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and a Hillsborough County Master Deputy were present. For some of the American officers it was their first time visiting the UK service - for others it is a date they do not miss, making the trip every year. For one officer in particular, Master Deputy Christopher Ivey, the day was 20 years in the making having met retired Wiltshire officer Rich Thomas in 2004 at the US police week in Washington DC. As attendees took their
seats, Master Deputy Ivey presented the Police Memorial Trust with two flags, the first a Hillsborough County Police Department flag, the other a flag of the State of Florida, the flag flown at the capital building in Tallahassee on the day of last year’s NPMD which was accompanied by a letter from the State Representative. The service began with an opening welcome from Bablin Molik, Mayor of Cardiff, who paid her respects to our fallen colleagues and offered her condolences to the families whom they have left behind. First Minister for Wales, Mark Drakeford, followed with a heartfelt reading of the famous Christina Rosetti poem, Remember Me. Home Secretary Suella Braverman
then took to the stage and read the Lord is My Shepherd and as the service progressed, the feeling of togetherness grew. Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper read the Jewish Prayer ‘It’s hard to sing of oneness’ before we heard from four candlelighters. The candlelighters each represent the nations of the UK and are family members of fallen officers, they light a candle in remembrance of their fallen officers and the fallen officers
to report for duty when he killed in an RTC. He was 29 years old. Representing Ireland Mervyn and Dorothy Reynolds, parents of PC Philippa Reynolds On January 9, 2013, PC Philippa
“The candlelighters each represent the nations of the UK and are family members of fallen officers, they light a candle in remembrance of their fallen officers and the fallen officers of their nation.”
of their nation.
Representing England, Sid Mackay, father of PC Nina Mackay. On October 24, 1997, PC Nina Mackay of the Metropolitan Police Service was stabbed by a man with paranoid schizophrenia as she was attempting to arrest after he had breached his bail conditions. She was 25 years old.
REPRESENTING WALES Dorothy Ellis, mother of PC Adrian Ellis On September 27, 1989, PC Adrian Ellis of Gwent Police was riding his motorcycle
Reynolds, Police Service of Northern Ireland, was killed in an RTC while patrolling the Waterside area of Londonderry in the early hours. PC Reynolds was a rear seat passenger in an unmarked police vehicle when it was hit by a stolen 4x4. She was 27 years old.
Representing Scotland David Taylor, son of PC George Taylor On November 30
,1976, PC George Taylor,
Strathclyde Police, was fatally injured when he and a colleague came across two men dressed as prison officers acting suspiciously outside the State Mental Hospital in Carstairs. On approaching the pair, escaped patients who had murdered a nurse and a patient during their breakout, PC Taylor was attacked and fatally injured. He was 27 years old. PFEW Wales Lead Nicky Ryan had the honour of reading the Roll of Honour, an emotional time in the ceremony for all, but for no one more so than the families of the fallen officers. Once the roll of
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