Roll of Honor
Incident
Following a robbery at a house in Dagenham early on the morning of 11th April, armed response officers pursued a suspect car into a road in Newham, East London, and while attempting to stop and arrest the escaping suspects, PC Toms sustained severe head injuries from which he later died in hospital.
Gary was appointed in January 2002 serving in Barking and Dagenham Borough and with the North East Territorial Support Group for three years before moving in November 2008 to the CO19 Firearms Unit based at Leman Street.
He is survived by his wife and his mother and sister.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and his mother and sister.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Toms served with the Metropolitan Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Toms.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Constable Gary Andrew Toms 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. Gary Andrew Toms's cause is highlighted.
How Gary Andrew Toms Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Gary Andrew Toms is highlighted in Apr.
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