Roll of Honor
Incident
During night duty commenced on the evening of 24th October, PC Sidhu climbed onto the roof of a workshop in Colne Road, Twickenham, shortly before midnight, having watched burglars scramble onto the building after emerging from a nearby studio.
From the rooftop he provided a radio commentary for officers on the ground as they tried to talk the two men down from the roof. Minutes after PC Sidhu’s third radio report there was a loud crash.
After arresting the two men, officers on the ground realised PC Sidhu was missing. Attempts were made to contact him on his radio at 12:04am, to no avail. Other officers shouted his name and another officer, who was put up on the roof, reported back there was a hole in the roof.
At 12:13am PC Sidhu managed to press his transmission button but it was not until 12:27am that the emergency services were called. Firefighters from Twickenham arrived to find police officers desperately trying to force open the workshop door. PC Sidhu was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:20am on 25th October.
He joined the Metropolitan Police in 1995 and was survived by his parents.
Survivors
He joined the Metropolitan Police in 1995 and was survived by his parents.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Sidhu served with the Metropolitan Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Sidhu.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Police Constable Kulwant Singh Sidhu 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 Metropolitan Police, 306 of 729 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 42% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Kulwant Singh Sidhu's cause is highlighted.
How Kulwant Singh Sidhu Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
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