Julie BARNES-FRANK |
02.01.2017 Aged 56 yrs |
Formerly of GMP. Pioneering Federationist who represented the LGBT community within GMP. Retired as Sergeant. |
Roy CROSS |
03.01.2017 Aged 88 yrs |
Formerly of Cheshire & GMP. Retired as Superintendent in 1979. |
David WEBB |
07.01.2017 Aged 70 yrs |
Formerly of Cheshire & GMP he retired as Chief Inspector on Traffic at Stretford. |
Kenneth BELL |
17.01.2017 Aged 70 yrs |
Formerly of Lancs County and GMP. Retired from the SVS at Longsight. |
Leslie SCHOLES |
17.01.2017 Aged 85 yrs |
Formerly of Manchester & GMP |
Geoffrey RIMMER |
18.01.2017 Aged 85 yrs |
Formerly of Manchester & GMP. Retired as Detective Chief Superintendent. |
Kenneth LEE |
19.01.2017 Aged 90 yrs |
Formerly of Manchester City & GMP. Was PC B27 & D178 before moving into the CID. |
William John "Bill" PORTER |
20.01.2017 Aged 78 yrs |
Formerly of Salford City, Manchester & Salford & GMP. Retired as Superintendent. Member of Salford Branch. |
William John CARR |
25.01.2017 Aged 75 yrs |
Formerly of Lancs County & GMP. Member of Bury Branch. |
Alan "Bootsy" OGDEN |
30.01.2017 Aged 86 yrs |
Formerly of West Riding, Manchester & GMP. |
Ronald Frank "Ronnie" CHARLTON |
30.01.2017 Aged 90 yrs |
Formerly of Manchester & GMP. He served on the D and E Divisions in both Uniform and CID. |
Kenneth "Ken" KINSEY |
03.02.2017 Aged 73 yrs |
Formerly of Lancs County & GMP. Retired as Superintendent. Member of Bury Branch. |
George JONES |
06.02.2017 Aged 84 yrs |
Formerly of Manchester & GMP. |
Stephen "Steve" GASKELL |
09.02.2017 Aged 65 yrs |
Formerly of GMP - long standing Area Constable at Leigh from where he retired. |
John SHAW |
10.02.2017 Aged 78 yrs |
Formerly of GMP |
Hugh "Hughie" HAGGERTY |
16.02.2017 Aged 82 yrs |
Oldham Borough, Lancs County and GMP. Member of Oldham Branch. |
Kevin BURKE |
13.02.2017 Aged 85 yrs |
Formerly of Rochdale Borough, Lancs County & GMP. Retired as Sergeant. Member of Rochdale Branch. |
Robert Rutland "Bob" DOOK |
15.02.2017 Aged 72 yrs |
Formerly of Manchester & GMP he served on the E and A Divisions as well as in the Y Department. |
Paul Michael BROOKS |
19.02.2017 Aged 58 yrs |
Formerly of GMP, mostly on traffic, but retired in 2014 when stationed at Swinton. |
Frank "Yorkie" SUTTON |
20.02.2017 Aged 82 yrs |
Formerly of GMP. Retired as Insepctor at Salford. |
Marjorie Dawson COOPER |
23.02.1017 Aged 97 yrs |
Widow member - husband was John Cooper who retired from A Division as Sergeant. |
Kath STAINTON |
26/02/2017 Aged 72 yrs |
Formerly Kath Cheslett. Widow member. |
Thomas "Tommy" TUDGE |
28.02.2017 Aged 79 yrs |
Formerly of Wigan & GMP.Served on L & M Divisions and in Training. Member of Wigan & Leigh Branch. |
Brian Charles HIBBERT |
01.03.2017 Aged 78 yrs |
Formerly of GMP |
Brian SWEENEY |
01.03.2017 Aged 61 yrs |
Formerly of GMP he spent his entire service on the A Division in Manchester. |
Geoffrey Albert "Geoff" SILVESTER |
05.03.2017 Aged 77 yrs |
Formerly of Manchester & GMP A, E and M Divisions. Retired as Inspector. Member of Altrincham Branch. |
Geoffrey "Geoff" HILTON |
09.03.2017 Aged 59 yrs |
