Obituaries
Showing period: 2020 - 2021
| Name | Age | Retired | Passed Away | Branch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS Morag Elizabeth SNELLING | 56 | 2015 | 19 September 2021 | Wolverhampton |
| Insp Ralph Joseph NEWILL | 94 | 1980 | 17 August 2021 | Birmingham |
| Christopher George BUTLER | 80 | 1988 | 16 September 2021 | Birmingham |
| P.S. John Owen | 86 | 1984 | 10 September 2021 | Dudley |
| Albert DUGMORE | 88 | - | 9 September 2021 | - |
| PC Norman Francis WEBBER | 92 | 1981 | 5 September 2021 | Birmingham |
| Michael John WATERWORTH | 69 | 2001 | 1 September 2021 | Birmingham |
| Brian James Hazeldine | 79 | - | 17 August 2021 | Walsall |
| James Patrick YOUNG | 93 | 1981 | 25 August 2021 | Birmingham |
| DC Colin DAVIES | 80 | 1995 | 23 August 2021 | Dudley |
| Detective Chief Inspector George Thomas James | 83 | 1993 | 14 August 2021 | Walsall |
| PC John PLANT | 78 | - | 11 August 2021 | - |
| Brian LAWRIE | 81 | 1995 | 15 August 2021 | - |
| Insp Charles William DAWSON | 89 | 2988 | 10 August 2021 | Birmingham |
| PC Raymond Leonard LANGSTONE | 91 | 1978 | 11 August 2021 | Birmingham |
| Paul Francis BEDDOWES | 65 | 2005 | 3 August 2021 | Birmingham |
| John Trevor William BRIGHT | 91 | 1982 | 2 August 2021 | Birmingham |
| PS David TUDOR | 77 | 1992 | 24 July 2021 | Birmingham |
| Melvyn EVANS | 74 | - | 14 July 2021 | Coventry |
| PC Barbara SHIELDS | 74 | 1996 | 11 July 2021 | Birmingham |
| Ch Supt Derek Anthony FANCOTT | 75 | - | 1 July 2021 | - |
| PC Roy MORRALL | 93 | 1982 | 29 June 2021 | - |
| PS Maurice William DAY | 87 | - | 28 June 2021 | - |
| DC Anthony Stewart HUNTER | 79 | 1996 | 20 June 2021 | Birmingham |
| Insp John Scott Griffiths | 77 | 1992 | 18 June 2021 | Walsall |
| Insp Phillip PITHAM | 70 | - | 18 June 2021 | - |
| Ch Insp Peter ARNOLD | 81 | 1990 | 17 June 2021 | - |
| PS Joseph CLIVE ROBERTS | 85 | 1981 | 11 June 2021 | Birmingham |
| Insp Graham THOMAS | 84 | 1992 | 6 June 2021 | Walsall |
| Peter FULLEYLOVE | 77 | 1979 | 24 May 2021 | - |
| Insp. Bill (William Edward) Smith | 90 | - | 26 May 2021 | Walsall |
| PC Robert Sydney ROSE | 65 | 2007 | 23 May 2021 | - |
| Peter WILLIAMS | 67 | 2003 | 25 May 2021 | - |
| PS Alan MACHIN | 85 | 1991 | 18 May 2021 | Wolverhampton |
| Alfred (Harry) Chater | 92 | 1977 | 24 May 2021 | Dudley |
| Maxwell James PHILPOTTS | 88 | 1987 | 23 May 2021 | Birmingham |
| DS John ROLLASON | 60 | 2010 | 18 May 2021 | - |
| David John ELLIS | 73 | 1999 | 13 May 2021 | Birmingham |
| DC Maurice JONES | 79 | 1978 | 30 April 2021 | - |
| Ch Insp Colin SUCH | 93 | 1980 | 23 April 2021 | Coventry |
| Brian Henry | 73 | 1995 | 8 May 2021 | Dudley |
| Robert Burnett SOUTER | 88 | 1987 | 11 April 2021 | Birmingham |
| PS George MANN | 79 | 1992 | 6 May 2021 | Birmingham |
| PS David TIMMINS | 95 | 1982 | 7 February 2021 | Walsall |
| Ch Insp David Bryan JONES | 85 | 1985 | 7 April 2021 | Birmingham |
| PC Bernard Edward BANTON | 92 | 1984 | 21 April 2021 | Birmingham |
