Roll of Honor
Incident
PC Stirrat was on duty at Broughty Ferry Police Station when, around 6:00am, a report was received of an ‘unfamiliar object’ near the beach at Fisher Street and Dundas Street.
He swiftly responded to the report and on approaching the object he identified it as a mine. Realising the danger it would pose to Naval and Merchant shipping if it drifted back out into the estuary, he threw a rope around the mine and pulled it toward the shore to secure it but, as he did so, it exploded.
Robert was taken to Dundee Royal Infirmary in a critical condition and his family was called to his bedside. Though heavily sedated, he was aware of his extensive injuries.
In the Procurator Fiscal’s precognition into Robert’s death, the cause was amended to ‘Extensive injuries to both legs, right hand, shock and haemorrhage caused by explosion of mine’.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Stirrat served with the Dundee City Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Stirrat.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Constable Robert Stirrat is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In SCT, 46 of 308 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 14.9% of this state's fallen. That is 39.3 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.
At Dundee City Police, 3 of 13 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 23.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Robert Stirrat's cause is highlighted.
How Robert Stirrat Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Robert Stirrat is highlighted in May.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths.
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