Formerly of the F Division he left the Police and became Parish Priest at St Osmunds RC Breightmet. |
John Francis WALSH |
16.03.2017 Aged 92 yrs |
Formerly of Manchester & GMP. Retired as Sergeant. |
G.A. WALDEN |
20.03.2017 Aged 91 yrs |
Formerly of Manchester. |
Catherine HILLARY |
31.03.2017 Aged 94 yrs |
Branch Widow member. |
Alan St John OATES |
02.04.2017 Aged 82 yrs |
Formerly of Manchester and GMP. Member of Rochdale Branch. |
John David Roderick WARBURTON |
05.04.2017 Aged 73 yrs |
Formerly of GMP |
Norman RIMMER |
07.04.2017 Aged 90 yrs |
Formerly of Lancs County & GMP. Member of Tameside Branch. |
Douglas Angus "Dougie" FRASER |
13.04.2017 Aged 92 yrs |
Formerly of HM Royal Marines before joining MCP serving on the D and E Divisions. Retired from GMP. |
Philip Arthur YATES |
16.04.2017 Aged 63 yrs |
Formerly of GMP |
John Michael WARNER |
17.04.2017 Aged 82 yrs |
Formerly of GMP |
Leslie "Les" ORCHARD |
19.04.2017 Aged 86 yrs |
Formerly of Manchester & GMP he served on the D and E Divisions, latterly at Platt Lane. |
Gordon PROUD |
23.04.2017 Aged 87 yrs |
Formerly of Rochdale, Lancs County & GMP he retired as Inspector in 1974. Member of Rochdale Branch. |
John GOODIER |
11.05.2017 Aged 62 yrs |
Formerly of GMP, especially the Mounted Section. |
Jack LOMAS |
12.05.2017 Aged 85 yrs |
Formerly of Bolton Borough, Lancs County & GMP. |
Gordon RATCLIFFE |
14.05.2017 Aged 84 yrs |
Formerly of Lancs County & GMP. Retired as Inspector. Moved to Northampton after retirement. |
Glynn MORGAN |
14.05.2017 Aged 71 yrs |
Formerly of Lancashire County & Stockport Borough he retired from GMP as Det Chief Superintendent. |
Ifor EDWARDS |
18.05.2017 Aged 72 yrs |
Formerly of Manchester (he joined Manchester City Police via the Cadets) and GMP. Retired as Inspector. |
William RENFREW |
03.06.2017 Aged 81 yrs |
Formerly of Manchester & GMP. |
Colin BURNEY |
07.06.2017 Aged 73 yrs |
Formerly of Salford, Manchester & Salford & GMP. Retired as Superintendent. Member of Altrincham Branch. |
Colin FORD |
07.06.2017 Aged 80 yrs |
Formerly of Lancs County & GMP. Retired as Inspector at Bolton. |
Peter DAVIS |
14.06.2017 Aged 73 yrs |
Formerly of Salford, Manchester & Salford & GMP. Retired as Inspector. Member of Salford Branch. |
Leslie Howard SADLER |
23.06.2017 Aged 85 yrs |
Formerly of GMP Retired as Inspector. |
Harrison WHITTAKER |
26.06.2017 Aged 90 yrs |
Formerly of Oldham & Lancs County. Former Chair of Oldham Branch. |
Anthony John BOLTON |
28.06.2017 Aged 66 yrs |
Formerly of GMP |
Harold David GRAYSON |
30.06.2017 Aged 70 yrs |
Formerly of GMP |
John SHAW |
03.07.2017 Aged 95 yrs |
Formerly of Manchester |
Harry GLOVER |
05.07.2017 Aged 91 yrs |
Formerly of Manchester. Retired as Chief Superintendent. |
Mike CORDON |
05.07.2017 Aged 79 yrs |
Formely of Salford & GMP. Member of Salford Branch. |
Maurice HOLT |
09.07.2017 Aged 79 yrs |
Formerly of GMP |
Harry CULLEN |
10.07.2017 Aged 80 yrs |
Formerly of Manchester & GMP. |
Frank DOYLE |
10.07.2017 Aged 61 yrs |
Formely of Salford & GMP. Retired as Superintendent. Mamber of Salford Branch. |
Derek ELLISON |
20.07.2017 Aged 78 yrs |
Formerly of GMP |