| Anthony LITTLEHALES | 71 | - | 26 April 2021 | - |
| Gerald Thomas HARRIS | 84 | 1987 | 27 April 2021 | Birmingham |
| PS Roland FOX | 74 | 1992 | 13 April 2021 | - |
| Insp Patrick (Joe) DUIGNAN | 91 | 1980 | 22 April 2021 | Birmingham |
| Lacy KYLE | 59 | 2016 | 18 April 2021 | Birmingham |
| Stef BARTOSZEWICZ | 64 | 2001 | 18 April 2021 | Birmingham |
| Terry (Terence John) Kirby | 88 | 1986 | 13 April 2021 | Walsall |
| David NEALE | 70 | 2002 | 14 April 2021 | Coventry |
| PC Philip Anthony POWER | 82 | 1998 | 2 April 2021 | Birmingham |
| DS Stephen FRANCIS | 67 | 2006 | 10 April 2021 | Coventry |
| DCI John ASHBY | 78 | - | 8 April 2021 | Coventry |
| Ch Supt George Barrie KIRTON | 85 | 1986 | 4 April 2021 | Birmingham |
| Sergeant Geordie (Raymond) Howarth | 78 | 1991 | 2 April 2021 | Walsall |
| Supt Jack Travers FOLEY | 94 | 1976 | 23 February 2021 | Wolverhampton |
| Supt Ronald Elton NINNIS | 89 | 1981 | 18 March 2021 | Birmingham |
| PC Rodney James SIMPKINS | 77 | 1995 | 22 March 2021 | Birmingham |
| Insp Clifton Barrymore CREWS | 82 | 1994 | 23 February 2021 | Wolverhampton |
| WPC Margaret McLANEY | 63 | 1984 | 17 March 2021 | - |
| PS Ronald Des WATKINS | 87 | 1986 | 13 March 2021 | - |
| Insp Gilmour HOWAT | 86 | - | 15 March 2021 | Coventry |
| PC Peter BARBER | 70 | 2004 | 13 March 2021 | Wolverhampton |
| DC Michael NED KELLY | 64 | 1995 | 6 March 2021 | Birmingham |
| PS Bill (William) CAPELL | 93 | 1982 | 6 March 2021 | Walsall |
| David GROVES | 64 | - | 25 February 2021 | - |
| Insp Gordon DREW | 85 | 1987 | 8 February 2021 | - |
| Kenneth RAMAGE | 70 | 2013 | 24 February 2021 | Birmingham |
| Nick KEANE | 63 | - | 25 February 2021 | - |
| Norma Johnson | 80 | - | 18 February 2021 | Dudley |
| William Henry COURT | 91 | 1984 | 22 February 2021 | Birmingham |
| John PRICE | 74 | 1994 | 21 February 2021 | Wolverhampton |
| Peter HIGGINS | 74 | 1997 | 20 February 2021 | Coventry |
| DC John DONOHOE | 77 | 1994 | 12 February 2021 | Birmingham |
| PC John SEYMOUR | 67 | 2013 | 29 January 2021 | - |
| PC Mark TAYLOR | 69 | 1995 | 29 January 2021 | - |
| Martyn Charles JAMES | 60 | - | 8 February 2021 | - |
| PS Edward KENT | 79 | 1997 | 6 February 2021 | - |
| Robert MYRING | 62 | 2002 | 5 February 2021 | Birmingham |
| PC Murray SCOTT | 84 | 1988 | 27 January 2021 | Birmingham |
| Sidney Gordon CLARKE | 93 | 1975 | 29 January 2021 | Birmingham |
| Russell WILLIAMS | 61 | 2007 | 26 January 2021 | Birmingham |
| PS Arthur Stephen FLEMMING | 92 | 1981 | 26 January 2021 | Birmingham |
| PC Brian JOHNSON | 85 | 1986 | 24 January 2021 | Coventry |
| PS Graham MANUEL | 88 | 1986 | 24 January 2021 | Birmingham |
| Peter HOME | 73 | - | 15 January 2021 | - |
| William Arthur PRESTON | 94 | 1974 | 17 January 2021 | Birmingham |
| PC Mark JEAVONS | 58 | 2017 | 13 January 2021 | - |
| Royston STEVENTON | 68 | 2001 | 11 January 2021 | Wolverhampton |
| Raymond ALSOP | 75 | - | 18 December 2020 | - |
