Nicola Hughes
Police Constable

Nicola Hughes

Greater Manchester Police — Manchester, ENG
Felonious
End of Watch September 18, 2012
Age 23
Gender Female

Incident

Died in hospital from the injuries she sustained earlier in the day when, after being called to reports of a burglary in Mottram, which transpired to be a hoax, she and her colleague, PC Fiona Bone, who died at the scene, were, without warning, attacked by a man using a grenade and discharging a firearm at both officers.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Hughes served with the Greater Manchester Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Hughes.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type State Police
Location Manchester, ENG
Platform Identity gmp.man.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 18, 2012
Age 23
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Homicide - Shot

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Nicola is one of 1,170 officers killed feloniously in United Kingdom, 30.9% of the 3,791 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2012, 3 officers in United Kingdom were killed feloniously, the 53rd heaviest of 216 years on record. The heaviest was 1941, with 167.

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Who

Nicola was 23. Of the 1,048 killed feloniously in United Kingdom whose age is recorded, half were between 28 and 44; the middle age was 36.

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When

September holds 7.3% of these deaths in United Kingdom; May holds the most, 12.6%. Tuesdays: 13.5%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 30.9% of all 3,791 deaths in United Kingdom, the 2nd most common cause.

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Her people

Greater Manchester Police has 30 officers remembered here, Nicola among them.

Police Constable Nicola Hughes

Greater Manchester Police · End of Watch September 18, 2012

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