Peter BENNETT |
31.07.2017 Aged 80 yrs |
Formerly of Wigan & GMP. Member of Wigan & Leigh Branch. |
Geoffrey MOLYNEAUX |
01.08.2017 Aged 84 yrs |
Formerly of GMP |
John "Iain" CAIRNS |
02.08.2017 Aged 80 yrs |
Formerly of Manchester & GMP. Retired as Superintendent. |
Robert Hugh "Bob" HUGHES |
02.08.2017 Aged 61 yrs |
Formerly of GMP, especially Trafford & South Manchester |
Brandon HULL |
10.08.2017 Aged 58 yrs |
Formerly of GMP, served in Manchester and also the L Division. Member of Wigan & Leigh Branch |
Raymond WHETHAM |
10.08.2017 Aged 90 yrs |
Formerly of Manchester & GMP. Retired as Superintendent |
James McCOMISKY |
13.08.2017 Aged 80 yrs |
Formerly of GMP |
Christopher James RATIGAN |
14.08.2017 Aged 83 yrs |
Formerly of GMP |
John CRANE |
18.08.2017 Aged 88 yrs |
Formerly of Manchester & GMP |
Denis HARRISON |
24.08.2017 Aged 63 yrs |
Formerly of GMP especially Traffic and Motorway Units. Member of Wigan & Leigh Branch |
Geoffrey KNOWLES |
27.08.2017 Aged 59 yrs |
Formerly of GMP, served in Manchester and on the K Division. Noted Federation representative. |
Glynn SILCOCK |
07.09.2017 Aged 62 yrs |
Formerly of Manchester & GMP. Served on the D, B and J Divisions, retired as Detective Chief Inspector. |
Hugh James "Hughie" McGUIRE |
12.09.2017 Aged 74 yrs |
Formerly of Salford and GMP. Member of Salford Branch. |
Francis "Frank" CUNNIFF |
17.09.2017 Aged 63 yrs |
Formerly of GMP Frank served at Leigh. After retiring he worked at FCR. Member of Wigan & Leigh Branch. |
John ELLWOOD |
18.09.2017 Aged 81 yrs |
Formerly of Lancs County & GMP. Member of Salford Branch. |
Christopher Norman "Chris" BARNES |
23.09.2017 Aged 57 yrs |
Formerly of GMP he worked at Sale, CID at Stretford and latterly in the Major Incident Team at Nexus House. |
Alan Scott JEPSON |
01.10.2017 Aged 74 yrs |
Formerly of Manchester & GMP. |
Malcolm ROBERTSON |
05.10.2017 Aged 81 yrs |
Formerly of Cheshire and GMP. Served on M & E Divisions, Hough End and the Airport. Retired as Inspector. Member of Altrincham Branch. |
Ronald KELLS |
06.10.2017 Aged 85 yrs |
Formerly of Manchester & GMP. PC C98, eventually retiring as Acting Chief Inspector. |
Edward "Ted" MORRIS |
08.10.2017 Aged 85 yrs |
Formerly of Manchester, emigrated to Australia after he retired. |
Margaret GOTHORP |
10.10.2017 Aged 92 yrs |
Branch Widow Member |
Margaret NEWTON |
10.10.2017 Aged 93 yrs |
Branch Widow Member. |
Margaret ALDREN |
12.10.2017 Aged 98 yrs |
Branch Widow Member. |
Ian SWARBRICK |
14.10.2017 |
Formerly of GMP. Was PC 1861 at Middle Hulton on the K Division and then SOCO. Member of Bolton Branch. |
John Judd DUNN |
15.10.2017 Aged 74 yrs |
Formerly of Manchester & GMP. Retired as Detective Chief Inspector. Stalwart GMP Museum volunteer. |
Emlyn Elsie SMITH |
16.10.2017 Aged 102 yrs |
Branch Widow Member |
Alfred Ronald "Ron" BEARDMORE |
17.10.2017 Aged 88 yrs |
Formerly of Manchester |
Anthony "Tony" SCANLON |
23.10.2017 Aged 73 yrs |
Formerly of Manchester & GMP. Retired as Detective Superintendent. Member of Bury Branch. |
Robert "Bob" THOMPSON |
24.10.2017 Aged 90 yrs |