| PC Terence BAILEY | 83 | 1992 | 9 January 2021 | - |
| DC Steven ROBERTS (serving Officer) | 48 | - | 10 January 2021 | - |
| DC Frederick James BRIDGEWATER | 67 | 2005 | 7 January 2021 | Birmingham |
| Joe (Joseph Westcott) Canavan | 66 | 2004 | 10 January 2021 | Walsall |
| Roger Edward STOKES | 64 | 2008 | 6 January 2021 | Birmingham |
| PC Peter CLARK | 79 | 1996 | 17 December 2020 | - |
| Michael DUTTON | 72 | 1998 | 2 January 2021 | Birmingham |
| PC Paul HODGETTS | 68 | 1993 | 29 December 2020 | Birmingham |
| WPC Pattie LALLIE (HILL) | 72 | - | 26 December 2020 | - |
| Mark JONES | 57 | 2014 | 24 December 2020 | Dudley |
| Frank CLEWER | 67 | 2002 | 25 December 2020 | - |
| DC James STURDY | 88 | 1985 | 17 December 2020 | Birmingham |
| PS Reginald John HANSON | 93 | 1974 | 14 December 2020 | Birmingham |
| Mick Armstrong | 78 | 1993 | 16 December 2020 | Dudley |
| PC Raymond John FITZER | 81 | 1996 | 14 December 2020 | Birmingham |
| PC David John WILKINSON | 68 | 1987 | 14 December 2020 | Birmingham |
| PC John (Trevor) HICKMAN | 80 | 1995 | 10 December 2020 | Wolverhampton |
| PC Ian Derrick CARTER | 74 | 1996 | 10 December 2020 | Birmingham |
| Inspector Robert William THROSSELL | 79 | 1993 | 9 December 2020 | Birmingham |
| PS Harvey QUAIL | 70 | 2003 | 14 November 2020 | Birmingham |
| John English COWLEY | 89 | 1986 | 9 December 2020 | Birmingham |
| PC John Joseph DREW (Sean) | 54 | 2011 | 8 December 2020 | Birmingham |
| Alan Charles MILES | 81 | 1985 | 5 December 2020 | Birmingham |
| Leonard William ROBINSON | 75 | - | 4 December 2020 | - |
| PC David DOCKERY | 70 | 2006 | 2 December 2020 | - |
| PC Alan BUNN | 82 | 1990 | 30 November 2020 | - |
| Malcolm David HARRIS | 81 | 1975 | 25 November 2020 | Birmingham |
| PC Malcolm (Mac) PRINCE | 86 | 1985 | 2 December 2020 | - |
| Rowena Helen SLATER | 66 | - | 25 November 2020 | Wolverhampton |
| DS Robert Michael STURDY | 80 | 1990 | 27 November 2020 | Birmingham |
| PC John GOLDIE | 79 | 2001 | 15 November 2020 | - |
| Robert Bob Taylor | 77 | - | 25 November 2020 | Dudley |
| Myfanwy Harris | 91 | - | 21 November 2020 | Dudley |
| PC David CARLESS | 50 | 2020 | 6 November 2020 | - |
| PC Alan Michael SMITH | 70 | 2010 | 21 November 2020 | Birmingham |
| Richard Dickie Day | 75 | 1990 | 4 November 2020 | Coventry |
| Leslie Arthur FREEMAN | 93 | 1978 | 10 November 2020 | Birmingham |
| PS Roy TUTCHING | 78 | 1989 | 11 November 2020 | Birmingham |
| PC Stephen CLAYTON | 63 | 2009 | 7 November 2020 | - |
| WPC Susan Dorothy LLOYD | 65 | 2007 | 9 November 2020 | Wolverhampton |
| PC Stephen PEMBERTON | 60 | 2004 | 4 November 2020 | - |
| PC Susan ADAMS | 52 | 2001 | 4 November 2020 | Birmingham |
| PC Leslie Ivor Farmer | 81 | 1989 | 27 October 2020 | Dudley |
| PW Pat TREVIS | 80 | - | 30 October 2020 | Birmingham |
| PC Alan MORRIS | 73 | 2001 | 26 September 2020 | - |
| PC Alun JONES | 81 | 1992 | 1 October 2020 | Birmingham |
| PS Raymond McCANN | 93 | 1982 | 20 October 2020 | Birmingham |
