Military Cemetery at Prospect

This is the time of year when ExPo is asked by the BPS to provide them with a list of those former and retired colleagues who have died during the past 12 months.  The reason for this request is that during the annual Memorial Service which starts off Police Week on Sunday 1st October, the Commissioner reads off a list of all those who have passed since last October.

 
Commissioner of Police Michael DeSilva lays a wreath at the Police Memorial
(Photo courtesy of Dexter Flood)

 

2016-2017 Honour Roll of former Bermuda
Police Officers who have died during past 2 years
Constable Graham Mitchell                        October            2015
Constable William Connell McBurnie         October            2015
Sergeant Peter Morgan                              December        2015
Constable Charles “Joe” Mercer                 December        2015
Constable Jasmine Saltus                          March               2016
Constable Steven “Terry” DeSilva              March               2016
Constable Albert “Keith” Foggo                  March               2016
Sergeant John Van de Weg                        March               2016
Constable Andrew Hall                               March               2016
Sergeant Cyril Plant                                    May                  2016
Sergeant Jimmy Woodward                       July                   2016
Sergeant Peter Edney                                July                   2016
Constable James Robertson                      July                   2016
Constable Eddie Spencer                           July                   2016
Constable Eric Ingemann                           August              2016
Constable William McCormack                  September        2016
Constable Ron Shelley                             September       2016
               ------------------------------------------------------------
Constable Nicholas "Nick"Dunn                            October            2016
Constable John Balsdon                             November         2016
Constable Kevin Hardisty                            November        2016
Constable Malcolm Edwards                       December        2016
DCOP Alexander Forbes                             December        2016
Sergeant Gregory Grimes*                          December        2016
Constable Brian Callaghan                         January            2017
Constable Henry “Harry” Leman                 January            2017
Inspector Alan Kennedy                              January            2017
Constable Denis Byrne                                February          2017
Sergeant Ron Beech                                   February           2017
Constable Alexander Sommerville              August              2017
Constable George Linnen                           August              2017

* We understand that although Sgt Greg Grimes had retired from the Service he had been re-hired as a Constable for a short term contract at the time of his tragic passing.

Earlier in 2017 we also heard about the death of former P.C. Colin MacDonald who had died in 2014.

LIST OF DECEASED FORMER POLICE OFFICERS

In addition to the above list of our former members who died in the past 12 months,  we also have quite an extensive list of over 350 deceased former Bermuda Police Officers which you can find at http://expobermuda.com/index.php/deceased

Unfortunately, this list is not as extensive as it should be because for many years no-one kept any records of our colleagues who had died.  It is next to impossible to include everyone as the case of Colin MacDonald clearly shows because we did not hear of his passing until some 2 years later. 

If you have a few moments we invite you to check our list and please let us know if there is anyone missing that you are aware of. Even more important, please let us know if there is anyone on the list who is still with us!

LIST OF COLLEAGUES

We also keep an extensive list of our former colleagues for whom we have some contact details, whether it be their email address, home address, or phone number etc.  This is a very useful resource if you are trying to contact a fellow colleague, or he or she is trying to contact you.  We have received numerous such requests, and you may notice that our list does not include actual contact details. This is to avoid anyone receiving unwanted calls or emails. Our policy is that if someone wishes to contact you,  we will pass their contact details on to you and you can then decide if you want to make contact with them.  We have never had a problem with this system and have put people in touch with each other who were old friends from childhood.  You can find our List of Colleagues at  http://expobermuda.com/index.php/colleagues

Again, this is not a formal list and we are missing many of our former colleagues, especially those we have lost contact with.  Please take the time to review this list and either let us know if there is anyone you are aware of who we have not included, or contact them and ask them to contact us at info@expobermuda.com

Honour Roll of Bermuda Police Officers
buried in the Police Cemetery at Prospect

We now have a dedicated Police Memorial and several graves set aside  in the Military Cemetery at Prospect, for the burial of serving officers and former officers who have died and who wished to be buried there.  The list is as follows:-

Constable Andrew Park Davis Wilson            
Constable Michael Frederick Henry Hills      
Constable William Fox Galloway                     
Constable David Fraser                                    
Inspector John Wallace Starbuck                    
Inspector Thomas David Doyle                        
Commissioner George Duckett, Esq, O.B.E. COP       
Sergeant Reginald James Brown                   
Chief Inspector James McNiven                      
Inspector Douglas Noel Hebberd                    
Sergeant John Frederick Morris
Sergeant William MacKenzie                           
Detective Superintendent John J. Sheehy and wife Joan*
Inspector Arthur Rose*
Sergeant Cyril Plant*

 *    Denotes ashes were interred.   These persons were cremated abroad and their ashes brought to Bermuda, but cremation  will no doubt become more prevalent here because Bermuda now has our own crematorium.

INVITATION TO MEMORIAL SERVICE AND TO ANNUAL EXPO BBQ

This year (2017) the Bermuda Police Service is holding a very special Memorial Service at the Police Cemetery at 5pm on Sunday 1st October to which you are cordially invited as friends and relatives of our loved ones who served in the BPS.  The service will be attended by His Excellency the Governor and the Commissioner of Police who will lay wreaths at the memorial.  Family members are also invited to lay wreaths or flowers in honour of their departed loved ones.  The Police Colours will be marched into the cemetery along with a full Honour Guard, and we will have a visiting Pipe Band from Canada performing during the ceremony.

Following the service, everyone is invited back to the Police Recreation Club at Prospect where the visiting Pipe Band along with our own Bermuda Pipe Band and the Somerset Brigade Band will be performing on the square in front of the old Police Headquarters building, and this will be followed by our annual ExPo BBQ  hosted by the Commissioner of Police.  Full details will be announced very soon and we urge you to attend and make this a very special event.