Formerly of Wigan Borough & Hertfordshire. Retired as Sergeant. Member of Wigan & Leigh Branch. |
Philip WINSTANLEY |
29.10.2017 Aged 59 yrs |
Formerly of GMP. Served on the L Division. Died in Spain where he lived. Member of Wigan & Leigh Branch. |
David RICHARDSON |
31.10.2017 Aged 68 yrs |
Formerly of GMP. PC 2476, well known as dog handler on the M Division. |
Paul Michael SWINDELLS ("Swinny") |
07.11.2017 Aged 55 yrs |
Formerly of GMP. After completing service as a Cadet Paul was posted to the K Division, especially in the CID. |
Joanne ARMSTRONG (nee Buckingham) |
12.11 2017 Aged 59 yrs |
Formerly of GMP Joanne completed all her service on the L Division. Member of Wigan & Leigh Branch. |
Elsie BARNES |
16.11.2017 Aged 86 yrs |
Branch Widow Member |
James Raymond "Jim" HOWSON |
18.11.2017 Aged 94 yrs |
Formerly of Manchester & GMP. Served at Longsight and Platt Lane as PC E 201. |
Stuart WORTHINGTON |
26.11.2017 Aged 76 yrs |
Formerly of the A and M Divisions. Football Liaison Officer at Stretford. Rretired as Sergeant. |
Donald "Don" EVANS |
27.11.2017 Aged 68 yrs |
Formerly of Manchester & GMP Don served on the M, A and F Divisions. |
Ann SHUMSKY |
29.11.2017 Aged 73 yrs |
Branch Widow Member |
Colin HILL |
29.11.2017 Aged 84 yrs |
Formerly of Manchester & GMP. Started on the A Division then moved to the B as PC B212 |
John McGARRY |
02.12.2017 Aged 80 yrs |
Formerly of Manchester & GMP |
Irene MAGUIRE |
05.12.2017 Aged 77yrs |
Branch Widow Member |
William Geoffrey MASON |
07.12.2017 Aged 72 yrs |
Formerly of GMP |
John BROWN |
09.12.2017 Aged 71 yrs |
Formerly of GMP |
John COOK |
10.12.2017 Aged 67 yrs |
Formerly of Manchester & GMP. Served on the C & G Divs. Retired as Inspector. Member of Oldham Branch. |
David BUSSY |
10.12.2017 Aged 68 yrs |
Formerly of GMP. Served at Mossley, Ashton & Oldham. Retired in the rank of Sergeant. After retirement he worked for Oldham Council. |
Irene GRIMSDITCH |
11.12.2017 Aged 96 yrs |
Branch Widow Member |
Peter Edward FRANCIS |
19.12.2017 Aged 74 yrs |
Formerly of Manchester & GMP. He served in Uniform & CID Including Special Branch. Retired as Inspector. |
Alec "Silky" HARRIS |
21.12.2017 Aged 82 yrs |
Formerly of Manchester & GMP. Station Officer at Didsbury Police Station, from where he retired. |
John Andrew BERRY |
22.12.2017 Aged 57 yrs |
Formerly of GMP. He served at Longsight, X Dept, & G & J Divisions. Retired as Superintendent. Altrincham Member. |
Jeffrey Keith JUHOS |
23.12.2017 Aged 77 yrs |
Formerly of GMP |
Vivienne LOFTHOUSE |
26.12.2017 Aged 64 yrs |
Formerly of GMP. She served at Bolton before retiring in 1996. Daughter of football legend Nat Lofthouse. |
Fred BARTLEY |
27.12.2017 Aged 88 yrs |
Formerly of Manchester & GMP. Retired in 1986 as Chief Superintendent. |
Martin MAHER |
30.12.2017 Aged 61 yrs |
Formerly of GMP. He served mainly at Greenheys on the old E (then D and finally C!) Divisions |
Charles FLATLEY |
30.12.2017 Aged 91 yrs |
Formerly of Manchester |
Roger COLES |
31.12.2017 Aged 72 yrs |
Formerly of Lancs County and GMP, especially the Motorway Group. Known as "Mr Motorway" |
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