| DC Leonard TIMMINS | 72 | 1997 | 18 October 2020 | Wolverhampton |
| Thomas Ronald SHUTE | 92 | 1983 | 15 October 2020 | Birmingham |
| DS Colin Edgar WALKER | 87 | 1985 | 13 October 2020 | Birmingham |
| PS Kevin Adrian Rex Haughton | 72 | 2003 | 5 October 2020 | Walsall |
| Glyn MARPOLE | 94 | 1977 | 5 October 2020 | Dudley |
| David EDWARDS | 73 | 1999 | 24 September 2020 | Dudley |
| DCI Ernest Allan ROBINSON | 75 | 1997 | 8 September 2020 | Birmingham |
| Samuel FRANK GEORGE | 87 | 1985 | 7 September 2020 | Birmingham |
| DC Frederick Thomas CUMMINGS | 77 | 1992 | 4 September 2020 | Birmingham |
| PS Norman PETTY | 84 | 1988 | 28 August 2020 | Coventry |
| PS Jack GODRIDGE | 87 | 1984 | 26 August 2020 | Coventry |
| Ch. Insp. Paul Frederick WESTON | 75 | 1994 | 25 August 2020 | Birmingham |
| David PACK | 98 | 1975 | 28 March 2020 | Birmingham |
| Douglas Edward CLARK | 81 | 1996 | 24 August 2020 | Birmingham |
| Supt Leonard Robert TAYLOR | 72 | 1997 | 16 August 2020 | Birmingham |
| PS Philip BONFIELD | 75 | 1998 | 8 August 2020 | - |
| Robert Oliver MILLNER | 90 | - | 13 August 2020 | Birmingham |
| Insp David HUMPHRIES | 69 | 2004 | 6 August 2020 | Wolverhampton |
| DCI Douglas CORRIE | 94 | 1977 | 31 July 2020 | - |
| DCI Kenneth Brown | 84 | - | 29 July 2020 | - |
| PC Tony GUMBLEY | 86 | 1987 | 27 July 2020 | Walsall |
| DC Michael John MASSINGHAM | 68 | 2000 | 22 July 2020 | Birmingham |
| DS Glynn EVANS | 78 | 1993 | 14 July 2020 | - |
| PS John Edwin WATTIS | 90 | 1975 | 21 July 2020 | - |
| Don HARRIS | 86 | 1992 | 17 July 2020 | Wolverhampton |
| DC David Allan HART | 76 | 1994 | 11 July 2020 | Birmingham |
| PC Brian BUTLER | 88 | 1983 | 10 July 2020 | Birmingham |
| Insp Allen WRIGHT | 79 | 1995 | 10 July 2020 | Walsall |
| PC Ernie HANRAHAN | 65 | 2010 | 10 July 2020 | Birmingham |
| Inspector Alistair COOK | 71 | 2006 | 30 June 2020 | - |
| PC Hugh EVANS | 85 | 1976 | 26 June 2020 | - |
| PC Alan PALFREY | 73 | 1994 | 16 June 2020 | Birmingham |
| PS Richard NORRIS | 61 | 1993 | 26 May 2020 | - |
| CH INSP Robert Jim ANDREWS | 78 | 1992 | 12 June 2020 | Dudley |
| PC David POULTON | 90 | 1982 | 8 June 2020 | Birmingham |
| Martin LEWIS | 62 | - | 19 May 2020 | Wolverhampton |
| PC Stanley HAYCOX | 76 | 1992 | 7 May 2020 | Birmingham |
| David JACKSON | 74 | 1998 | 30 May 2020 | - |
| ACC David Hamilton GERTY | 85 | 1987 | 31 May 2020 | Birmingham |
| PC Andrew THOMPSON | 61 | - | 30 May 2020 | - |
| PS Brian Thomas COOKE | 87 | 1984 | 26 May 2020 | Birmingham |
| PC Trevor BAYLISS | 76 | - | 26 May 2020 | - |
| DS Martin KEYS | 66 | - | 25 May 2020 | - |
| Richard JOHN HARLEY | 85 | 1988 | 20 May 2020 | Birmingham |
| Ced (Reginald Cedric) THOMPSON | 78 | 1992 | 21 May 2020 | Walsall |
| PS Harold RHODES | 97 | 1975 | 20 May 2020 | Birmingham |
| PS John Willington DUNPHY | 73 | 1997 | 28 April 2020 | - |
| John E GAYTON | 76 | 1997 | 10 May 2020 | Birmingham |
| Constable Thomas (Tommy) Edrick BURTON | 88 | 1987 | 5 May 2020 | - |
