Roll of Honor
Incident
PC Roberts was due to retire just a few days later and was driving home along Overpool Road in Ellesmere Port, where he lived, having completed his final shift.
Originally from Wrexham, Alan had served for thirty-two years after joining the force in 1975 on front-line operations in Ellesmere Port.
He became a nationally accredited Police Support Unit instructor and in 1992 took up a full-time role delivering training across the force in public order tactics teaching colleagues how to protect themselves against attack and evidence gathering.
Senior officers said his knowledge and expertise made him an invaluable tactical advisor when they were policing large public events and violent situations.
PC Roberts leaves a wife, a son and a daughter.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Roberts served with the Cheshire Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Roberts.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Police Constable Alan Roberts is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In ENG, 719 of 2,827 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 25.4% of this state's fallen. That is 16.3 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.
At Cheshire Constabulary, 6 of 30 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 20% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Alan Roberts's cause is highlighted.
How Alan Roberts Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Alan Roberts is highlighted in Jan.
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