Memorial day service on Sunday

24 September 2020

Hertfordshire Police Federation secretary Al Wollaston says this year’s National Police Memorial Day is a chance to ‘stand together’ with the families of fallen colleagues – even though the annual service is being held online.

This year’s service was originally planned to take place at Lincoln Cathedral but this had to be changed due to the Covid-19 restrictions.

It will now be held online at 3pm this Sunday (27 September) and, to mark the event, a tribute wall has been launched so people can add their own messages remembering fallen colleagues.

Al said: “The National Police Memorial Day is one of the most important dates in the policing year. It gives us the chance to stand together with the families of officers who have died in the line of duty, to show our respect and to offer our support.

“I’m pleased the organisers have been able to come up with an alternative way of marking National Police Memorial Day and hope as many members as possible are able to join the service online.”

To access the online service, you will be asked to provide your name and email address.

National Police Memorial Day was first held in 2004 and has been held at the end of September each year since. It rotates around England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Federation representatives, chief officers and the Home Secretary usually join the families of fallen officers at the service and the Prince of Wales, patron of the National Police Memorial Day charity, often attends.

Find out more about this year’s service.