| PC William (Bill) Munro | 90 | 1978 | 6 May 2020 | Dudley |
| Ch Insp William WELSH | 98 | 1972 | 23 April 2020 | - |
| PC Gary MATTHEWS | 57 | 2011 | 4 May 2020 | Wolverhampton |
| PC Ivor GORDON RUSSELL | 92 | 1979 | 12 April 2020 | Birmingham |
| PS Malcolm LILLEY | 72 | 1994 | 6 April 2020 | - |
| PC William John STRETTON | 86 | 1984 | 21 April 2020 | Birmingham |
| Alan James Davis | 72 | 1997 | 18 April 2020 | Walsall |
| Ch Supt Douglas SHARP | 75 | - | 12 April 2020 | - |
| Michael HILL | 61 | 2012 | 14 April 2020 | - |
| Phillip James HARRIS (Charlie) | 70 | 2000 | 17 April 2020 | Birmingham |
| Jim (James) Dickerson | 81 | - | 3 April 2020 | Walsall |
| PS Anthony BASSETT | 66 | - | 10 April 2020 | - |
| John Sutherland Morrison | 81 | 1988 | 7 April 2020 | Coventry |
| John Chaplin | 94 | - | 5 April 2020 | - |
| Joanne GOUGH | 58 | - | 1 April 2020 | - |
| Gordon Bodley | 80 | 1973 | 13 March 2020 | - |
| Robert Sam NOBLE | 77 | - | 29 March 2020 | - |
| Sidney TIMMINS | 76 | - | 29 March 2020 | - |
| Ann RUSSELL | 77 | 1987 | 25 March 2020 | Birmingham |
| Brian HERON | 82 | 1990 | 25 March 2020 | Birmingham |
| Brian SHAW (Piggy) | 78 | - | 25 March 2020 | - |
| John FREEBOROUGH | 74 | - | 24 March 2020 | - |
| Fred BROMLEY | 65 | 2008 | 23 March 2020 | Birmingham |
| John Roderick KILLOCH | 80 | - | 18 March 2020 | Birmingham |
| Dermot McKirdy | 63 | - | 17 March 2020 | - |
| Ian Leonard NEWSOME | 75 | 1994 | 10 March 2020 | Birmingham |
| Supt Ralph John CROFTS | 79 | - | 4 March 2020 | Wolverhampton |
| Roy Arthur LAMB | 89 | 1986 | 4 March 2020 | Birmingham |
| Aileen Jessie KENDAL | 93 | - | 25 February 2020 | Birmingham |
| PW Sylvia ADAMS | 80 | - | 19 February 2020 | - |
| PC Richard RILEY | 61 | 2008 | 20 February 2020 | - |
| PS Karl BYRNE | 46 | 2013 | 19 February 2020 | - |
| PC Gillian Margaret SWIFT | 59 | 1988 | 16 February 2020 | - |
| PC Gerry KITSON | 92 | 1986 | 11 February 2020 | Birmingham |
| DC Ron KEENE | 76 | - | 11 February 2020 | Coventry |
| PC Thomas RICHARDS | 83 | 1985 | 7 February 2020 | - |
| Brian Smith | 82 | 1992 | 8 February 2020 | Walsall |
| PS Michael Crompton | 74 | 1995 | 2 February 2020 | Dudley |
| Lawrence (Laurie) GREEN | 77 | 1991 | 3 February 2020 | Birmingham |
| Ch. Supt. David Greene | 73 | - | 31 January 2020 | Coventry |
| Garry CLAMPIT | 74 | - | 30 January 2020 | Wolverhampton |
| Insp Thomas GLENN | 90 | 1987 | 23 January 2020 | Birmingham |
| DC Allen BALES | 80 | - | 27 January 2020 | Coventry |
| Superintendent Ernest EASON | 100 | 1976 | 20 January 2020 | Birmingham |
| D,I.Alan JEFFERY | 80 | 1999 | 18 January 2020 | Birmingham |
| C. I. Roger Leslie CROSS | 83 | 1987 | 15 January 2020 | Birmingham |
| William GREER | 95 | 1983 | 14 January 2020 | Birmingham |
| Philip BOTTRILL | 58 | - | 15 January 2020 | Coventry |
| Terence Ramon SMITH | 85 | - | 6 January 2020 | Wolverhampton |
| Pat Harris | 71 | - | 2 January 2020 | Dudley |