on the loss of their loved ones and to know that their loss is not forgotten.
Information, Advice and Support
Through our authoritative archive of the subject we are able to provide information and advice to researchers and police forces, both to remember and honour our fallen officers and to increase knowledge and understanding of how fatalities occur to help promote officer safety. Through our Police Family Membership and links with associated charities, we are able to provide access to care and support for bereaved families and friends of deceased officers.
A National Resource
The Trust researches and maintains the National Police Officers Roll of Honour for the UK Police Service providing national and local memorial Rolls:-
National Police Memorial Day Inaugurated in 2004, an annual national memorial service is held for families and colleagues on the Sunday nearest St Michael’s Day. The Trust provides the Roll of Honour for the commemorative booklet published at the service.
National Police Memorial Built by The Police Memorial Trust in London, to ‘Honour Those who Serve’, displays a Roll of Honour provided, to their criteria, by the Trust and unveiled by HM The Queen in 2005, which pays special tribute to some 1600 officers killed by criminal acts, attempting arrests or other hazardous duty or in acts of gallantry.
Other National Memorials The Trust provided a Roll of Honour for the Scottish Police Memorial unveiled by HRH The Princess Royal in 2004 and assisted with the Roll of Honour for the Royal Ulster Constabulary GC Garden of Remembrance opened by HRH The Prince of Wales in 2003. A Book of Remembrance will be provided for “The Beat” at the National Memorial Arboretum.
Police Force Memorials We have assisted many police forces with memorial Rolls, most notably providing the first full Roll of Honour for the Metropolitan Police Memorial Book of Remembrance dedicated by HM The Queen at Hendon Training Centre in 2001.
The Trust is committed to producing a Book of Remembrance with citations for all line of duty deaths, displayed on a daily basis, and the inscription in stone of all names on a Roll of Honour, at a national police officers memorial.
Please visit the Police Memorial Trust Website for further information.
