Police Constable

George Pickburn Hammond

Metropolitan Police — London, ENG
Felonious
End of Watch December 13, 1995
Age 58
Gender Male

Incident

Died from complications after sustaining severe injuries when he was stabbed in the stomach while making an arrest nearly eleven years earlier, in January 1985.

While en route back to Peckham Police Station he stepped into a shop that had just been robbed but was stabbed as he tackled the male perpetrator. After five months in a coma PC Hammond returned to light duties but never fully recovered from his injuries and retired in 1990.

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

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

Agency

Department Metropolitan Police
Type Police Department
Location London, ENG
Platform Identity mpd.wsm.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 13, 1995
Age 58
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Homicide - Stabbed

The Sacrifice · Felonious

George 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 1995, 3 officers in United Kingdom were killed feloniously, the 53rd heaviest of 216 years on record. The heaviest was 1941, with 167.

Every year on record · United Kingdom
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Who

George was 58. Of the 1,048 killed feloniously in United Kingdom whose age is recorded, half were between 28 and 44; the middle age was 36.

Age at death
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When

December holds 8.1% of these deaths in United Kingdom; May holds the most, 12.6%. Wednesdays: 14.4%.

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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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His people

Metropolitan Police has at least 120 officers remembered here, George among them.

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Police Constable George Pickburn Hammond

Metropolitan Police · End of Watch December 13, 1995

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