Jane Philippa Arbuthnot
Woman Police Constable

Jane Philippa Arbuthnot

Metropolitan Police — London, ENG
Felonious
End of Watch December 17, 1983
Age 22
Gender Female

Incident

WPC Arbuthnot was killed instantly, alongside PS Noel Joseph Lane, as they and another officer, Inspector Stephen John Dodd, who died a week later, were investigating a reported terrorist car bomb and evacuating the area outside Harrods store in Knightsbridge, when the device exploded.

Three members of the public were also killed.

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

— 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 17, 1983
Age 22
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Homicide - Bomb

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Jane 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 1983, 22 officers in United Kingdom were killed feloniously, the 8th heaviest of 216 years on record. The heaviest was 1941, with 167.

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Who

Jane was 22. 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%. Saturdays: 15.7%.

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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

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

Across the years

Woman Police Constable Jane Philippa Arbuthnot

Metropolitan Police · End of Watch December 17, 1983

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