Roll of Honor
Incident
Just minutes before the end of their shift at 2:00pm, four officers responded to an emergency call to rescue a holidaymaker who had gone into the very rough sea off Gynn Square, North Shore, Blackpool, to rescue his dog.
WPC Bradley and PC Gordon Alexander Connolly were the first to arrive and entered the sea to attempt the rescue, using a lifebelt from the promenade, but the sea was so rough that they were both swept away.
Traffic Officer PC Colin Morrison stopped to assist after becoming aware of the incident but he, too, was overcome by the waves and drowned.
Another two officers responding to the call also entered the sea but the fierce waves repeatedly threw them against the sea wall. One was pulled ashore after being thrown a lifeline and was given life-saving CPR by a passing doctor before being taken to Victoria Hospital’s intensive care unit where he was listed as critically ill. The other officer was the only one who managed to clamber from the sea unaided. He, too, was taken to hospital where he had to be sedated.
Colin’s body was washed ashore on Blackpool Sands that same evening while Angela’s was recovered from a sandbank at Preesall some days later and Gordon’s body was found at Fleetwood Docks on 27th January, three weeks after the incident.
The holidaymaker and his dog were also drowned and their bodies were also found some days after the incident.
It was the deaths of these three officers that led to the creation of the UK’s official Police Roll of Honour.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Woman Police Constable Bradley served with the Lancashire Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Woman Police Constable Bradley.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Woman Police Constable Angela Bradley is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In ENG, 1,349 of 2,827 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 47.7% of this state's fallen. That is 16.7 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Lancashire Constabulary, 52 of 122 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 42.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Angela Bradley's cause is highlighted.
How Angela Bradley Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Angela Bradley is highlighted in Jan.
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