![]() It didn't occur to me that David would ever be harmed. I wasn't and in 1966 London wasn't a particularly safe place. His widow said: "I'm not sure many police officers are really aware of the risks. And when the sunlight shines through the leaf holes, it throws patterns on the ground that look like teardrops which is very apt."ĭavid Wombwell, 25, was killed with colleagues PC Geoffrey Fox and Detective Sgt Christopher Head after they approached three men parked in a car near Wormwood Scrubs prison. It's big and strong with no frills or trimmings. She said: "It is just magnificent and epitomises what the police stand for. Gillian Wombwell, whose detective husband David was one of three officers shot dead in west London in the summer of 1966, was astonished at her first sight of the towering memorial. Image: Geoffrey Fox (L), David Wombwell (C) and Christopher Head (R) were shot dead by Harry Roberts and his accomplices in 1966. I think Nina would be very proud to know that at long last the memorial has been established." Mr MacKay added: "These days we are all too ready to find the failings in policing and less able to appreciate the service provided by officers on a daily basis. ![]() "It is essential that there is a memorial to the police service where families and their relatives and the general public can go and contemplate the sacrifices that are made." The names of individual officers who die do register at the time, but as time passes they get forgotten and become a cumulative statistic. "The toll on police officers is just as grim and always has been. He said: "The police are seen by central government and the public as the less glamorous element in the country's security compared with the military which is readily recognised for the work they do. Nina's father Sid MacKay, a retired chief superintendent, helped to raise funds. Image: Nina MacKay was knifed to death in east London in 1997.
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