Obituaries
Showing period: 2019 - 2020
| Name | Age | Retired | Passed Away | Branch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | - | 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 | - | 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 |
| Albert ‘Kenneth’ Johnson | 90 | - | 29 December 2019 | Dudley |
| Terence Ramon SMITH | 85 | - | 6 January 2020 | Wolverhampton |
| Insp Alan Evans BUCKLEY | 86 | 1986 | 23 December 2019 | Birmingham |
| Pat Harris | 71 | - | 2 January 2020 | Dudley |
| Graham Griffith | 73 | 1996 | 20 December 2019 | Walsall |
| David Richard MANGAN | 57 | 2011 | 19 December 2019 | Birmingham |
| PC Neville Gordon WILLETTS | 72 | 1992 | 16 December 2019 | - |
| Inspector Frank COLTON | 93 | 1973 | 28 November 2019 | Wolverhampton |
| PC Brendan William McGURRY (Bill) | 81 | 1994 | 16 December 2019 | Dudley |
| PC Terry FEELEY | 75 | 1999 | 11 December 2019 | Walsall |
| PS John William MOLINEUAX | 74 | 1993 | 6 December 2019 | - |
| Insp William STEPHEN SOUTHALL | 85 | 1988 | 5 November 2019 | Birmingham |
| John SKINNER | 89 | - | 26 November 2019 | Coventry |
| PS Wilfred PRICE | 87 | 1986 | 26 November 2019 | - |
| Ian CAMPBELL | 76 | - | 1 December 2019 | - |
| PC Walter Edwin (TED) BARRINGTON | 85 | 1985 | 27 November 2019 | Birmingham |
| Insp Henry Andrew MERKER (Harry) | 91 | 1978 | 22 November 2019 | Birmingham |
| Diane AMPLHETT (HARE) | 39 | - | 12 November 2019 | - |
| PS John ORCHARD | 71 | 2002 | 14 November 2019 | Dudley |
| PC Stuart David NICKLIN | 56 | 2011 | 16 November 2019 | Wolverhampton |
| PS Peter Douglas WAYMAN | 66 | 1994 | 10 November 2019 | - |
| Ralph SHERWOOD | 79 | - | 27 October 2019 | - |
| William Henry NIGEL FLEMING | 91 | 1978 | 20 October 2019 | Birmingham |
| Ronald KAYE | 91 | 1976 | 15 October 2019 | Birmingham |
| Barry HOPWOOD | 90 | 1978 | 10 October 2019 | Birmingham |
| PC Mick (Michael John) MASON | 77 | 1993 | 13 October 2019 | Walsall |
| Insp James Herbert LANCASTER | 93 | 1976 | 28 September 2019 | Birmingham |
| John Hugh JENNS | 86 | 1985 | 6 October 2019 | Birmingham |
| PC Walter GRAINGER | 90 | 1976 | 27 September 2019 | Birmingham |
| C.I. Kenneth Edward WARD | 93 | 1981 | 16 September 2019 | - |
| DS Derek Arthur DEBOO | 88 | 1982 | 24 September 2019 | Birmingham |
| Jean MOORES | 75 | - | 22 September 2019 | - |
| PC David WESTLAKE | 71 | 1993 | 19 September 2019 | Birmingham |
| PC Terry Philip MYATT | 62 | 1997 | 17 September 2019 | - |
| Inspector Mervyn Peter CAPEWELL | 72 | 1996 | 18 September 2019 | Birmingham |
| PC Ian Thomas COCHRANE | 77 | 1991 | 11 September 2019 | - |
| PS Ronald Philip STOKES | 61 | 2008 | 11 September 2019 | Birmingham |
| PC Michael Anthony McNEICE | 63 | 2005 | 7 September 2019 | Walsall |
| Insp John Westley YOUNG | 81 | 1993 | 7 September 2019 | Coventry |
| PS Eric Victor NICHOLLS | 88 | 1977 | 29 August 2019 | - |
| PC George William HOLLOWAY | 80 | 1992 | 10 September 2019 | Birmingham |
| James Edward COOKE (TED) | 83 | 1985 | 29 August 2019 | Birmingham |
| Insp Brian Victor SAUNDERS | 79 | 1991 | 4 September 2019 | Birmingham |
| ACC Thomas MEFFEN | 84 | - | 2 September 2019 | Coventry |
| PC Graham Jones POWELL | 83 | 1987 | 30 August 2019 | Birmingham |
| PC Trevor RANDALL | 65 | 2005 | 28 August 2019 | Birmingham |
| PS Alan STONE | 80 | 1992 | 25 August 2019 | Birmingham |
| PC Ken JAMES | 87 | - | 28 July 2019 | - |
| Ch Supt James Andrew CHALMERS MBE | 79 | 1991 | 9 August 2019 | Birmingham |
| Valda Armstrong | - | - | 30 July 2019 | Dudley |
| Ronald DAVIS | 82 | - | 1 August 2019 | - |
| PC David CHURCH | 89 | 1970 | 22 July 2019 | - |
| PC William Jardine JESSIMAN | 79 | 1992 | 24 July 2019 | Coventry |
| PC David PARKES | 73 | 2000 | 17 July 2019 | - |
| Bob Fowler | 75 | - | 21 July 2019 | - |
