Bryn Hughes, father of murdered GMP officer PC Nicola Hughes, has urged the government to award posthumous medals to all emergency workers killed at work. He believes that these brave individuals should be remembered and honored for their dedication and sacrifice.
The third largest force in England and Wales, Greater Manchester Police is responsible for serving and protecting over 2.8 million people in the region.
Speaking to BBC Breakfast News, Mr Hughes said: "I've said all along with Nicola and Fiona and other officers we've lost, they're there to protect the public, there to serve the public, and it’s quite right that they should be remembered and honoured when they lose their lives in those circumstances."
Newspaper reports at the time said Detective Brewer from Ashton-under-Lyne joined the police in 1958. He left a widow and three children.Alison Armitage Constable Alison Armitage lost her life during an undercover operation at Hollinwood, near Oldham, on March 5, 2001. PC Armitage, 29, died after trying to detain a teenage car thief in a stolen vehicle, when the driver violently reversed hitting Constable Armitage, dragging her under the vehicle causing fatal injuries.
In a commemoration post on the GMP Federation's Facebook page, he was described as a "lovely fella" who had also worked for Merseyside Police at one time. One post simply said: "Shifts over now, rest well brave man, love and God bless, love always". The 21-year old officer suffered fatal head injuries. He had only joined the force earlier that year and was engaged to be married.
Newspaper reports at the time said PC Nicholson lived in Pemberton, Wigan, and had joined the force nearly five years earlier. Colleagues were stunned by her death with one saying: "She was a lovely girl. We are all devastated." Francis Prendergast Sergeant Francis Prendergast, 43, died on December 3, 1963. He was the Plain Clothes and Licensing Sergeant for Oldham Borough, and was viewing the remains of the Majestic Club, in Bloom Street, which had been destroyed by fire. Due to high winds a wall of the building collapsed onto him, causing fatal injuries.
Ian Rodgers Constable Ian Rodgers died on April 3, 1975. PC Rodgers, 25, was checking the railway line at Brinnington near Stockport after receiving a report of young children trespassing when he was hit by a train. Following PC Egerton's death, Chief Constable, Jim Anderton, said: "A promising future has come to a tragic end. The loss of John Egerton is immeasurable, and I pray his parents and sisters will be comforted by his bravery and devotion to duty."
During the incident, one of the youths violently struck the detective with a wheel brace across the head; he sustained serious injuries and died. The 45-year detective was a married father of two. Lewis Entwistle Sergeant Lewis Entwistle died died on December 22, 1981. The 49-year old was on duty on the M62 in Whitefield when he stopped a Ford Cortina on the hard shoulder. Whilst out of the car and speaking to the driver, an articulated lorry drifted into the hard shoulder and hit the Cortina which burst into flames.
PC Hughes had served with Greater Manchester Police for three. Police chiefs recalled her as 'a lovely friend and a great bobby' in a tribute at the time of her death. Norman Salisbury Constable Norman Salisbury, 45, died on March 22, 1976. PC Salisbury was attached to the Dog Section of GMP. Whilst undergoing a period of training with his dog on the moors near Manchester, he collapsed and died.
On the 20th anniversary of his death in 2019, PC Raja Ahmed’s niece Shazma Mahmood-Shakoor said: "My uncle Gudu was not only a kind and caring police officer, but a very competent one, who loved his job. In upholding the law, he made the ultimate sacrifice resulting in his unexpected and untimely death, which was a huge shock that left our family completely devastated."
Robert Nathans Constable Nathans died on February 27, 1999. PC Nathans was driving a patrol van along Portland Street in the City Centre. He was turning into Oxford Road, when he suffered a massive and fatal heart attack. Stephen Oake Detective Constable Stephen Oake, from Poynton Macclesfield, died on January 14, 2003. DC Oake, along with colleagues, entered a flat in the Cheetham Hill area as part of a counter terrorism operation.
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