Online service for National Police Memorial Day

10 August 2020

An online service will be held to mark this year’s National Police Memorial Day.

The event was planned to take place at Lincoln Cathedral on Sunday 27 September but was cancelled due to the pandemic.

The online event, which will be held at 3pm on the planned day of the original service, will also include a tribute wall that has already been launched so people can add their own messages remembering fallen colleagues.

“National Police Memorial Day is one of the most important dates in the policing year and gives officers of all ranks the chance to stand alongside the families of officers who have died in the line of duty, show their respect and offer their support,” says Al Wollaston, secretary of Hertfordshire Police Federation.

“While everyone understands why the service in Lincoln could not go ahead this year, I am pleased the organisers have come up with an alternative way of marking National Police Memorial Day.”

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.