New chair to represent branch at annual Memorial Day

24 September 2024

New Dyfed Powys Police Federation chair Delme Rees says he will be ‘honoured and humbled’ to represent members at this year’s National Police Memorial Day (NPMD).

The families of fallen officers, representatives of the UK’s police services and police forces, and political and religious leaders will come together in Glasgow this weekend for NPMD.

They will honour more than 5,000 police officers who have died while on duty.

Delme said: “This will be my first National Police Memorial Day as chair, and I will be honoured and humbled to represent our members and pay respect to those colleagues who have made the ultimate sacrifice.

“Fallen officers represent the very best of policing. NPMD allows us to come together to remember them, to pay our respects, and to give our support to their loved ones.

“It is one of the most important events on the policing calendar and I hope it will provide some comfort to the families, friends, and colleagues of officers we have lost.

“They will never be forgotten.”

This year’s service takes place at 2pm on Sunday (29 September). There is still time to register to attend the NPMD Service.

Royal Concert Hall

Ahead of it, there will be a parade from Glasgow’s George Square to the Royal Concert Hall involving the Police Scotland and Scottish Federation Pipe Band, and standard bearers carrying force flags from across the UK.

A guard of honour made up of officers from the UK and abroad will welcome the pipe band and the force standards procession.

There will be a Police Scotland flypast above the Royal Concert Hall at 12.40pm and vintage police vehicles will be on display in George Square.

The NPMD Tribute Wall is now live for people to share their memories and messages, and will remain online until a month after the NPMD weekend.

And for those who are unable to attend, an online service featuring highlights will be posted to the NPMD website after the event.

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