| PS Roger William RICHARDSON | 79 | 1993 | 23 July 2019 | Birmingham |
| Mac (Malcolm) LONGDON | 85 | 1991 | 13 July 2019 | Walsall |
| PC Ronald Guy | 67 | - | 13 July 2019 | Coventry |
| Daniel OCONNOR | 60 | 2005 | 26 June 2019 | - |
| Geoffrey SIMS | 71 | 1995 | 2 June 2019 | Dudley |
| Steve Lawrence WARD | 64 | 1989 | 21 June 2019 | Wolverhampton |
| Superintendent Anthony Graham STANLEY | 71 | 1999 | 30 May 2019 | - |
| PC Brian Merry | 81 | 1992 | 16 June 2019 | - |
| PC Trevor Pugh LLOYD | 88 | 1977 | 8 June 2019 | Birmingham |
| DS Herbert DALE | 92 | 1978 | 2 June 2019 | Birmingham |
| Inspector Lesley Bernard HANDLEY | 84 | 1985 | 30 May 2019 | Birmingham |
| PC David ELLIS | 77 | 1998 | 22 May 2019 | Dudley |
| PS Raymond John WHITE | 73 | 1993 | 11 May 2019 | - |
| John WILLIAMS | 79 | - | 9 May 2019 | - |
| Gerry (Gerald) Bannister | 86 | - | 18 April 2019 | Walsall |
| PC Barrie JAMES | 74 | 1991 | 3 May 2019 | - |
| Enid HORTON | 79 | - | 24 April 2019 | Dudley |
| C.I. Percival Raymond POSTANS (PIP) | 89 | 1986 | 5 May 2019 | Birmingham |
| PC Stephen John POTTER | 65 | 2004 | 28 April 2019 | Birmingham |
| David Albert JENKINS | 87 | 1985 | 29 April 2019 | Coventry |
| DCI Terry Paul Frederick PROBERT | 78 | 1990 | 30 April 2019 | Birmingham |
| PC Susan Ann DUCKETT | 64 | 2006 | 27 April 2019 | Birmingham |
| PS John Glynfor Lloyd JENKINS | 90 | 1978 | 22 April 2019 | Birmingham |
| PC Douglas WOOD | 78 | 1995 | 19 March 2019 | Dudley |
| Supt Colin Stanley HOLLOWAY | 85 | 1983 | 8 April 2019 | - |
| DC Sandra Marjorie BARTRUM (Nee Ebrey) | 74 | 1989 | 7 April 2019 | Birmingham |
| PS Graham ALUN JONES | 80 | - | 7 April 2019 | - |
| PS Kenneth Stanley SPURRIER | 86 | 1982 | 3 April 2019 | Birmingham |
| Reginald AIREY | 96 | 1977 | 1 April 2019 | Birmingham |
| PS Malcolm TAYLOR | 86 | 1982 | 25 March 2019 | Wolverhampton |
| Annette Craig | 76 | - | 24 March 2019 | Dudley |
| PC Timothy Barry BAWDEN | 62 | 2016 | 28 February 2019 | - |
| PS John Stanley SANDERS | 89 | 1976 | 19 March 2019 | - |
| Ch Supt Daniel BRENNAN | 92 | 1972 | 12 March 2019 | - |
| DS Robert KING | 61 | 2009 | 24 February 2019 | - |
| PC Jeremy NORDAN | 64 | - | 12 March 2019 | - |
| PC James Henry ADAMS | 84 | 1968 | 7 March 2019 | Birmingham |
| Insp. William John DAGLEY | 86 | 1987 | 5 March 2019 | Birmingham |
| PS Malcolm WYNN | 78 | 1995 | 1 March 2019 | - |
| PC Harry Charles HOLLOWAY | 89 | 1984 | 27 February 2019 | Birmingham |
| Frederick Cyril LEWIS (Ziggy) | 74 | 1996 | 21 February 2019 | Birmingham |
| PC Roy BOULTON | 84 | 1982 | 14 February 2019 | - |
| PC Frederick Sidney RUTTER | 82 | 1988 | 11 February 2019 | Dudley |
| Albert STOKES | 98 | 1972 | 8 February 2019 | Birmingham |
| Walter DIPPLE | 89 | - | 14 January 2019 | Birmingham |
| Insp. Michael DOWERY | 69 | 1999 | 3 February 2019 | - |
| PC Trevor DeLano PRINCE | 63 | 2000 | 31 January 2019 | Birmingham |
| PS Raymond Frederick HARPER | 90 | 1972 | 24 January 2019 | Birmingham |
| Insp. Michael WILLIAMS | 62 | 2010 | 24 January 2019 | - |
| PC Leonard William PERRY | 72 | 2001 | 23 January 2019 | Wolverhampton |
| PS Gordon John WESTWOOD | 86 | 1985 | 18 January 2019 | Birmingham |
| INSP Norman BUTTERFIELD | 83 | 1985 | 11 January 2019 | Dudley |
| Francis William HOWE | 91 | 1982 | 10 January 2019 | Birmingham |
| PC Roger WOOD | 71 | 1997 | 16 January 2019 | Coventry |
| Albert (Bertie) LOVE | 79 | 1995 | 16 January 2019 | Walsall |
| PC Michael SHEEHAN | 78 | 2003 | 12 January 2019 | Wolverhampton |
| Peter FOSKETT | 84 | - | 9 January 2019 | - |
| DC Lilian GARDNER | 61 | - | 7 January 2019 | - |
| Philip (Pip) Holland | 87 | 1986 | 7 January 2019 | Dudley |
| PC Philip Arthur BURLACE | 62 | 2006 | 5 January 2019 | Birmingham |
| PS Thomas Samuel HURLEY | 92 | 1981 | 1 January 2019 | Birmingham |